1882.] 
of Ancient China. 
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Medical Works. 
The second king of the Huh dynasty named Yan-dheu-shen-hun-shi 
was the first who wrote on medicine. To feel and understand the pulse 
and to divine human destiny by an intimate knowledge of the fundamental 
elements were the principal subjects of his works. This latter science 6 
was unknown in India and other countries. The four great classes of 
Tibetan medical works are said to have been based upon the above named 
early Chinese works. The five fundamental elements of the Chinese are 
quite dissimilar to those of the Indians, being tree, fire, earth, iron, and 
water, while akasa has no place. Tree probably supplies the place of wind, 
but it is not easy to understand how iron could be imagined to be a subs¬ 
titute for akasa. 
Music . 
Yu, minister of King Shun, discovered the use of the five Khin or 
Sanskrit Tar and the twenty-five tones of music called Shee in Chinese or 
Sur in Sanskrit. He wrote a book on songs and musical performances 
called Sho-hu. The Tha-shi dance of Tibet of the present day was based 
upon this Chinese mode. There also appeared many original works on 
rhetoric (Alankara Vidya) in both the periods. The number of figures of 
speech in the Chinese language is greater than in Tibetan. 
Works on history, technology, selection of lands, physiognomy, and 
prognostication existed from an early age. The number of works on 
these subjects increased in latter times, but they are not classed as great 
works. 
She Am or an exposition and vindication of the Confucian philosophy. 
With regard to religious faith among the She-hu scholars very few 
persons possess the “ predisposition to piety” (according to Buddhistic 
principles). The majority of them, content to limit their aims to this 
life, are careless whether their future after death be one of happiness or 
damnation, while others look upon this life as the consequences of Karma and 
Phala. They argue that had it been true, Khun-fu-tse and King Fo-hi 
would have mentioned it in their works, which contain no such account. 
Both King Fo-hi and Khun fu-tse who were distinguished for their pro¬ 
found wisdom and learning were, no doubt, aware of those religious principles, 
but omitted them in their works, owing to the people of the age not having 
been so far advanced as to comprehend the triple pitakas of Dharma. The 
6 The science of predicting human destiny by marking the pulsation is different 
from palmisty which was known in India. 
