The Chinese Classics — Prolegomena

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IN FIVE VOLUMES - CONFUCIAN ANALECTS THE GREAT LEARNING THE DOCTRINE OF THE MEAN - PROLEGOMENA. - CHAPTER I. OF THE CHINESE CLASSICS GENERALLY. - SECTION I. BOOKS INCLUDED UNDER THE NAME OF THE CHINESE CLASSICS.

SECTION II. THE AUTHORITY OF THE CHINESE CLASSICS.

CHAPTER II. OF THE CONFUCIAN ANALECTS. - SECTION I. FORMATION OF THE TEXT OF THE ANALECTS BY THE SCHOLARS OF THE HAN DYNASTY.

SECTION IV. OF VARIOUS READINGS.

CHAPTER III. OF THE GREAT LEARNING. - SECTION I. HISTORY OF THE TEXT, AND THE DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENTS OF IT WHICH HAVE BEEN PROPOSED.

CHAPTER V. CONFUCIUS AND HIS IMMEDIATE DISCIPLES. - SECTION I. LIFE OF CONFUCIUS.

SECTION III. - HIS IMMEDIATE DISCIPLES.