The Chinese Classics — Prolegomena by Unknown
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mentioned [3].
It thus appears, that the Chung Yung had been published and commented on separately, long before the time of the Sung dynasty. The scholars of that, however, devoted special attention to it, the way being led by the famous Chau Lien-ch'i [4]. He was followed by the two brothers Ch'ang, but neither of them published upon it. At last came Chu Hsi, who produced his Work called 1 ¤¤±e»¡¤G½g. 2 ¶¦®Ñ,¨÷¤T¤Q¤G,§Ó²Ä¤G¤Q¤C,¸gÄy,¤@, p. 12. 3 §°O¤¤±e±M,¤G¨÷,§º´²ÃM±`¨ÍÀ¹ñª¼¶;¤¤±eÁ¿²¨,¤@¨÷,±çªZ«Ò¼¶;¨p°O¨î¦®¤¤±e; ¤¨÷. 4 ©P¾ü·Ë. 'The Chung Yung, in Chapters and Sentences [1],' which was made the text book of the Classic at the literary examinations, by the fourth emperor of the Yuan dynasty (A.D. 1312-1320), and from that time the name merely of the Treatise was retained in editions of the Li Chi. Neither text nor ancient commentary was given. Under the present dynasty it is not so. In the superb edition of 'The Three Li Ching,' edited by numerous committees of scholars towards the middle of the Ch'ien-lung reign, the Chung Yung is published in two parts, the ancient commentaries from 'The Thirteen Ching' being given side by side with those of Chu Hsi. SECTION II. |
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