_MORE ON PROTECTORS_

The Five Protectors of China more exactly defined--No such period
as the "Five Tyrant period" can be logically accepted as accurate--
Chinese never understand the principles of history as distinct
from the detailed facts--International situation defined--Flank
movements--Appearance of barbarous Wu in the Chinese arena--
Phonetic barbarian names--The State of Wei--Enlightened prince
envoy to China from Wu--Wu rapidly acquires the status of
Protector--Confucius tampers with history--Risky position of the
King of Wu--Yueeh conquers Wu, and poses as Protector--The River Sz
(Grand Canal).

CHAPTER XV

_STATE INTERCOURSE_

Further explanations regarding the grouping of states, and the
size of the smallest states--Statesmen of all orthodox states
acquainted with one another--No dialect difficulties in ancient
times--Records exist for everything--Absence of caste, but
persistence of the hereditary idea--The great political economist
Kwan-tsz--Tsz-ch'an, the prince-statesman of Cheng--Shuh Hiang,
statesman of Tsin--Reference to Appendix No. r--The statesman Yen-
tsz of Ts'i--Confucius' origin as a member of the royal Sung
family--Confucius' wanderings not so very extensive--Confucius no
mere pedant, but a statesman and a humorist--Hiang Suh of Sung,
inventor of "Hague" Conferences--Ki-chah, prince-envoy of Wu--K'u-
peh-yuh, an authority in Wei--Ts'in had no literary men--Lao-% of