Ts'u--Reasons why Confucius does not mention him

CHAPTER XVI

_LAND AND PEOPLE_

Ancient land and land-tax-Combination of military service with
land cultivation--Studious class had to study _tao_ (in its
pre-Lao-tsz sense)--Next the trading classes--Next the cultivators--
Last the handicraftsmen--Another division of the people--Responsibility
of rulers to God--Classification of rulers and ruling ranks--Eunuchs
and slaves--Cadastral survey in Ts'u state--Reserves for sporting--
Cemeteries--Salt-flats Another land and military service system in
Ts'u--Kwan-tsz's system in Ts'i--Poor relief--Shrewd diplomacy--His
master becomes First Protector--commerce and fairs--"The people"
ignored in history--Tsin reforms and administration--The "great family"
nuisance--Roads, supplies, post-stages--Ts'i had developed even
before Kwan-tsz--Restlessness of active minds under the yoke of ritual.

CHAPTER XVII

_EDUCATION AND LITERARY_

Very little mention of ancient writing or education--Baked
inscribed bricks unknown to the _loess_ region--Cession of
land inscribed upon metal--The Nine Tripods--Ts'u claims them--
Instances of written grants and prayers--Proof of teaching--A
written public notice--Probable use of wood--Conventions upon
stone--Books in sixth century B.C.--Maps, cadastre, and census
records--A doubtful instance--A closed letter--Indentures--A