Chapter II: Book I: Sacrificial Odes of Chow

Appropriate to a Sacrifice to King Wan
On Sacrificing to the Kings Woo, Ching, and K'ang

THE TRAVELS OF FÂ-HIEN Translator's Introduction CHAPTER I. From Ch'ang-gan to the Sandy Desert II. On to Shen-shen and thence to Khoten III. Khoten--Processions of Images IV. Through the Ts'ung Mountains to K'eech-ch'a V. Great Quinquennial Assembly of Monks VI. North India--Image of Maitreya Bodhisattva VII. The Perilous Crossing of the Indus VIII. Woo-chang, or Udyana--Traces of Buddha IX. Soo ho-to--Legends of Buddha X. Gandhara--Legends of Buddha XI. Takshasila--Legends--The Four Great Topes XII. Buddha's Alms-bowl--Death of Hwuy-king XIII. Festival of Buddha's Skull-bone XIV. Crossing the Indus to the East XV. Sympathy of Monks with the Pilgrims XVI. Condition and Customs of Central India XVII. Legend of the Trayastrimsas Heaven XVIII. Buddha's Subjects of Discourse XIX. Legend of Buddha's Danta-kashtha XX. The Jetavana Vihara--Legends of Buddha XXI. The Three Predecessors of Sakyamuni XXII. Legends of Buddha's Birth XXIII. Legends of Rama and its Tope XXIV. Where Buddha Renounced the World XXV. The Kingdom of Vaisali XXVI. Remarkable Death of Ânanda XXVII. King Asoka's Spirit-built Palace and Halls XXVIII. Rajagriha, New and Old--Legends Connected with It XXIX. Fâ-Hien Passes a Night on Gridhra-kuta Hill XXX. Srataparna Cave, or Cave of the First Council XXXI. Sakyamuni's Attaining to the Buddhaship XXXII. Legend of King Asoka in a Former Birth XXXIII. Kasyapa Buddha's Skeleton on Mount Gurupada XXXIV. On the Way Returning to Patna XXXV. Dakshina, and the Pigeon Monastery XXXVI. Fâ-Hien's Indian Studies XXXVII. Fâ-Hien's Stay in Champa and Tamalipti XXXVIII. At Ceylon--Feats of Buddha--His Statue in Jade XXXIX. Cremation of an Arhat--Sermon of a Devotee XL. After Two Years Fâ-Hien Takes Ship for China

Conclusion

THE SORROWS OF HAN

Introduction Translator's Preface Dramatis Personae Prologue Act First Act Second Act Third Act Fourth

THE ANALECTS

OF

CONFUCIUS

[_Translated into English by William Jennings_]

PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES

_j_, as in French. _ng_, commencing a word, like the same letters terminating one. _ai_ or _ei_, as in _aisle_ or _eider_. _au_, as in German, or like _ow_ in _cow_. _é_, as in _fête_. _i_ (not followed by a consonant), as _ee_ in _see_. _u_ (followed by a consonant), as in _bull_. _iu_, as _ew_ in _new_. _ui_, as _ooi_ in _cooing_. _h_ at the end of a name makes the preceding vowel short. _i_ in the middle of a word denotes an aspirate (_h_), as _K'ung_=Khung.