and autumn they offer sacrifices, thinking of the deceased as the seasons come round.

"The services of love and reverence to parents when alive, and those of grief and sorrow to them when dead: these completely discharge the fundamental duty of living men. The righteous claims of life and death are all satisfied, and the filial son's service of his parents is completed."

END OF THE HSIAO KING

BIBLIOGRAPHY

For the full general history of ancient China, one should read:

FRIEDRICH HIRTH, "Ancient History of China" (New York, 1908).
H. A. GILES, "History of Chinese Literature" (London, 1901).
S. WELLS WILLIAMS, "The Middle Kingdom" (Scribners, New
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E. H. PARKER, "China, Her History" (London, 1901).

SIR R. K. DOUGLAS, "China" (New York).

H. H. GOWEN, "Outline History of China" (Boston, 1913), two volumes.

H. A. GILES, "Chinese Biographical Dictionary" (Leyden, 1898). For general conditions of the older civilization and its religions and literature, consult:

W. A. MARTIN, "The Lore of Cathay" (Revell, New York, 1912).
A. WYLIE, "Chinese Researches."

CHEN HUAN-CHANG, "The Economic Principles of Confucius "(New
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M. M. DAWSON, "The Ethics of Confucius" (Putnam, New York,
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H. A. GILES, "The Civilization of China" (Holt, New York, 1911).
W. E. GRIFFIS, "China's Story" (Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1911).
J. J. M. DE GROOT, "Religion of the Chinese" (Macmillan, New
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E. H. PARKER, "Studies in Chinese Religion" (Dutton, New York,
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W. E. SOOTHILL, "The Three Religions of China" (London, 1913).

For the texts themselves, we have:

C. BUDD, "Chinese Poems" (London, 1912).

J. CHALMERS, "Account of the Structure of Chinese Characters" (London, 1882).

L. A. CRANMER-BYNG, "A Lute of Jade" (London, 1911).

L. A. CRANMER-BYNG, "The Book of Odes" (London).

"Sacred Books of the East," Volumes III, XVI, XXVII, XXVIII. W. G. OLD, "The Shu King" (London, 1904).

J. LEGGE, "The Chinese Classics," seven volumes.

KU HUNG-MING, "The Universal Order or Doctrine of the Mean" (Shanghai, 1906).

KU HUNG-MING, "The Discourses and Sayings of Confucius" (Shanghai, 1898).

Consult also:

"China Review" (twenty-four volumes from 1872 to 1901). Transactions and Journal of the China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.