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shtha 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 Ananda XXVII. King Asoka's Spirit-built Palace and Halls XXVIII. Rajagriha, New and Old--Legends Connected with It XXIX. Fa-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. Fa-Hien's Indian Studies XXXVII. Fa-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 Fa-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_. _e_, as in _fete_. _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. INTRODUCTION The strangest figure that meets us in the annals of Oriental thought is that of Confucius. To the popular mind he is the founder of a religion, and yet he has nothing in common with the great religious teachers of the East. We think of Siddartha, the founder of Buddhism, as the very impersonation of romantic asceticism, enthusiastic self-sacrifice, and faith in the things that are invisible. Zoroaster is the friend of God, talking face to face with the Almighty, and drinking wisdom and knowledge from the lips of Omniscience. Mohammed is represented as snatched up into heaven, where he receives the Divine communication which he is bidden to propagate with fire and sword throughout the world. These
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