.--Minor Odes of the Kingdom_.

BOOK I.--DECADE OF LUH MING.--
A Festal Ode
A Festal Ode Complimenting an Officer
The Value of Friendship
The Response to a Festal Ode
An Ode of Congratulation
An Ode on the Return of the Troops

BOOK II.--THE DECADE OF PIH HWA.--
An Ode Appropriate to a Festivity

BOOK III.--THE DECADE OF T'UNG KUNG.--
Celebrating a Hunting Expedition
The King's Anxiety for His Morning Levee
Moral Lessons from Natural Facts

BOOK IV.--THE DECADE OF K'E-FOO.--
On the Completion of a Royal Palace
The Condition of King Seuen's Flocks

BOOK V.--THE DECADE OF SEAOU MIN.--
A Eunuch Complains of His Fate
An Officer Deplores the Misery of the Time
On the Alienation of a Friend

BOOK VI.--THE DECADE OF PIH SHAN.--
A Picture of Husbandry
The Complaint of an Officer

BOOK VII.--DECADE OF SANG HOO.--
The Rejoicings of a Bridegroom
Against Listening to Slanderers

BOOK VIII.--THE DECADE OF TOO JIN SZE.--
In Praise of By-gone Simplicity
A Wife Bemoans Her Husband's Absence
The Earl of Shaou's Work
The Plaint of King Yew's Forsaken Wife
Hospitality
On the Misery of Soldiers

_Part III.--Greater Odes of the Kingdom_.

BOOK I.--DECADE OF KING WAN.--
Celebrating King Wan

[_Book II. is omitted_]

BOOK III.--DECADE OF TANG.--
King Seuen on the Occasion of a Great Drought

_Part IV.--Odes of the Temple and Altar_.

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 FA-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-ka