CHAPTER XXVI.

BOOKS AND PAPERS THAT MAY BE CONSULTED FOR THE STUDY OF CHINESE BUDDHISM.

Foe koue ki, by Remusat--Works of Julien--Interesting passage from Fa-hien--Translations by Beal--Schott, Uber den Buddhaismus in Hoch Asien und in China--Writings of Palladius--Eitel's Hand-book for the Student of Chinese Buddhism--Watters' account of Chinese Buddhism--Eitel's Three Lectures, and article on Nirvana.

AMONG these works may be mentioned the translation of Foe koue ki, or "Relation of the Buddhist Kingdoms," by Abel Remusat . This work is very fully annotated by Remusat, Klaproth, and Landresse.

The same interesting book of Chinese travels has been rendered into English by the Rev. S. Beal, and also by Mr. H. A. Giles. These two translations have not the advantage of abundant annotations.

The works of Professor Stanislas Julien on Chinese Buddhism are--(1) Histoire de la Vie de Hiouen-thsang et de ses Voyages dans l'Inde, depuis l'an 629 jusqu'en 645; (2) Memoires sur les Contrees Occidentales, Traduits du Sanscrit en Chinois, en l'an 648, par Hiouen-thsang, et du Chinois en Francais par S. Julien, 2 vols., royal 8vo; (3) Les Avadanas, Contes, et Apologues Indiens, &c.

These works are characterised by the thorough and exact

scholarship of the author. They form a most valuable addition to our knowledge of India and other Asiatic countries in the seventh century, and in the Sung period before that time, during which Buddhism had still the vigour of its youth.

Both Fa-hien and Hiuen-tsang will be admitted by every candid reader to deserve the reputation for patience in observation, perseverance in travel, and earnestness in religious faith which they have gained by the journals and translations they left behind them.

Fa-hien says, near the end of his narrative, that he sailed from Java in a ship on board of which were about two hundred men. They had provisions for fifty days, and were bound for Canton. After a month, a tempest and violent rain almost overwhelmed them. The passengers were all in alarm. Fa-hien prayed to Kwan-yin, and all the believers in China, to implore of the gods to give them aid and quell the storm. When it became calm, the Brahmans on board said that this Samanean, meaning Fa-hien, ought to be put ashore on an island, because it was he that had brought on them this hurricane. "Why should we all be exposed to danger for the sake of one man?"

A friend of Fa-hien said, "If you put this Samanean on shore, put me ashore also, or else kill me. If you put this Samanean ashore, on arriving at the land of Han I will denounce you to the king. The king of the land of Han is very much attached to the doctrine of Buddha and honours the monks."