Tin* Front lullk of Chinese work”,
aside fn»m tin* Confmian classics, is
historical or literary. Hie latter being
tnovijiy essays short poems, or cri
Hqics. There exists also a vast I’.vid
dliNtic 1 it* r:itur*» and very many Tao
ist works.
X-'vls are not oven classed ns lit
erature. although famous ones exist
and seme of them have ln-on trsin<l.*ited
Into Kuropcan languages. Then* an*
id so many famous dramas, some dating
from the Yuan dynasty. Imt these. too.
an* ox Inded from literatun* proper hv
Chinese bibliographers. The historical
r».. of tin* Chinese an- «>f vast hulk
and represent a conscientious and
painstaking ivord of tin* political and
sociological experiences of the oldest
civili/K*d nation on earth. In close con
nection with those rooonls proper we
should consider lhe vast number of
Fooirrnphb' trealises and especially tic*
so-oal!od gazetteers. The>e latter at-**
olheial publications issued by the em
]»ire, province, distriot, or even town
ship. and treat not only geography and
topographv proper, hut also the an
thprnies. natural and inn nufa etured
predicts, and even tin* biographies of
famous men. population, taxes, astrol
ogy. marvelous happenings, etc.
Antiquity of Jerusalem.
Tin* wonderful antiquity of Jerusa
lem has only been appreciated in re
cent years. 1’p to f.O years ago, ob
serves tin* Chicago Kxaminer, it was
t hoi mid that Jerusalem was of little
importance as a city until it became
the “City of J»avid," kil»F of Israel.
