from  beginning  to  end,  it  appears  that  Kew-le  and  the  emperor
of  the  Tsin  dynasty  were  the  primo  off'nders  at  the  first ;  while
Waji  and  Woo,  Seuen,  Ming,  and  Ilwan,  of  the  Ilan  dynasty,
with  II<jen,  of  the  Tung  dyniLsty,  trod  in  their  footsteps  and  fol-
lowed their  evil  example;  but  Ilwuy,  of  the  Sung  dynasty,  pro-
ceeded still  further  in  changing  the  venerable  name  of  the  gi-eat
God.  It  is  not  to  be  wondered  at.  therefore,  that,  from  the  Sung
dynasty,  down  to  the  present  day,  a  period  of  600  or  700  years,
the  people  of  the  empire  should  have  been  so  exceedingly  stupe-
fied, ignorant  of  the  great  Go«l,  and  utterly  destitute  of  his  fear.
