CONFUCIAN COSMOGONY.

A TRANSLATION

SECTION FORTY-NINE OF THE "COMPLETE WORKS"

OF THE

PHILOSOPHER CHOO-FOO-TZE, Also known as Zhu Xi (1130–1200 AD), the most influential Neo-Confucian scholar in Chinese history.

WITH

BY THE

CANON OF ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, HONGKONG; AND MISSIONARY FROM THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY TO CHINA.

The Church Missionary Society (C.M.S.) was a major Anglican organization involved in 19th-century global missions.

SHANGHAI:

AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN MISSION PRESS.

LONDON: TRÜBNER AND Co., 60 PATERNOSTER ROW.

1874.

original: "MDCCCLXXIV."