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• Preface.
• The ShÛ King Or Book of Historical Documents.
• Introduction.
• Chapter I.: The Nature and History of the Shû.
• Chapter II.: The Credibility of the Records In the Shû.
• Chapter III.: On the Chronology of China, and the Principal Eras In the Shû.
• The Use of the Chart.
• Part I.: The Book of Thang.
• The Canon of Yâo.
• Part II.: The Books of YÜ.
• Book I.: The Canon of Shun.
• Book II.: The Counsels of the Great Yü.
• Book III.: The Counsels of Kâo-yâo.
• Book IV.: The Yî and K î.
• Part III.: The Books of HsiÂ.
• Book I.: The Tribute of Yü.
• Book II.: The Speech At Kan.
• Book III.: The Songs of the Five Sons.
• Book IV.: The Punitive Expedition of Yin.
• Part IV.: The Books of Shang.
• Book I.: The Speech of Thang.
• Book II.: The Announcement of K Ung-hui.
• Book III.: The Announcement of Thang.
• Book IV.: The Instructions of Î.
• Book V.: The Thâi K Iâ.
• Book VI.: The Common Possession of Pure Virtue.
• Book VII.: The Pan-kĂng.
• Book VIII.: The Charge to Yüeh.
• Book IX.: The Day of the Supplementary Sacrifice to Kâo Ȝung.
• Book X.: The Chief of the West’s Conquest of Lî.
• Book XI.: The Count of Wei.
• Part V.: The Books of K Âu.
• Book I.: The Great Declaration.
• Book II.: The Speech At Mû.
• Book III.: The Successful Completion of the War.
• Book IV.: The Great Plan.
• Book V.: The Hounds of Lü.
• Book VI.: The Metal-bound Coffer.
• Book VII.: The Great Announcement.
• Book VIII.: The Charge to the Count of Wei.
• Book IX.: The Announcement to the Prince of Khang.
• Book X.: The Announcement About Drunkenness.
• Book XI.: The Timber of the Rottlera.
• Book XII.: The Announcement of the Duke of Shâo.
• Book XIII.: The Announcement Concerning Lo.
• Book XIV.: The Numerous Officers.
• Book XV.: Against Luxurious Ease.
• Book XVI.: The Prince Shih.
• Book XVII.: The Charge to K Ung of Ȝhâi.
• Book XVIII.: The Numerous Regions.
• Book XIX.: The Establishment of Government.
• Book XX.: The Officers of K âu.
• Book XXI.: The K ün- Kh Ăn.
• Book XXII.: The Testamentary Charge.
• Book XXIII.: The Announcement of King Khang.
• Book XXIV.: The Charge to the Duke of Pî.
• Book XXV.: The K ün-yâ.
• Book XXVI.: The Charge to Kh Iung.
• Book XXVII.: The Marquis of Lü On Punishments.
• Book XXVIII.: The Charge to the Marquis WĂn.
• Book XXIX.: The Speech At Pî.
• Book XXX.: The Speech of (the Marquis Of) Kh In.
• The Shih King Or Book of Poetry: All the Pieces and Stanzas In It Illustrating the Religious Views and Practices of the Writers and Their Times.
• Introduction.
• Chapter I.: The Name and Contents of the Classic.
• Chapter II.: The Shih Before Confucius, and What, If Any, Were His Labours Upon It.
• Chapter III.: The Shih From the Time of Confucius Till the General Acknowledgment of the Present Text.
• Chapter IV.: The Formation of the Collection of the Shih; How It Came to Be So Small and Incomplete; the Interpretation and Authors of the Pieces; One Point of Time Certainly Indicated In It; and the Confucian Preface.
• Odes of the Temple and the Altar.
• I.: The Sacrificial Odes of Shang.
• II.: The Sacrificial Odes of K âu.
• III.: The Praise Odes of Lû.
• The Minor Odes of the Kingdom. Pieces and Stanzas Illustrating the Religious Views and Practices of the Writers and Their Times.
• The Major Odes of the Kingdom. Pieces and Stanzas Illustrating the Religious Views and Practices of the Writers and Their Times.
• Lessons From the States. Odes and Stanzas Illustrating the Religious Views and Practices of the Writers and Their Times.
• The HsiÂo King Or Classic of Filial Piety.
• Introduction.
• Chapter I.: The Name of the Classic; Its Existence Before the Han Dynasty; Its Contents, and By Whom It Was Written.
• Chapter II.: The Recovery of the Hsiâo King Under the Han Dynasty, and Its Preservation Down to the Publication of the Commentary of the Thang Emperor Hsüan Ȝung.
• Chapter III.: Criticism of the Hsiâo Since the Thang Dynasty.
• Note On the Translation.
• Chapter I.: The Scope and Meaning of the Treatise.
• Chapter II.: Filial Piety In the Son of Heaven.
• Chapter III.: Filial Piety In the Princes of States.
• Chapter IV.: Filial Piety In High Ministers and Great Officers.
• Chapter V.: Filial Piety In Inferior Officers.
• Chapter VI.: Filial Piety In the Common People.
• Chapter VII.: Filial Piety In Relation to the Three Powers 2 .
• Chapter VIII.: Filial Piety In Government.
• Chapter IX.: The Government of the Sages 1 .
• Chapter X.: An Orderly Description of the Acts of Filial Piety.
• Chapter XI.: Filial Piety In Relation to the Five Punishments.
• Chapter XII.: Amplification of ‘the All-embracing Rule of Conduct’ In Chapter I.
• Chapter XIII.: Amplification of ‘the Perfect Virtue’ In Chapter I.
• Chapter XIV.: Amplification of ‘making Our Name Famous’ In Chapter I.
• Chapter XV.: Filial Piety In Relation to Reproof and Remonstrance.
• Chapter XVI.: The Influence of Filial Piety and the Response to It.
• Chapter XVII.: The Service of the Ruler.
• Chapter XVIII.: Filial Piety In Mourning For Parents.
• Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets Adopted For the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East.

Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East.

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