Araordinaryjudgmentwhichusedtobepasseduponeseliteraturewas,thatitwasexcessivelyover-moral.Thustheesepeoplewereactuallyaccusedofovermorality,whileatthesametimemostfnersareprettywellagreedthattheeseareanationofliars!Butweowexplainthisbythefactthat,besidesthetrashynovelswehavealreadynoticed,theworkoftranslationa-mongstudentsofesewasformerlyfinedexclusivelytothefuClassievertheless,thereareofcreatmanyotherthingsinthesewritingsbesidesmorality,and,withalldefereoMr.Balfour,wethinkthat"theadmirabledoes"thesebookstainaredecidedlynot"utilitarianandworldly"astheyhavebeenjudgedtobe.WewilljustsubmittwosentendaskMr.Balfourifhereallythinksthem"utilitarianandmundane.""HewhosinsagainstHeaven,"saidfuciusinaoaMinister,"hewhosinsagainstHeavenhasnoplacewhereheturntoandpray."Again,Menciussays:"!lovelife,butIalsolhteousness:butifIotkeepthemboth,Iwouldgiveuplifeandchhteousness."

    WehavethoughtitworthwhiletodigresssofarioprotestagainstMr.Balfoursjudgment,becausewethinkthatsuchsmartphrasesas"abondslavetoantiquity,""apast-masterincasuistry"shouldscarcelybeemployedinaworkpurposelyphilosophical,muchlessappliedtothemostveednameina.Mr.BalfourrobablyledastraybyhisadmirationoftheProphetofNan-hua,and,inhiseageroemphasizethesuperiorityoftheTaoistover

    theorthodoxschool,hehasbeerayedintotheuseofexpressionswhich,wearesure,hiscalmerjudgmentmustn.

    Buttoreturnfrression.Wehavesaidthattheeseliteraturemustbestudiedasa