CHAPTER XXXIX

_GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE_

Orthodox China compared with orthodox Greece--Our persistent

"traditions" about the Tower of Babel and the Tarim Valley-Wu,

Yiieh, and ancient traditions--The "Tribute of Yii" says nothing

of Western origin of Chinese--No ancient knowledge of the West,

nor of South China--The Blackwater River and the Emperor Muh--The

"Tribute of Yii" says nothing of the supposed Western emigration

of the Chinese--Some traditions of Chinese migrations from the

south--Traditions of enfeoffment of vassals in Corea, about 1122

B.C.--Knowledge of China as defined by the First Protector, and as

visited by the Second in the seventh century B.C.--Evidence of the

Emperor's limited knowledge of China in 670 B.C.--Yiieh first

appears in 536 B.C.--Tsin never saw the sea till 589 B.C.--Ts'i's

ignorance of the south-u, Yiieh, and Ts'u all purely Yang-tsz

riverine states--Ts'u alone knew the south--CHÊNG's ignorance of

the south--Ts'u and orthodox China of the same ancient stock--

Tsin's ignorance of Central China--Tsin defines Chinese limits for

Ts'u--Ancient orthodox nucleus was the "Central State," a name

still employed to mean "China" as a whole.

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