Excerpt from Adversaria Sinica The publication, in my Introduction to the History of Chinese Pictorial Art, 1905, of a certain woodcut here reproduced, has given rise to some discussion as to the subject intended by the artist. By the great unwashed of China's millions this subject has been generally accepted as a kind of pictorial harmony of their three leading Gospels, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, -such being the order of precedence authorised in ad. 574 by Imperial Edict, the three figures being those of the founders, Confucius, Lao Tan, and Buddha. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.