ABSTRACT OF FOUR LECTURES

ON

BUDDHIST LITERATURE IN CHINA.

ON

BUDDHIST LITERATURE IN CHINA

DELIVERED AT

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.

BY

SAMUEL BEAL,

PROFESSOR OF CHINESE, UNIV. COLL. LOND.

LONDON:

TRÜBNER & CO., LUDGATE HILL.

1882.

[All rights reserved.]

HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SEP 27 1960

Ballantyne Press

BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND CO. EDINBURGH AND LONDON

ΤΟ

GEORGE CRAWSHAY, ESQ.,

OF HAUGHTON CASTLE, NORTHUMBERLAND,

HIMSELF A STUDENT OF BUDDHISM AND AN ADEPT IN CHINESE LITERATURE,

I DEDICATE

This Little Book,

AS A TRIBUTE OF ESTEEM AND FRIENDSHIP.