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intimates how he, the man of Khî-yüan, from that time ceased to use his pencil, just as the appearance of the Lin (in the 30-kwan) did in the case of Confucius. Not a single character therefore should appear as from him after this. We have no occasion therefore to enter into any argument about the Thien Hsiâ (Book XXXIII). We may be sure that it was made, not by Kwang-jze, but by some editor of his writings. Later writers, indeed, contend vehemently for Kwang-zze's own authorship of it. We can only say, Great is the difficulty in treating of the different views of Scholars 1!
1 The arguments both of Sa Shih and Lin Hsi-kung as set forth in this note are far from conclusive.
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