Tsou Yen's basic ideas had their root in earlier Chinese speculations: the doctrine that all that exists is to be explained by the positive, creative, or the negative, passive action (Yang and Yin) of the five elements, wood, fire, earth, metal, and water (Wu hsing).

For a sympathetic view of rural life in communist China, see J. Myrdal, Report from a Chinese Village, New York 1966; for Taiwanese village life, see Bernard Gallin, Hsin Hsing, Taiwan: A Chinese Village in Change, Berkeley 1966.

By W. Carl Rufus & Hsing Chih Tien.

By Gung hsing Wang.

Gung hsing Wang (A); 9Nov73; R562687. R562688.

By W. Carl Rufus & Hsing Chih Tien.

By Gung hsing Wang.

Gung hsing Wang (A); 9Nov73; R562687. R562688.

His family were from Shao-hsing fu in Chekiang; his father was Judge of the province of Kang-su; and Li himself was the eldest of three brothers.

Hsing shih heng yen (1627), 28th Tale.

Hsing shih heng yen (1627), 14th Tale.

Hsing Shih heng yen (1627), 16th Tale.

Hsing shih heng yen (1627), 10th Tale.

Adapted from Hsing shih heng yen (1627), 39th Tale.

Hsing shih heng yen (1627), 8th Tale