78).

He has also (in the same work, pp.

99, 416, 417) come to the conclusion that the hitherto unchallenged tradition that the Buddha was "a king's son" must be given up.

The name "king's son" (in Chinese {...}), always used of the Buddha, certainly requires to be understood in the highest sense.

I am content myself to wait for further information on these and other points, as the result of prolonged and careful research.
Dr.Rhys Davids has kindly read the proofs of the Translation and Notes, and I most certainly thank him for doing so, for his many valuable corrections in the Notes, and for other suggestions which I have received from him.