(see Manual, p.

213), not to speak of Westergaard's still lower date, then the Buddha was very considerably the junior of Confucius.
(9) This confirms the words of Eitel, that Maitreya is already controlling the propagation of the faith.
(10) The Chinese characters for this simply mean "the great scholar or officer;" but see Eitel's Handbook, p.

99, on the term purusha.
(11) "The precious Buddha," "the precious Law," and "the precious Monkhood;" Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha; the whole being equivalent to Buddhism.
(12) Fa-Hsien thus endorses the view that Buddhism was introduced into China in this reign, A.D.

58-75.

The emperor had his dream in A.D.