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The founder of the Min dynasty (A. D. 1368) declares of him, “He descended repeatedly from heaven to be the imperial teacher; generation after generation he ceased not, but men knew him not. History, which has recorded every thing which could be of interest about Confucius, even to the minutest details of his daily life, failed to hand down the daily acts of a man who, for character and grasp of thought, far transcends his contemporary, Confucius.”

In a corner of Mongolia near Turkestan, at Turpan, in an excavation, old boots have been found which were repaired with kid palimpsests of the third century, A. D., — a literal example of the truth marching into benighted Cathay.

The Edict of Diocletian (A. D. 301) lists all manner of dalmaticae in fine wool, silk, wool and silk union fabric, and linen, for men and women.