Hebi Xingshi Yaoyan

GDC Mong S1 : 5

ET_763/1

Xyl., Manchu-Chinese biglotte, Chinese double-leaved book, 17,3 : 24,4 cm. The volume is kept in a cardboard case covered with blue fabric and with Chinese latches, a brown paper strip with the Chinese title pasted on the front; some of the double leaves are split in two; on the first pages, the Chinese text is pasted over with thin strips of paper, some of which contain a handwritten Mongolian translation and some of which are left blank.

Cover title: Ch. Hebi Xingshi Yaoyan

Inc. (1) (1) Ma. Jong yung jang gioi i saoi (2) Ch. Zhongyong zhangju xu

The Foreword to the Chinese philosopher Zhu Xi’s (1130-1200) commentary to the Zhongyong („Doctrine of the Mean“), one of the so called “Four Books” (Ch. sishu) of Confucianism.¹