Mr. Balfour will hardly repeat his charge of imperfect or erroneous interpretation against Julien ; and I believe that is equally undeserved by most, if not all, of the other translators against whom it is directed. He himself adopted as his guide the Explanations of the Tao Te Ching , current as the work of Lü Yen (called also Lü Tsu , Lü Tung-pin , and Lü Chʽung-yang ), a Taoist of the eighth century. Through Mr. Balfour’s kindness I have had an opportunity of examining this edition of Lao’s Treatise