p. 63: The analysis of the emergence of Ch'in bureaucracy has profited from general sociological theory,
especialy M. Weber (see the new analysis by R. Bendix, Max Weber, an Intellectual Portrait, Garden City 1960, p. 117-157). Early administration systems of this type in China have been studied in several articles in the journal Yü-kung (vol. 6 and 7).
p. 65: In the discussion of language, I use arguments which have been brought forth by P. Serruys against the
previously generaly accepted theories of B. Karlgren.—For weights and measures I have referred to T. Sekino,
Liu Fu and Wu Ch'eng-lo.
p. 66: For this period, D. Bodde's China's First Unifier, Leiden 1938 and his Statesman, Patriot, and General in Ancient China, New Haven 1940 remain valuable studies.