These are random remarks made out of my review of Jao Tsung-i's two essays collected in The Prehistory of China. They are divided into two parts. The first, which focuses on Jao's essay on the historical events in the Western Chou period, consists of the following main points. 1 ) King Wên as a royal title is the earliest record of Hsi Po (the chief of the West). 2) Does the use of the character, "wang," in names like Wang Chi-li, Wang Chi follow the practice of later generations? 3) Is the theory that Hsi Po was imprisoned in Chiang-li by King Chou of Shang credible? 4) Is Hsi Po posthumously conferred as king by later generations? 5) Hsi Po subdued Li ...(alternatively..,...,...,...,..., or...; ... or ...on oracle bones found in the dwelling place of the Yin people). 6) Yü (alternatively; or ...on bronze inscriptions), subjugated by King Wên, was located in between the riverbank of the Li village in the present Mei district of Shensi; its people also once dwelt in the present Ch'in-yang district of Honan. 7) According to the "Shih-chia" of the Shih-chi, the feudal estates of King Ch'êng's uncles Kuan and Ts'ai were installed after, rather before, King Wu's conquest of Yin. 8) Opinions divide regarding the feudal estates of King Ch'êng's uncles Kuan, Ts'ai and Ho; after King Chou's death, King Wu's ambition to unite the world was not yet completely realized. 9) During the reign of King Mu, the wild tribes of Hsti who vanquished the royal house of Chou came to the Yellow River, Prince Hsti Yen practised benevolence and righteousness, and King Wên of Ch'u exterminated Hsü; these the "Tung Yi chuan" of the Han-shu maintains to have happend at the same time, but actually they did not. 10) The "Lü-hsing" of the Shang-shu is not a record of King Mu's admonition to Prince Lü. 11 ) "Kung-ho" and "Kung" are names of kingdoms, and "Ho" is the name of a king. 12) Hsiang Hsiu's and Kuo Hsiang's citing of ol theory related in the Lu-shih fa-hui, left out in the Chia-ch'ing edition, is available in Chapter 2, pp. 1-2 of the Ming edition. 13) In the calamity caused by Ch'üan-jung, the account that King Yu having died, the two kings of the Western and Eastern Chou enthroned themselves is not preserved in the "Shih-chia" of the Chou-shu. 14) Though compiled the period of the Warring States, the Chou-lii contains many essays o earlier eras and old interpretations. 15) The important content of the Chou-li is conjectured. 16) In the era of Spring and Autumn, the southern part of the Yangtze River was called South Sea. 17) The Pin of the early Chou was located in the present Hsün-i district of Shansi; the theory that it was situated in the present Fên district or in the region around the present T'ai-yüan and Wên-hsi of Shensi is probably wrong. 18) The event that Duke Chou took his punitive action eastwards against the insurgency of the three Superseers as well as the wild tribes of Yi, Hsü and Yen is correctly recorded in the "Lu-sung" and "Lu shih-chia." The second part, which aims at Jao's essay on the Ch'u culture, includes the following main points. 1) There was a Ch'u in the east during the Western Chou era; the Ch'u where Duke Chou fled and resided, however, was located in the south. 2) The character, "yen"... , in the kingdom of Yen is alternatively written as ...; the surname, "Ying"..., is alternatively.... 3) The character, "po," in Ch'u Po refers to the "baron" in the feudal ranks, or probably the chief of a feudal state. 4) The Ch'u's claim of kingship did not begin with Hsüng T'ung. 5) The people of Ch'u was originally a tribe of China, and the so-called "barbarians" referred to the native only. 6) King Ling of Ch'u believed in sorcery most earnestly. 7) The origin of Nuo is traced. 8) The so-called "liang-kuang" in the military system of Ch'u is dealt with.… [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]