Mahabharata.--This is another epic poem, a larger one, containing more than 100,000 verses. Like the Ramayana, it is believed to be of divine origin. It has been described as "the great manual of all that is moral, useful, and agreeable." Institutes of Menu.--Menu is regarded as the law-giver of the Hindoos, as Moses is of the Jews. The Institutes of Menu are in many respects similar to the so-called laws of Moses. Sacred Books of China. Yih King.--This book contains a cosmological treatise and a compendium on morals. It was written 1143 B.C. Shu King.--This contains the teachings and maxims of certain ancient Chinese kings. There are documents in it over 4,000 years old. Shi King.--This is the Chinese hymn book. It contains three hundred sacred songs and poems, some of which are very old. Le King.--The Le King is a text book on manners, customs, and ceremonies. It has been one of the chief agents in moulding the social and religious life of China. Chun Tsien.--The Chun Tsien is a historical work compiled by Confucius. It gives a record of his own times and those immediately preceding him. The above books, called the Five Kings, are the canonical books of Confucianism, the religion of the educated classes of China. With the exceptions noted, they were mostly written or compiled about 500 B.C. They are considered sacred by the Chinese, but not, like other sacred books, a revelation from God. Confucius recognized no God. His religion is preeminently the religion of this world, and is thus summed up by him: "The observance of the three fundamental laws of relation between sovereign and subject, father and child, husband and wife, and the five capital virtues--universal charity, impartial justice, conformity to ceremonies and established usages, rectitude of heart and mind, and pure sincerity." Sacred Books of Persia. Zend Avesta.--This is one of the most important of all the Bibles of the world, although the religion which it teaches numbers but a few adherents. It was written by Zoroaster and his disciples about 3,000 years ago. It was an enormous work in size, covering, it is said, 12,000 parchments. The Zend Avesta proper consisted of twenty-one books. All of these, save one and some fragments of the others, have perished. They dealt chiefly with religion, but touched upon almost every subject of interest to mankind. They were believed to be a faithful record of the words spoken to the great prophet by God himself. Both Jews and Christians borrowed much from the Zend Avesta. Sadder.--The Sadder is the Bible of the modern Parsees, and contains, in an abridged form, the religious teachings of Zoroaster. Sacred Books of Islam.