71. Two modern historians have thrown much new light on the
ruin and division of the empire of Attila- M. de Buat, by
his laborious and minute diligence (tom. viii. p. 3-31,
68-94); and M. de Guignes, by his extraordinary knowledge of
the Chinese language and writers. See Hist. des Huns, tom.
ii. p. 315-319.