The Shi King, the Old “Poetry Classic” of the Chinese
The Shih Ching (The book of poetry) predates Confucius by some three centuries, although he is often credited with arranging it into its current form sometime around 520 B.C. This work is a compilation of some three hundred verses of poetry illustrating the proper conduct of a sovereign and general rules “for inculcation of propriety and righteousness.”
The Shi King, the Old “Poetry Classic” of the Chinese. A Close Metrical Translation, with Annotations by William Jennings (London: George Routledge and Sons, 1891).
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- Author: Confucius
- Translator: William Jennings
- Author: Confucian School
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Table of Contents
- INTRODUCTION TO THE SHI KING.*
- THE SHANG DYNASTY.
- TRANSITION PERIOD.
- THE CHOW DYNASTY.
- PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES, c.
- SPECIMEN OF A STANZA IN THE ORIGINAL. (See p. 81.)
- CONTENTS.
- PART I.: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STATES.
- BOOK I.: THE ODES OF CHOW AND THE SOUTH.*
- I. i. 1.: SONG OF WELCOME TO THE BRIDE OF KING WĂN.†
- I. i. 2.: INDUSTRY AND FILIAL PIETY OF WĂN’S QUEEN.
- I. i. 3.: THE ABSENT HUSBAND.†
- I. i. 4.: THE CREEPERS.†
- I. i. 5.: THE LOCUSTS.*
- I. i. 6.: BRIDAL-SONG (General).
- I. i. 7.: THE STALWART RABBIT-CATCHER.*
- I. i. 8.: SONG OF THE PLANTAIN-GATHERERS.*
- I. i. 9.: THE UNAPPROACHABLE MAIDENS.†
- I. i. 10.: WIFELY SOLICITUDE.†
- I. i. 11.: THE LIN.*
- BOOK II.: THE ODES OF SHÂU AND THE SOUTH.*
- I. ii. 1.: THE WEDDING-JOURNEY OF A PRINCESS.
- ii. 2.: A REVERENT HELPMATE.*
- I. ii. 3.: A LONG-ABSENT HUSBAND.
- I. ii. 4.: THE YOUNG WIFE’S ZEALOUS CARE IN THE WORSHIP OF HER HUSBAND’S ANCESTORS.
- I. ii. 5.: IN MEMORY OF A WORTHY CHIEFTAIN.
- I. ii. 6.: THE RESISTED SUITOR.*
- I. ii. 7.: DIGNITY AND ECONOMY OF KING WĂN’S COUNCILLORS.
- I. ii. 8.: THE LONELY WIFE.*
- I. ii. 9.: FEARS OF MATURE MAIDENHOOD.
- I. ii. 10.: CONTENTED CONCUBINES.
- I. ii. 11.: JEALOUSY OVERCOME.*
- I. ii. 12.: THE CUNNING HUNTER.‡
- I. ii. 13.: A ROYAL WEDDING.
- I. ii. 14.: THE TSOW YU.*
- BOOK III.: THE ODES OF P‘EI.
- I. iii. 1.: DERELICT.*
- I. iii. 2.: SUPPLANTED.
- I. iii. 3.: FRIENDS IN DISTRESS.*
- I. iii. 4.: CLOUDS GATHERING.*
- I. iii. 5.: THE STORM.
- I. iii. 6.: THE SOLDIER SIGHS FOR WIFE AND HOME.
- I. iii. 7.: THE DISCONTENTED MOTHER.*
- I. iii. 8.: SEPARATION.*
- I. iii. 9.: UNTIMELY UNIONS.
- I. iii. 10.: LAMENT OF A DISCARDED WIFE.
- I. iii. 11.: A PRINCE AND HIS OFFICERS IN TROUBLE.*
- I. iii. 12.: LI FINDS NO HELP IN WEI.*
- I. iii. 13.: BUFFOONERY AT COURT.‡
- I. iii. 14.: HOMESICK.§
- I. iii. 15.: OFFICIAL HARDSHIPS.
- I. iii. 16.: EMIGRANTS.*
- I. iii. 17.: IRREGULAR LOVE-MAKING.†
- I. iii. 18.: THE NEW TOWER.*
- I. iii. 19.: THE TWO SONS.†
- BOOK IV.: THE ODES OF YUNG.*
- I. iv. 1.: THE FAITHFUL WIDOW.†
- I. iv. 2.: VILE DOINGS AT COURT.*
- I. iv. 3.: FAINT PRAISE.*
- I. iv. 4.: PROMISCUOUS LOVE-MAKING.
- I. iv. 5.: FAMILY CONFUSION.*
- I. iv. 6.: THE DILIGENT RULER.†
- I. iv. 7.: REFORMS IN LOVE AND MARRIAGE.∥
- I. iv. 8.: MANNERS MAKE THE MAN.‡
- I. iv. 9.: HONOUR TO THE WORTHY.*
- I. iv. 10.: THWARTED.‡
- BOOK V.: THE ODES OF WEI.
- I. v. 1.: PRAISE OF DUKE WU OF WEI. (bc 811-757.)
- I. v. 2.: THE HAPPY RECLUSE.*
- I. v. 8.: AN EPITHALAMIUM.*
- I. v. 4.: BETRAYED.*
- I. v. 5.: HOME RECOLLECTIONS.*
- I. v. 6.: A CONCEITED LORDLING.
- I. v. 7.: SO FAR, AND YET SO NEAR.§
- I. v. 8.: THE ABSENT HERO-HUSBAND.
- I. v. 9.: WIFELESS AND FORLORN.*
- I. v. 10.: RECOMPENSE.
- BOOK VI.: THE ODES OF THE ROYAL DOMAIN.*
- I. vi. 1.: THE DESOLATED CAPITALS: LAMENT OF A STATESMAN.†
- I. vi. 2.: THE HUSBAND ABROAD.
- I. vi. 3.: THE HUSBAND RETURNED.
- I. vi. 4.: HOME-LONGINGS OF THE FRONTIER-GUARDSMEN.
- I. vi. 5.: THE WIFE DIVORCED BY FAMINE*
- I. vi. 6.: A WEARIED STATESMAN.*
- I. vi. 7.: THE EMIGRANT.
- I. vi. 8.: ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER.
- I. vi. 9.: WHY SHE CAME NOT.‡
- I. vi. 10.: THE LOITERING LOVERS.
- BOOK VII.: THE ODES OF CH‘ING.*
- I. vii. 1.: DEVOTION OF THE PEOPLE TO DUKE WU OF CH‘ING.
- I. vii. 2.: MASTER CHUNG.*
- I. vii. 3.: A DASHING, POPULAR YOUNG HUNTER.
- I. vii. 4.: THE SAME.
- I. vii. 5.: IDLE MANŒUVRING ON THE BORDERS.*
- I. vii. 6.: PRAISE OF A HIGH OFFICIAL.
- I. vii. 7.: OLD LOVE SHOULD NOT BE RUPTURED.
- I. vii. 8.: THE GOOD HOUSEWIFE.
- I. vii. 9.: MY LADY’S CHARMS.
- I. vii. 10.: BY-PLAY.*
- I. vii. 11.: AN APPEAL.∥
- I. vii. 12.: TIT FOR TAT.
- I. vii. 13.: A CHALLENGE.
- I. vii. 14.: REGRETS.
- I. vii. 15.: SO NEAR, AND YET SO FAR.
- I. vii. 16.: JOY AT THE GOODMAN’S RETURN.
- I. vii. 17.: NEGLECTED.
- I. vii. 18.: TRUST THY LAST FRIEND AGAINST THE WORLD.
- I. vii. 19.: ONE MODEST MAID IS MORE THAN ALL.
- I. vii. 20.: FORTUITOUS CONCOURSE.
- I. vii. 21.: A SPRINGTIDE CARNIVAL.
- BOOK VIII.: THE ODES OF TS‘I.*
- I. viii. 1.: THE GOOD WIFE EARLY WAKES HER LORD.
- I. viii. 2.: THE CONCEITED SPORTSMEN.*
- I. viii. 3.: THE COMING OF THE BRIDEGROOM.
- I. viii. 4.: THE WINSOME VISITOR.*
- I. viii. 5.: AN UNTIMELY SUMMONS.‡
- I. viii. 6.: CRIMINAL RELATIONSHIPS.†
- I. viii. 7.: SEEK NOT TO BE A MAN BEFORE THY TIME.
- I. viii. 8.: THE HOUNDS AND THE HUNTSMAN.
- I. viii. 9.: WĂN-KIANG’S BOLD ESCAPADES TO TS‘I.§
- I. viii. 10.: HER SHAMELESS MEETINGS WITH DUKE SIANG.
- I. viii. 11.: LAMENTFUL PRAISE OF DUKE CHANG OF LU.*
- BOOK IX.: THE ODES OF WEI.*
- I. ix. 1.: A WEALTHY NIGGARD.
- I. ix. 2.: OFFICIAL NIGGARDS
- I. ix. 3.: SECRET GRIEF OF A STATESMAN AT THE APPROACHING DOWNFALL OF THE STATE.
- I. x. 4.: RECIPROCATED AFFECTION.*
- I. ix. 5.: WEARY OFFICIALS CONTEMPLATING A RETREAT.*
- I. ix. 6.: THE THRIFTY WOODMAN AND THE HOARDING OFFICIAL.
- I. ix. 7.: SONG OF FARMERS DRIVEN FORTH BY EXTORTION.
- BOOK X.: THE ODES OF T‘ANG.*
- I. x. 1.: SONG OF PEASANTRY AT THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR.
- I. x. 2.: ENJOY LIFE’S GOOD THINGS WHILE YOU MAY.
- I. x. 3.: HWAN-SHUH AND HIS SECRET BAND.*
- I. x. 4.: ADMIRATION OF SOME CHIEF, AND JOY AT BEHOLDING HIS NUMEROUS FAMILY.*
- I. x. 5.: AN UNEXPECTED UNION.‡
- I. x. 6.: BROTHERLESS.
- I. x. 7.: COMPLAINT AGAINST A HIGH OFFICIAL.*
- I. x. 8.: CONFLICTING DUTIES.*
- I. x. 9.: A HAUGHTY USURPER’S PETITION TO THE KING FOR CONFIRMATION OF HIS POSITION.*
- I. x. 10.: TOO POOR TO ENTERTAIN.§
- I. x. 11.: A WIDOW’S SORROW AND DEVOTION.
- I. x. 12.: MIND NOT IDLE TALES.
- BOOK XI.: THE ODES OF TS‘IN.*
- I. xi. 1.: LIFE AT COURT—BUDDING INTO OPULENCE AND GAIETY.
- I. xi. 2.: THE COURT-HUNT.
- I. xi. 3.: THE ABSENT WARRIOR-HUSBAND.§
- I. xi. 4.: CHASING THE PHANTOM.*
- I. xi. 5.: THE RULER’S RETURN FROM THE KING’S COURT AFTER PROMOTION TO HIGHER RANK.
- I. xi. 6.: THE LIVING BURIED WITH THE DEAD.‡
- I. xi. 7.: OUT OF SIGHT AND OUT OF MIND.
- I. xi. 8.: COMRADES IN WAR-TIME.
- I. xi. 9.: A REFUGEE HEIR OF TSIN ASSISTED IN HIS RIGHTS.*
- I. xi. 10.: OLD OFFICIALS LEFT IN THE COLD.*
- BOOK XII.: THE ODES OF CH‘IN.*
- I. xii. 1.: A PLEASURE-LOVING OFFICIAL.
- I. xii. 2.: THE YOUNG FOLKS’ HOLIDAY.
- I. xii. 3.: CONTENTEDNESS.
- I. xii. 4.: A TRYSTING-PLACE.
- I. xii. 5.: THE BROKEN TRYST.
- I. xii. 6.: A WARNING.
- I. xii. 7.: WHO LURED MY LOVE AWAY?
- I. xii. 8.: LOVE’S CHAIN.
- I. xii. 9.: DUKE LING’S VISITS TO THE LADY OF CHU-LIN.*
- I. xii. 10.: LOVE’S GRIEFS.*
- BOOK XIII.: THE ODES OF KWAI.*
- I. xiii. 1.: A RULER FONDER OF HIS ROBES THAN OF HIS DUTY.
- I. xiii. 2.: DECAY OF FILIAL PIETY SEEN IN THE DECAY OF MOURNING.*
- I. xiii. 3.: CONTRASTS WITH NATURE.
- I. xiii. 4.: LAMENT OVER THE DECAY OF CHOW.
- BOOK XIV.: THE ODES OF TS‘ÂU.*
- I. xiv. 1.: AGAINST FOPPERY.
- I. xiv. 2.: WORTHLESS DISPLAY AT THE COURT.*
- I. xiv. 3.: PRAISE OF AN EXCELLENT RULER.
- I. xiv. 4.: HARD TIMES IN TS‘ÂU—NO HELP FORTHCOMING AS FORMERLY FROM THE ROYAL CAPITAL OF CHOW.
- BOOK XV.: THE ODES OF PIN.*
- I. xv. 1.: LIFE IN PIN IN THE OLDEN TIME.†
- I. xv. 2.: THE NEST, SO HARD TO BUILD, NOW ROBBED.*
- I. xv. 3.: SONG OF THE TROOPS ON RETURNING FROM THE EASTERN CAMPAIGN.*
- I. xv. 4.: THE SAME.
- I. xv. 5.: COMPARISONS.*
- I. xv. 6.: LAMENTS IN THE EAST AT THE DUKE’S RECALL.
- I. xv. 7.: THE DUKE’S CALMNESS UNDER CALUMNY.†
- PART II.: THE MINOR FESTAL ODES.
- BOOK I.
- II. i. 1.: AT THE ROYAL BANQUETS.
- II. i. 2.: FOREIGN SERVICE.*
- II. i. 3.: THE ZEALOUS ENVOYS.*
- II. i. 4.: BROTHERLY AFFECTION.*
- II. i. 5.: ENTERTAINMENT OF FRIENDS.
- II. i. 6.: RESPONSE OF THE KING’S GUESTS.
- II. i. 7.: SONG OF THE TROOPS DURING THE EXPEDITION AGAINST THE HÎN-YUN.*
- II. i. 8.: THE SAME.*
- II. i. 9.: THE SAME.—ANXIETY OF THE WIVES AT HOME.
- II. i. 10.: MISSING.
- BOOK II.
- II. ii. 1.: MISSING.
- II. ii. 2.: MISSING.
- II. ii. 3.: SONG OF THE GUESTS AT COUNTRY FEASTS.
- II. ii. 4.: MISSING.
- II. ii. 5.: THE WELCOME OF GUESTS.
- II. ii. 6.: MISSING.
- II. ii. 7.: THE PRINCE TO HIS MINISTERS.
- II. ii. 8.: MISSING.
- II. ii. 9.: THE KING TO THE FEUDAL PRINCES.
- II. ii. 10.: THE SAME.—AT THE FEAST.
- BOOK III.
- II. iii. 1.: ON THE PRESENTATION OF THE VERMILION BOW.*
- II. iii. 2.: JOYOUS GREETING OF A GOOD KING.*
- II. iii. 3.: KI-FU’S EXPEDITION AGAINST THE WILD NORTHERN TRIBES.*
- II. iii. 4.: FANG-SHŬ’S EXPEDITION AGAINST THE MÂN-KING.*
- II. iii. 5.: GRAND ROYAL HUNT GIVEN IN HONOUR OF THE FEUDAL-LORDS WHEN AT COURT.
- II. iii. 6.: ROYAL HUNT, WITH GUESTS AND FRIENDS.
- II. iii. 7.: WAR AND PEACE.*
- II. iii. 8.: THE KING’S ANXIETY TO BE PUNCTUAL AT THE MORNING AUDIENCE.
- II. iii. 9.: A STATESMAN’S LAMENT ON SEEING THE APATHY OF HIS BROTHER-OFFICERS IN A TIME OF ANARCHY AND TROUBLE.
- II. iii. 10.: RANDOM THOUGHTS ON COMMON THINGS.
- BOOK IV.
- II. iv. 1.: COMPLAINT OF THE ROYAL GUARDS ON BEING SENT TO THE FRONTIER.*
- II. iv. 2.: “FIGHT WITH THY WISH THE WORLD TO FLEE.”*
- II. iv. 3.: DISAPPOINTED EMIGRANTS.
- II. iv. 4.: INHOSPITABLE KINSFOLK.
- II. iv. 5.: ON THE COMPLETION OF A NEW PALACE.†
- II. iv. 6.: ON THE PROSPEROUS CONDITION OF THE KING’S FLOCKS AND HERDS.
- II. iv. 7.: COMPLAINT AGAINST KING YIU AND HIS CHIEF MINISTER YIN.*
- II. iv. 8.: THE KINGDOM VERGING TOWARDS RUIN.§
- II. iv. 9.: EVIL PORTENTS, EVIL DAYS.
- II. iv. 10.: FURTHER LAMENTATION, BY AN UNDERLING AT COURT.
- BOOK V.
- II. v. 1.: WORTHLESS COUNSELLORS.
- II. v. 2.: LAMENTS AND WARNINGS DURING AN EVIL TIME.
- II. v. 3.: LAMENT OF A DEFAMED AND BANISHED PRINCE.†
- II. v. 4.: A SLANDERED OFFICIAL.
- II. v. 5.: ALIENATION OF AN OLD FRIEND.†
- II. v. 6.: DEFAMATION.
- II. v. 7.: FRIENDSHIP VEERS WITH FORTUNE.
- II. v. 8.: THE ORPHAN.
- II. v. 9.: THE NEGLECTED EASTERN STATES.*
- II. v. 10.: EVIL TIMES.
- BOOK VI.
- II. vi. 1.: AN OVERWORKED OFFICIAL.
- II. vi. 2.: ADVICE TO THE OVERBURDENED OFFICIAL.
- II. vi. 3.: THE REGRETS OF FOREIGN SERVICE.
- II. vi. 4.: THE KING LOVES PLEASURE MORE THAN VIRTUE.†
- II. vi. 5.: AT THE GREAT SACRIFICE IN THE ANCESTRAL TEMPLE.
- II. vi. 6.: HUSBANDRY AND ANCESTOR-WORSHIP.
- II. vi. 7.: THRIFT AND GOOD YEARS.
- II. vi. 8.: THE SAME.
- II. vi. 9.: WELCOME TO THE SOVEREIGN AT THE EASTERN CAPITAL, BY THE FEUDAL PRINCES.
- II. vi. 10.: THE KING’S RESPONSE (TO THE LAST).
- BOOK VII.
- II. vii. 1.: GUEST-SONG.—THE KING TO THE FEUDAL PRINCES.
- II. vii. 2.: RESPONSE OF THE PRINCES TO THE KING.
- II. vii. 3.: THE KING ENTERTAINS HIS RELATIVES.
- II. vii. 4.: THE MEETING OF THE BRIDE.
- II. vii. 5.: SLANDERERS AT COURT.
- II. vii. 6.: SCENES AT WINE-FEASTS.†
- II. vii. 7.: SONG OF THE FEUDAL PRINCES AT A ROYAL FEAST IN HÂU.†
- II. vii. 8.: THE KING’S RESPONSE (TO THE FOREGOING).
- II. vii. 9.: LIKE KING, LIKE PEOPLE.
- II. vii. 10.: BEWARE THE DISCONTENTED ANGRY KING!
- BOOK VIII.
- II. viii. 1.: CHANGED TIMES. THE HEART GOES BACK TO THE OLD CAPITAL.*
- II. viii. 2.: THE ABSENT HUSBAND.
- II. viii. 3.: SONG OF THE TROOPS AFTER SHAU’S EXPEDITION TO SIE.† (bc 823.)
- II. viii. 4.: A HAPPY MEETING.†
- II. viii. 5.: LAMENT OF A REJECTED QUEEN-CONSORT.†
- II. viii. 6.: UNSOLDIERLIKE COMPLAINTS.*
- II. viii. 7.: DRINKING-SONG.*
- II. viii. 8.: TOILSOME MARCHES.*
- II. viii. 9.: BAD TIMES.§
- II. viii. 10.: THE SOLDIER’S HARDSHIPS.‡
- PART III.: THE GREATER FESTAL ODES.
- BOOK I.: THE “WĂN WONG” DECADE.*
- III. i. 1.: KING WĂN, THE FOUNDER AND EXAMPLE OF THE LINE OF CHOW.†
- III. i. 2.: FURTHER EULOGY OF KING WĂN.*
- III. i. 3.: ORIGIN OF THE HOUSE OF CHOW.*
- III. i. 4.: IN PRAISE OF KING WĂN.
- III. i. 5.: HIS PEOPLE’S ADMIRATION.
- III. i. 6.: HIS VIRTUES.
- III. i. 7.: RISE OF THE CHOW DYNASTY.
- III. i. 8.: DELIGHT OF THE PEOPLE ON SEEING THE MAGNIFICENCE WITH WHICH KING WĂN SURROUNDED HIMSELF.
- III. i. 9.: EULOGY OF KING WU.
- III. i. 10.: EXPLOITS OF WĂN AND WU.
- BOOK II.: THE “SHANG MIN” DECADE.
- II. ii. 1.: HOW-TSIH, THE PROGENITOR OF THE CHOW FAMILY.
- III. ii. 2.: A FESTAL ODE ON THE KING’S ENTERTAINMENT OF HIS RELATIVES.
- III. ii. 3.: RESPONSE OF THE GUESTS TO THE KING.
- III. ii. 4.: AT A FEAST GIVEN TO THE PERSONATORS OF THE KING’S ANCESTORS AT A SACRIFICE.*
- III. ii. 5.: RESPONSE.
- III. ii. 6.: DUKE LIU.*
- III. ii. 7.: ADMONITION TO THE KING.*
- III. ii. 8.: FURTHER ADMONITION, UNDER THE GUISE OF CONGRATULATION.*
- III. ii. 9.: CENSURE OF KING LI’S GOVERNMENT.*
- III. ii. 10.: FURTHER ADMONITIONS.*
- BOOK III.: THE “TANG” DECADE.
- III. iii. 1.: ADMONITION OF KING LI.
- III. iii. 2.: SELF-ADMONITION.*
- III. iii. 3.: LAMENT OF THE EARL OF JUY.
- III. iii. 4.: KING SWÂN’S LAMENTATION IN A TIME OF DROUGHT AND FAMINE.*
- III. iii. 5.: EULOGY OF THE LORD OF SHIN.*
- III. iii. 6.: EULOGY OF CHUNG SHAN-FU.*
- III. iii. 7.: EULOGY OF THE PRINCE OF HAN.*
- III. iii. 8.: HU OF SHAU’S EXPEDITION AGAINST THE SOUTHERN TRIBES OF HWAI, AND HIS REWARD.*
- III. iii. 9.: KING SWÂN’S EXPEDITION IN PERSON AGAINST THE NORTHERN HWAI TRIBES.*
- III. iii. 10.: PAU-SZE IN POWER.*
- III. iii. 11.: THE COUNTRY IN COLLAPSE.*
- PART IV.: FESTAL HYMNS AND SONGS.
- BOOK I.: THE HYMNS OF CHOW.* FIRST SECTION.
- IV. i. 1.: AT THE SACRIFICE TO KING WĂN.
- IV. i. 2.: WĂN’S EXAMPLE.
- IV. i. 3.: HIS STATUTES AND ORDINANCES.
- IV. i. 4.: THE KING TO THE PRINCES ASSISTING HIM AT SACRIFICES.
- IV. i. 5.: AT THE SHRINE OF KING T‘AI.
- IV. i. 6.: AT THE SHRINE OF KING CH‘ING.
- IV. i. 7.: AT THE SHRINE OF KING WĂN, AS THE ASSESSOR OF GOD.§
- IV. i. 8.: ON KING WU’S PROGRESS THROUGH HIS DO MINIONS, AFTER THE OVERTHROW OF SHANG.
- IV. i. 9.: AT SACRIFICES IN HONOUR OF KINGS WU, CH‘ING, AND K‘ANG.
- IV. i. 10.: AT SACRIFICES IN HONOUR OF HOW-TSIH.*
- BOOK II.: THE HYMNS OF CHOW. SECOND SECTION.
- IV. ii. 1.: AN ADMONITION ADDRESSED IN THE SPRING TO THE OFFICERS WHO PRESIDED OVER AGRICULTURE.
- IV. ii. 2.: SPRING SONG (IN CONNECTION WITH A SACRIFICE TO KING CH‘ING).
- IV. ii. 3.: GREETING OF GUESTS REPRESENTING AT COURT THE TWO FORMER DYNASTIES.‡
- IV. ii. 4.: HARVEST HOME.
- IV. ii. 5.: THE BLIND MUSICIANS.§
- IV. ii. 6.: AT THE OFFERING OF THE FIRST FISH TAKEN IN THE SPRING.
- IV. ii. 7.: KING WU’S SACRIFICE TO HIS DECEASED FATHER, ASSISTED BY THE FEUDAL PRINCES.
- IV. ii. 8.: THE FEUDAL PRINCES COME TO ASSIST KING CH‘ING IN HIS OFFERINGS TO HIS FATHER WU.
- IV. ii. 9.: WELCOME TO THE DUKE OF SUNG* AT THE COURT OF CHOW.
- IV. ii. 10.: IN HONOUR OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF KING WU.*
- BOOK III.: THE HYMNS OF CHOW. THIRD SECTION.
- IV. iii. 1.: AT KING CH‘ING’S FIRST OFFERING TO HIS FATHER AFTER THE PERIOD OF MOURNING.
- IV. iii. 2.: KING CH‘ING’S PRAYER TO HIS DECEASED FATHER.
- IV. iii. 3.: KING CH‘ING AND HIS COUNSELLORS.
- IV. iii. 4.: THE RESOLVE OF KING CH‘ING AFTER HIS FIRST ERROR.*
- IV. iii. 5.: HUSBANDRY AND WORSHIP.
- IV. iii. 6.: THE SAME.
- IV. iii. 7.: AT THE SACRIFICIAL FEAST.
- IV. iii. 8.: IN HONOUR OF KING WU.
- IV. iii. 9.: THE SAME.
- IV. iii. 10.: WU’S PRAISE OF HIS FATHER WĂN.†
- IV. iii. 11.: ROYAL PROGRESS OF WU THROUGH HIS DOMINIONS.
- BOOK IV.: THE FESTAL SONGS OF LU.*
- IV. iv. 1.: A NOBLE HORSE-BREEDER.
- IV. iv. 2.: FEASTING AND MIRTH AT COURT.
- IV. iv. 3.: IN PRAISE OF THE LORD OF LU.
- IV. iv. 4.: IN PRAISE OF PRINCE HI OF LU.*
- BOOK V.: THE FESTAL ODES OF SHANG.
- IV. v. 1.: AT THE SACRIFICES IN HONOUR OF KING T‘ANG.
- IV. v. 2.: THE SAME.
- IV. v. 3.: AT A ROYAL SACRIFICE.
- IV. v. 4.: IN HONOUR OF THE FOUNDERS OF SHANG.
- IV. v. 5.: ON THE COMPLETION OF A NEW TEMPLE BUILT IN HONOUR OF KING WU-TING.*
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