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James Legge’s translation of The Shih King, or Book of Poetry, is described as all the pieces and stanzas in it illustrating the religious views and practices of the writers and their times. The introduction says that among the Chinese classical books next after the Shû in point of antiquity comes the Shih or Book of Poetry. The introduction says that of 250 poems current in China before the supposed compilation of the Shih, 236 are found in it, and only fourteen are absent.
One ode is headed as an officer, kept long abroad on distant service, appealing to Heaven, deploring the hardships of his lot, and tendering good advice to his more fortunate friends at court. A poem in the text says that in the south is the Sieve, but it is of no use to sift, and in the north is the Ladle, but it lades out no liquor. Another ode is headed as a lament for three worthies of Khin, who were buried in the same grave with Duke Mû.
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- James Legge
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- 134
- Language
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