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The Shih King (Book of Poetry)

James Legge

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1. "THE SHIH KING", para. 1. THE SHIH KING
2. "OR", para. 1. OR
3. "BOOK OF POETRY:", para. 1. BOOK OF POETRY:
4. "Translated by", para. 1. Translated by
5. "James Legge", para. 1. James Legge
6. "THE SHIH KING", para. 1. THE SHIH KING
7. "OR", para. 1. OR
8. "BOOK OF POETRY.", para. 1. BOOK OF POETRY.
9. "INTRODUCTION.", para. 1. INTRODUCTION.
10. "CHAPTER I.", para. 1. CHAPTER I.
11. "THE NAME AND CONTENTS OF THE CLASSIC.", para. 1. THE NAME AND CONTENTS OF THE CLASSIC. 1. Among the Chinese classical books next after
12. "THE NAME AND CONTENTS OF THE CLASSIC.", para. 5. The earliest Chinese utterance that we have on the subject of poetry is that in the S
13. "THE NAME AND CONTENTS OF THE CLASSIC.", para. 9. The whole collection is divided into four parts, called the Kwo Fang, the Hsiâo Yâ, t
14. "THE NAME AND CONTENTS OF THE CLASSIC.", para. 13. The Sung, also in three Books, contains forty pieces, thirty-one of which belong to t
15. "THE NAME AND CONTENTS OF THE CLASSIC.", para. 18. My reason for touching here on this point is the earliest account of the Shih, as a c
16. "THE NAME AND CONTENTS OF THE CLASSIC.", para. 21. The Hsing have been called Allusive pieces. They are very remarkable, and more numero
17. "CHAPTER II.", para. 1. CHAPTER II.
18. "THE SHIH BEFORE CONFUCIUS, AND WHAT, IF ANY, WERE HIS LABOUR", para. 1. THE SHIH BEFORE CONFUCIUS, AND WHAT, IF ANY, WERE HIS LABOURS UPON IT. Statement of S
19. "THE SHIH BEFORE CONFUCIUS, AND WHAT, IF ANY, WERE HIS LABOUR", para. 8. View of the author. I have not been able to find evidence sustaining these representa
20. "THE SHIH BEFORE CONFUCIUS, AND WHAT, IF ANY, WERE HIS LABOUR", para. 12. 3. i. It would not be surprising, if, floating about and current among the people of
21. "THE SHIH BEFORE CONFUCIUS, AND WHAT, IF ANY, WERE HIS LABOUR", para. 15. Second. Lî the ninth piece of the sixth decade of the Shih, Part II, an ode assigned
22. "THE SHIH BEFORE CONFUCIUS, AND WHAT, IF ANY, WERE HIS LABOUR", para. 19. Fourth. We may appeal in this matter to the words of Confucius himself. Twice in the
23. "THE SHIH BEFORE CONFUCIUS, AND WHAT, IF ANY, WERE HIS LABOUR", para. 24. the Yâ and the Sung received their proper places.' The return from Wei to Lû took pla
24. "CHAPTER III.", para. 1. CHAPTER III.
25. "THE SHIH FROM THE TIME OF CONFUCIUS TILL THE GENERAL ACKNOWL", para. 1. THE SHIH FROM THE TIME OF CONFUCIUS TILL THE GENERAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE PRESENT TE
26. "THE SHIH FROM THE TIME OF CONFUCIUS TILL THE GENERAL ACKNOWL", para. 9. The text of Lû. i. Immediately after the mention of the general collection in the Cat
27. "THE SHIH FROM THE TIME OF CONFUCIUS TILL THE GENERAL ACKNOWL", para. 11. The text of Khî. ii. The Han Catalogue mentions five different works on the Shih of K
28. "THE SHIH FROM THE TIME OF CONFUCIUS TILL THE GENERAL ACKNOWL", para. 13. The text of Han Ying. iii. The text of Han was somewhat more fortunate. Hin's Catalog
29. "THE SHIH FROM THE TIME OF CONFUCIUS TILL THE GENERAL ACKNOWL", para. 15. A fourth text; that of Mâo. 4. But while those three different recensions of the Shih
30. "THE SHIH FROM THE TIME OF CONFUCIUS TILL THE GENERAL ACKNOWL", para. 17. The Chinese critics nave carefully traced the line of scholars who had charge of Mâo'
31. "THE SHIH FROM THE TIME OF CONFUCIUS TILL THE GENERAL ACKNOWL", para. 18. The different texts guarantee the genuineness of the recovered Shih. 5. Returning now
32. "CHAPTER IV.", para. 1. CHAPTER IV.
33. "THE FORMATION OF THE COLLECTION OF THE SHIH HOW IT CAME TO B", para. 1. THE FORMATION OF THE COLLECTION OF THE SHIH HOW IT CAME TO BE SO SMALL AND INCOMPLETE
34. "THE FORMATION OF THE COLLECTION OF THE SHIH HOW IT CAME TO B", para. 5. 2 This passage from the Spectator is adduced by Sir John Davis in his treatise on the
35. "THE FORMATION OF THE COLLECTION OF THE SHIH HOW IT CAME TO B", para. 9. Notwithstanding the difficulties that beset this passage of the Lî Ki, I am not dispo
36. "THE FORMATION OF THE COLLECTION OF THE SHIH HOW IT CAME TO B", para. 12. How the collected poems were disseminated through the states. Was there any provision
37. "THE FORMATION OF THE COLLECTION OF THE SHIH HOW IT CAME TO B", para. 14. How the Shih is so small and incomplete. 2. But if the poems produced in the differen
38. "THE FORMATION OF THE COLLECTION OF THE SHIH HOW IT CAME TO B", para. 17. which was held by representatives of the line of Shang. They were used there in sacri
39. "THE FORMATION OF THE COLLECTION OF THE SHIH HOW IT CAME TO B", para. 19. Bearing of these views on the interpretation of particular pieces. 3. The conclusions
40. "THE FORMATION OF THE COLLECTION OF THE SHIH HOW IT CAME TO B", para. 21. The writers of the odes. The pieces were of course made by individuals who possessed
41. "THE FORMATION OF THE COLLECTION OF THE SHIH HOW IT CAME TO B", para. 27. feelings under the drought that was exhausting the kingdom; and the fifth and sixth c
42. "THE FORMATION OF THE COLLECTION OF THE SHIH HOW IT CAME TO B", para. 34. [1. The account is this: 'Hung became the disciple of Hsieh Man-khing, who was famous
43. "THE FORMATION OF THE COLLECTION OF THE SHIH HOW IT CAME TO B", para. 36. 'This view may appear reasonable; but when we examine those first sentences themselve
44. "THE SHIH KING.", para. 1. THE SHIH KING.
45. "I. ODES OF THE TEMPLE AND THE ALTAR.", para. 1. I. ODES OF THE TEMPLE AND THE ALTAR. IT was stated in the Introduction, p. 278, that
46. "I. ODES OF THE TEMPLE AND THE ALTAR.", para. 4. The ancestral worship of the common people. The Odes of the Temple and the Altar are,
47. "I. ODES OF THE TEMPLE AND THE ALTAR.", para. 6. The royal worship of ancestors. Of the ceremonies in the royal worship of ancestors,
48. "I. ODES OF THE TEMPLE AND THE ALTAR.", para. 8. This characteristic of these ceremonies appeared most strikingly in the custom which
49. "I. ODES OF THE TEMPLE AND THE ALTAR.", para. 9. When the sacrifice to ancestors was finished, the king feasted his uncles and younger
50. "I. ODES OF THE TEMPLE AND THE ALTAR.", para. 10. The above sketch of the seasonal sacrifices to ancestors shows that they were intimat
51. "I. ODES OF THE TEMPLE AND THE ALTAR.", para. 11. The worship paid to God. The Shih does not speak of the worship which was paid to God
52. "1. THE SACRIFICIAL ODES OF SHANG.", para. 1. 1. THE SACRIFICIAL ODES OF SHANG. THESE Odes of Shang constitute the last Book in the
53. "1. THE SACRIFICIAL ODES OF SHANG.", para. 4. Of how it is that we have even these, we have the following account in the Narratives
54. "ODE 1. THE NÂ [1].", para. 1. ODE 1. THE NÂ [1].
55. "APPROPRIATE TO A SACRIFICE TO THANG, THE FOUNDER OF THE SHAN", para. 1. APPROPRIATE TO A SACRIFICE TO THANG, THE FOUNDER OF THE SHANG DYNASTY, DWELLING ESPEC
56. "APPROPRIATE TO A SACRIFICE TO THANG, THE FOUNDER OF THE SHAN", para. 7. 3. The Lî Kî, XXIV, i, parr. 2, 3, tells us, that the sacrificer, as preliminary to t
57. "ODE 2. THE LIEH ZÛ.", para. 1. ODE 2. THE LIEH ZÛ.
58. "PROBABLY LIKE THE LAST ODE, APPROPRIATE TO A SACRIFICE TO TH", para. 1. PROBABLY LIKE THE LAST ODE, APPROPRIATE TO A SACRIFICE TO THANG, DWELLING ON THE SPIR
59. "PROBABLY LIKE THE LAST ODE, APPROPRIATE TO A SACRIFICE TO TH", para. 9. With the naves of their wheels bound with leather, and their ornamented yokes, With t
60. "ODE 3. THE HSÜAN NIÂO", para. 1. ODE 3. THE HSÜAN NIÂO
61. "APPROPRIATE TO A SACRIFICE IN THE ANCESTRAL TEMPLE OF SHANG;", para. 1. APPROPRIATE TO A SACRIFICE IN THE ANCESTRAL TEMPLE OF SHANG;--INTENDED SPECIALLY TO D
62. "APPROPRIATE TO A SACRIFICE IN THE ANCESTRAL TEMPLE OF SHANG;", para. 6. 2 'The nine regions' are the nine provinces into which Yü divided the kingdom.] first
63. "ODE 4. THE KHANG FÂ.", para. 1. ODE 4. THE KHANG FÂ.
64. "CELEBRATING HSIEH, THE ANCESTOR OF THE HOUSE OF SHANG; HSIAN", para. 1. CELEBRATING HSIEH, THE ANCESTOR OF THE HOUSE OF SHANG; HSIANG-THÛ, HIS GRANDSON; THAN
65. "CELEBRATING HSIEH, THE ANCESTOR OF THE HOUSE OF SHANG; HSIAN", para. 11. The dark king exercised an effective sway[2]. Charged with a small state, he commande
66. "CELEBRATING HSIEH, THE ANCESTOR OF THE HOUSE OF SHANG; HSIAN", para. 20. The martial king displayed his banner, And with reverence grasped his axe. It was lik
67. "ODE 5. THE YIN WÛ.", para. 1. ODE 5. THE YIN WÛ.
68. "CELEBRATING THE WAR OF WÛ-TING AGAINST KING-KHÛ, ITS SUCCESS", para. 1. CELEBRATING THE WAR OF WÛ-TING AGAINST KING-KHÛ, ITS SUCCESS, AND THE GENERAL HAPPINE
69. "CELEBRATING THE WAR OF WÛ-TING AGAINST KING-KHÛ, ITS SUCCESS", para. 7. Boldly he entered its dangerous passes, And brought the multitudes of King together,
70. "CELEBRATING THE WAR OF WÛ-TING AGAINST KING-KHÛ, ITS SUCCESS", para. 16. We ascended the hill of King[1], Where the pines and cypresses grew symmetrical. We c
71. "II. THE SACRIFICIAL ODES OF KÂU.", para. 1. II. THE SACRIFICIAL ODES OF KÂU. IN this division we have thirty-one sacrificial odes
72. "The First Decade, or that of Khing Miâo.", para. 1. The First Decade, or that of Khing Miâo. Chinese critics agree in assigning this piec
73. "The First Decade, or that of Khing Miâo.", para. 13. Nothing more can, with any likelihood of truth, be said of this short piece, which mo
74. "The First Decade, or that of Khing Miâo.", para. 20. Heaven made the lofty hill[1], And king Thâi brought (the country about) it under cul
75. "The First Decade, or that of Khing Miâo.", para. 31. [1. This is a prayer. The worshipper, it is in view of the majesty of Heaven, shrank
76. "The First Decade, or that of Khing Miâo.", para. 37. 2. Compare with these lines the last chapter of 'the Completion of the War' in the Sh
77. "The First Decade, or that of Khing Miâo.", para. 46. O accomplished Hâu-kî, Thou didst prove thyself the correlate of Heaven. Thou didst g
78. "The Second Decade, or that of Khan Kung.", para. 1. The Second Decade, or that of Khan Kung. The place of this piece among the sacrificia
79. "The Second Decade, or that of Khan Kung.", para. 6. Oh! yes, king Khang [2] Brightly brought himself near [2]. Lead your husbandmen To so
80. "The Second Decade, or that of Khan Kung.", para. 12. There, (in their states), not disliked, Here, (in Kâu), never tired of;-They are sure
81. "The Second Decade, or that of Khan Kung.", para. 18. The critics agree in holding that this piece was made on occasion of the duke of Kâu'
82. "The Second Decade, or that of Khan Kung.", para. 22. Harmoniously blend their sounds; In solemn unison they give forth their notes. Our an
83. "The Second Decade, or that of Khan Kung.", para. 29. (He says), 'While I present (this) noble bull, And they assist me in setting forth th
84. "The Second Decade, or that of Khan Kung.", para. 36. 2 Among the uses of the services of the ancestral temple, specified by Confucius and
85. "The Second Decade, or that of Khan Kung.", para. 43. This account of the piece, given in the Preface, is variously corroborated, and has n
86. "The Third Decade, or that of Min Yü Hsiâo Dze.", para. 1. The Third Decade, or that of Min Yü Hsiâo Dze. The speaker in this piece is, by commo
87. "The Third Decade, or that of Min Yü Hsiâo Dze.", para. 9. I am a little child, Without intelligence to be reverently (attentive to my duties);
88. "The Third Decade, or that of Min Yü Hsiâo Dze.", para. 13. (but) a wren[1]. But it took wing, and became a large bird. I am unequal to the many
89. "The Third Decade, or that of Min Yü Hsiâo Dze.", para. 18. There are the master and his eldest son; His younger sons, and all their children; Th
90. "The Third Decade, or that of Min Yü Hsiâo Dze.", para. 32. (Now) we kill this black-muzzled tawny bull[2], with his crooked horns, To imitate an
91. "The Third Decade, or that of Min Yü Hsiâo Dze.", para. 39. Oh! powerful was the king's army, But he nursed it, in obedience to circumstances, wh
92. "The Third Decade, or that of Min Yü Hsiâo Dze.", para. 45. This is the only account of the piece that can be given from itself. The Zo Kwan, how
93. "III. THE PRAISE ODES OF LÛ.", para. 1. III. THE PRAISE ODES OF LÛ. IT is not according to the truth of things to class the S
94. "III. THE PRAISE ODES OF LÛ.", para. 4. Lû was one of the states in the east, having its capital in Khü-fâu, which is still t
95. "ODE 3. THE PHAN SHUI.", para. 1. ODE 3. THE PHAN SHUI.
96. "IN PRAISE OF SOME MARQUIS OF LÛ, CELEBRATING HIS INTEREST IN", para. 1. IN PRAISE OF SOME MARQUIS OF LÛ, CELEBRATING HIS INTEREST IN THE STATE COLLEGE, WHICH
97. "IN PRAISE OF SOME MARQUIS OF LÛ, CELEBRATING HIS INTEREST IN", para. 5. 3. Pleasant is the semicircular water, And we gather the mallows about it. The marqui
98. "IN PRAISE OF SOME MARQUIS OF LÛ, CELEBRATING HIS INTEREST IN", para. 9. With great qualities, both civil and martial, Brilliantly he affects his meritorious
99. "IN PRAISE OF SOME MARQUIS OF LÛ, CELEBRATING HIS INTEREST IN", para. 18. 8. They come flying on the wing, those owls, And settle on the trees about the colleg
100. "ODE 4. THE PÎ KUNG.", para. 1. ODE 4. THE PÎ KUNG.