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Shih King. Odes Of The Temple And The Altar. Part 11

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Ode 10. The Sze Wn.

Appropriate To One Of The Border Sacrifices, When Hu-
\"K" Was Worshipped As The Correlate Of God, And Celebrating Him.

Hu-"k" was the same as "Kh", who appears in Part II of the Sh as Minister of Agriculture to Yo and Shun, and co-operating with

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[paragraph continues] Y in his labours on the flooded land. The name Hu belongs to him as lord of Thi; that of "K", as Minister of Agriculture. However the combination arose, Hu-"k" became historically the name of "Kh" of the time of Yo and Shun, the ancestor to whom the kings of "K"u traced their lineage. He was to the people the Father of Husbandry, who first taught men to plough and sow and reap. Hence, when the kings offered sacrifice and prayer to God at the commencement of spring for his blessing on the labours of the year, they associated Hu-"k" with him at the service.

O accomplished Hu-"k", Thou didst prove thyself the correlate of Heaven. Thou didst give grain-food to our multitudes:--The immense gift of thy goodness. Thou didst confer on us the wheat and the barley, Which God appointed for the nourishment of all. And without distinction of territory or boundary, The rules of social duty were diffused throughout these great regions.
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