Shih King. Odes Of The Temple And The Altar. Part 16
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Ode 5. The Thien O.
Appropriate To A Sacrifice To King Thi.
We cannot tell what the sacrifice was; and the Preface, indeed, says that the piece was used in the seasonal sacrifices to all the former king., s and dukes of the House of "K"u. King Thi was the grandfather of king Wn, and, before he received that title, was known as 'the ancient duke Than-f.' In B.c. 1327, he moved with his followers from Pin, an earlier seat of his House, and settled in the plain of "Kh", about fifty l to the north-east of the present district city of "Kh"-shan, in Shen-hs.
Heaven made the lofty hill 1, And king Thi brought (the country about) it under cultivation. He made the commencement with it, And king Wn tranquilly (carried on the work), (Till) that rugged (mount) "Kh" Had level roads leading to it. May their descendants ever preserve it!
Footnotes
316:1 Meaning mount "Kh".
Ode 5. The Thien O.
Appropriate To A Sacrifice To King Thi.
We cannot tell what the sacrifice was; and the Preface, indeed, says that the piece was used in the seasonal sacrifices to all the former king., s and dukes of the House of "K"u. King Thi was the grandfather of king Wn, and, before he received that title, was known as 'the ancient duke Than-f.' In B.c. 1327, he moved with his followers from Pin, an earlier seat of his House, and settled in the plain of "Kh", about fifty l to the north-east of the present district city of "Kh"-shan, in Shen-hs.
Heaven made the lofty hill 1, And king Thi brought (the country about) it under cultivation. He made the commencement with it, And king Wn tranquilly (carried on the work), (Till) that rugged (mount) "Kh" Had level roads leading to it. May their descendants ever preserve it!
Footnotes
316:1 Meaning mount "Kh".
