Shih King. Major Odes, First Decade. Ode
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Ode 10. The Wn Wang Y Shng.
The Praise Of Kings Wn And W:--how The Former Displayed His Military Prowess Only To Secure The Tranquillity Of The People; And How The Latter, In Accordance With The Results Of Divination, Entered In His New Capital Of Ho, Into The Sovereignty Of The Kingdom With The Sincere Good Will Of All The People.
King Wn is famous; Yea, he is very famous. What he sought was the repose (of the people); What he saw was the completion (of his work). A sovereign true was king Wn!
King Wn received the appointment (from Heaven), And achieved his martial success. Having overthrown "Kh"ung 1. He fixed his (capital) city in Fng 2. A sovereign true was king Wn!
p. 395
He repaired the walls along the (old) moat. His establishing himself in Fng was according to (the pattern of his forefathers), It was not that he was in haste to gratify his wishes;--It was to show the filial duty that had come down to him. A sovereign true was the royal prince!
His royal merit was brightly displayed By those walls of Fng. There were collected (the sympathies of the people of) the four quarters, Who regarded the royal prince as their protector. A sovereign true was the royal prince!
The Fng-water flowed on to the east (of the city), Through the meritorious labour of Y. There were collected (the sympathies of the people of) the four quarters, Who would have the great king as their ruler. A sovereign true was the great king 1!'
In the capital of Ho he built his hall with its circlet of water 2. From the west to the east, From the south to the north, There was not a thought but did him homage. A sovereign true was the great king!
He examined and divined, did the king, About settling in the capital of Ho. The tortoise-shell decided the site 3, And king W completed the city. A sovereign true was king W!
p. 396
By the Fng-water grows the white millet 1;--Did not king W show wisdom in his employment of officers? He would leave his plans to his descendants, And secure comfort and support to his son. A sovereign true was king W!
Footnotes
394:1 As related in ode 7.
394:2 Fng had, probably, been the capital of "Kh"ung, and Wn p. 395 removed to it, simply making the necessary repairs and alterations. This explains how we find nothing about the divinations which should have preceded so important a step as the founding of a new capital.
395:1 The writer has passed on to W, who did actually become king.
395:2 See on the third of the Praise Odes of L in Part Iv.
395:3 Ho was built by W, and hence we have the account of his divining About the site and the undertaking.
396:1 'The white millet,' a valuable species, grown near the Fng, suggests to the writer the idea of all the men of ability whom W collected around him.
Ode 10. The Wn Wang Y Shng.
The Praise Of Kings Wn And W:--how The Former Displayed His Military Prowess Only To Secure The Tranquillity Of The People; And How The Latter, In Accordance With The Results Of Divination, Entered In His New Capital Of Ho, Into The Sovereignty Of The Kingdom With The Sincere Good Will Of All The People.
King Wn is famous; Yea, he is very famous. What he sought was the repose (of the people); What he saw was the completion (of his work). A sovereign true was king Wn!
King Wn received the appointment (from Heaven), And achieved his martial success. Having overthrown "Kh"ung 1. He fixed his (capital) city in Fng 2. A sovereign true was king Wn!
p. 395
He repaired the walls along the (old) moat. His establishing himself in Fng was according to (the pattern of his forefathers), It was not that he was in haste to gratify his wishes;--It was to show the filial duty that had come down to him. A sovereign true was the royal prince!
His royal merit was brightly displayed By those walls of Fng. There were collected (the sympathies of the people of) the four quarters, Who regarded the royal prince as their protector. A sovereign true was the royal prince!
The Fng-water flowed on to the east (of the city), Through the meritorious labour of Y. There were collected (the sympathies of the people of) the four quarters, Who would have the great king as their ruler. A sovereign true was the great king 1!'
In the capital of Ho he built his hall with its circlet of water 2. From the west to the east, From the south to the north, There was not a thought but did him homage. A sovereign true was the great king!
He examined and divined, did the king, About settling in the capital of Ho. The tortoise-shell decided the site 3, And king W completed the city. A sovereign true was king W!
p. 396
By the Fng-water grows the white millet 1;--Did not king W show wisdom in his employment of officers? He would leave his plans to his descendants, And secure comfort and support to his son. A sovereign true was king W!
Footnotes
394:1 As related in ode 7.
394:2 Fng had, probably, been the capital of "Kh"ung, and Wn p. 395 removed to it, simply making the necessary repairs and alterations. This explains how we find nothing about the divinations which should have preceded so important a step as the founding of a new capital.
395:1 The writer has passed on to W, who did actually become king.
395:2 See on the third of the Praise Odes of L in Part Iv.
395:3 Ho was built by W, and hence we have the account of his divining About the site and the undertaking.
396:1 'The white millet,' a valuable species, grown near the Fng, suggests to the writer the idea of all the men of ability whom W collected around him.
