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Shih King. Odes Of The Temple And The Altar. Part 31

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Ode 10. The Li.

Celebrating The Praise Of King Wn.

This is the only account of the piece that can be given from itself. The o "K"wan, however, refers it to the dance of king W; and the Preface says it contains the words with which W accompanied his grant of fiefs and appanages in the ancestral temple to his principal followers.

King Wn laboured earnestly:--Right is it we should have received (the kingdom). We will diffuse (his virtue), ever cherishing the thought of

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him; Henceforth we will seek only the settlement (of the kingdom). It was he through whom came the appointment of Ku. Oh! let us ever cherish the thought of him.
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