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He had communicated his knowledge of the Shih, however, to another Mao, Mao Kang, 'the Lesser Mao, who was a great scholar, at the court of king Hsien of Ho-kien, a son of the emperor King. King Hsien was one of the most diligent labourers in the recovery of the ancient books, and presented the text and work of Hang at the court of his father, probably in B.C. 129.
After the time of King the other three texts were little heard of, while the name of the commentators on Mao's text speedily becomes legion. The grave of Mao Kang is still shown near the village of Zun-fu, in the departmental district of Ho-kien, Kih-li. The different texts guarantee the genuineness of the recovered Shih.
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