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Updated: June 1, 2025

The piece is one of a group which their contents lead us to refer to the reign of king Yu, the son of Hsuean, B.C. 781 to 771. When we examine the chronology of his period, it is said that in his sixth year, B.C. 776, there was an eclipse of the sun. Now the ode commences:

James Legge - The Shih King: From the Sacred Books of the East Volume 3