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Updated: June 23, 2025
According to Sze-ma Khien, the duke of Kau was himself appointed marquis of Lu; but being unable to go there in consequence of his duties at the royal court, he sent his son instead. After the expiration of his 'regency, the territory was largely augmented, but he still remained in Kau.
The Grand-Master Yin Is the foundation of our Kau, And the balance of the kingdom is in his hands. He should be keeping its four quarters together; He should be aiding the Son of Heaven, So as to preserve the people from going astray. O unpitying great Heaven, It is not right he should reduce us all to such misery! He does nothing himself personally, And the people have no confidence in him.
'The white millet, a valuable species, grown near the Fang, suggests to the writer the idea of all the men of ability whom Wu collected around him. Our 'people' is of course the people of Kau. The whole piece is about the individual from whom the House of Kau sprang, of which were the kings of the dynasty so called. That her childlessness might be taken away.
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 Kau.
We got back to the schooner in good time, and then sailed down to Kau, where we disembarked and took final leave of the vessel. We made nearly a two days' journey of it, but that was on account of laziness.
The year, during the Hsia dynasty, began with the first month of spring, as it now does in China, in consequence of Confucius having said that that was the proper time. Under the Shang dynasty, it commenced a month earlier; and during the Kau period, it ought always to have begun with the new moon preceding the winter solstice, between our November 22 and December 22.
Referring to Than-fu's relations with the wild hordes, described by Mencius, and which obliged him to leave Pin. As the new settlement in Kau grew, they did not dare to trouble it. The poet passes on here to the time of king Wan.
When he arrived the war was practically over, but everywhere were signs of strife. As soon as he was able, he took A Hoa and Koa Kau and visited the chapels all over the country. Everywhere were sights to make his heart very sad. The Japanese soldiers had used many of the chapels for military stables, and they were in a filthy state.
piece was, when those compilations were made, considered to be the work of the duke of Kau; and, no doubt, it was made by him soon after the accession of Wu to the kingdom, and when he was making a royal progress in assertion of his being appointed by Heaven to succeed to the rulers of Shang.
The people of Mi were disobedient, Daring to oppose our great country, And invaded Yuean, marching to Kung . The king rose, majestic in his wrath; He marshalled his troops, To stop the invading foes; To consolidate the prosperity of Kau; To meet the expectations of all under heaven. He then determined the finest of the plains, And settled on the south of Khi , On the banks of
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