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Updated: May 22, 2025

King Wan said, 'Alas! We speak of 'turning night into day. The tyrant of Shang turned day into night, Excesses, generally committed in darkness, were by him done openly. 2 These 'demon regions' are understood to mean the seat of the Turkic tribes to the north of China, known from the earliest times by various names-'The hill Zung, 'the northern Li, 'the Hsien-yun, &c.

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