THE SHIH KING

OR

BOOK OF POETRY:

ALL THE PIECES AND STANZAS IN IT ILLUSTRATING THE RELIGIOUS VIEWS AND PRACTICES OF THE WRITERS AND THEIR TIMES.


Translated by
James Legge


From the Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 3

First Published 1879


Contents

Introduction

Part I: Odes of the Temple and the Altar

  • Introduction
I. The Sacrificial Odes of Shang
II. The Sacrificial Odes of Kâu


  • Ode 1. The Khăn Kung
  • Ode 2. The Î Hsî
  • Ode 3. The Kâu Lû
  • Ode 4. The Făng Nien
  • Ode 5. The Yû Kû
  • Ode 6. The Khien
  • Ode 6. The Yung
  • Ode 8. The Ȝâi Hsien
  • Ode 9. The Yû Kho
  • Ode 10. The Wû


  • Ode 1. The Min Yü
  • Ode 2. The Fang Lo
  • Ode 3. The King Kih
  • Ode 4. The Hsiâo Pî
  • Ode 5. The Ȝâi Shû
  • Ode 6. The Liang Sze
  • Ode 7. The Sze Î
  • Ode 8. The Ko
  • Ode 9. The Hwan
  • Ode 10. The Lâi
  • Ode 11. The Pan
III. The Praise Odes of Lû
  • Introduction
  • Ode 3. The Phan Shui
  • Ode 4. The Pî Kung

Part II: Minor Odes of the Kingdom

The First Decade, or that of Lû-ming
  • Ode 5, Stanza 1. The Fâ Mû
  • Ode 6. The Thien Pâo
  • Ode 9, Stanza 4. The Tî Tû
The Fourth Decade, or that of Khî fû
  • Ode 5, Stanzas 5 to 9. The Sze Kan
  • Ode 6, Stanza 4. The Wû Yang
  • Ode 7. The Kieh Nan Shan
  • Ode 8, Stanzas 4, 5, and 7. The Kăng Yüeh
  • Ode 9. The Shih Yüeh Kih Kiâo
  • Ode 10, Stanzas 1 And 3. The Yü Wû Kăng
The Fifth Decade, or that of Hsiâo Min
  • Ode 1, Stanzas 1, 2, And 3. The Hsiâo Min
  • Ode 2, Stanzas 1 and 2. The Hsiâo Yüan
  • Ode 3, Stanzas 1 and 3. The Hsiâo Pan
  • Ode 4, Stanza 1. The Khiâo Yen
  • Ode 6, Stanzas 5 and 6. The Hsiang Po
  • Ode 9. The Tâ Tung
The Sixth Decade, or that of Pei Shan
  • Ode 3, Stanzas 1, 4, and 5. The Hsiâo Ming
  • Ode 5. The Khû Ȝhze
  • Ode 6. The Hsin Nan Shan
  • Ode 7. The Phû Thien
  • Ode 8. The Tâ Thien
The Seventh Decade, or that of Sang Hû
  • Ode 1, Stanza 1. The Sang Hû
  • Ode 6, Stanzas 1 and 2. The Pin Kih Khû Yen
The Eighth Decade, or that of Po Hwâ
  • Ode 5, Stanzas 1 and 2. The Po Hwâ

Part III: Major Odes of the Kingdom

The First Decade, or that of Wăn Wang
  • Ode 1. The Wăn Wang
  • Ode 2. The Tâ Ming
  • Ode 3. The Mien
  • Ode 4, Stanzas 1 and 2. The Yî Pho
  • Ode 5. The Han Lû
  • Ode 6. The Sze Kâi
  • Ode 7. The Hwang Î
  • Ode 9. The Hsiâ Wû
  • Ode 10. The Wăn Wang Yû Shăng
The Second Decade, or that of Shăng Min
The Third Decade, or that of Tang
  • Ode 1. The Tang
  • Ode 2. The Yî
  • Ode 3, Stanzas 1, 2, 3, 4, And 7. The Sang Zâu
  • Ode 4. The Yun Han
  • Ode 5, Stanzas 1, 2, and 4. The Sung Kâo
  • Ode 6, Stanzas 1 and 7. The Kăng Min
  • Ode 7, Stanzas 1 and Part of 3. The Han Yî
  • Ode 8, Stanzas 4 and 5. The Kiang Han
  • Ode 10, Stanzas 1, 5, 6, And 7. The Kan Zang
  • Ode 11, Stanzas 1 and 2. The Shâo Min

Part IV: Lessons from the States

  • Introduction
Book II. The Odes of Chow and the South
Book III. The Odes of Phei
  • Introduction
  • Ode 4. The Zăh Yüeh
  • Ode 15, Stanza 1. The Pei Măn
Book IV. The Odes of Yung
  • Ode 1. The Pai Kâu
  • Ode 3, Stanza 2. The Kün-ȝze Kieh Lâo
  • Ode 6, Stanzas 1 and 2. The Ting Kih Fang Kûng
Book V. The Odes of Wei
  • Introduction
  • Ode 4, Stanzas 1 and 2. The Măng
Book VI. The Odes of The Royal Domain
  • Introduction
  • Ode 1, Stanza 1. The Shû-Lî
  • Ode 9, Stanzas 1 and 3. The Tâ Kü
Book X. The Odes of Thang
  • Introduction
  • Ode, 8, Stanza 1. The Pâo Yü
  • Ode 11. The Ko Shăng
Book XI. The Odes of Khin
  • Introduction
  • Ode 6, Stanza 1. The Hwang Niâo
Book XV. The Odes of Pin
  • Introduction
  • Ode 1, Stanza 8. The Khî Yüeh


This work was published before January 1, 1924, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

 
This article is issued from Wikisource. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.