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BK, XII.
MING THANG WEI.
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32. They used (the names) of the 50 officers of the lord of Yü; of the 100 of the sovereigns of Hsia; of the 200 of Yin; and of the 300 of Kau!.
33. (At their funerals) they used the feathery ornaments of the lord of Yü; the wrappings of white silk (about the flag-staffs) of the sovereigns of Hsià ; (the flags) with their toothed edges of Yin; and the round pieces of jade and plumes of Kâu
34. La (thus) used the robes, vessels and officers of all the four dynasties, and so it observed the royal ceremonies. It long transmitted them everywhere. Its rulers and ministers never killed one another. Its rites, music, punishments, laws, governmental proceedings, manners and customs never changed. Throughout the kingdom it was considered the state which exhibited the right ways; and therefore dependence was placed on it in the matters of ceremonies and music
Compare the Shů, V, XX, 3. Various attempts are made to reconcile the statements there and those of this paragraph ; 'all,' says Khăn Hào, mere conjectures.”
• Compare paragraph 22, page 139, vol. xxvii.
* Much of what is said here is glaringly false ; and justifies what is said of the Book in the introduction, page 29.
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