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BOOK XVII. THE CHARGE TO KUNG OF 3HÂI.
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Book XVII. THE CHARGE TO KunG OF ZHÂI. BHẢI was the name of the small state or territory, which had been
conferred on Tû, the next younger brother of the duke of Kâu. The name still remains in the district of Shang-zhâi, department 20-ning, Ho-nan. TQ was deprived of his state because of his complicity in the rebellion of Wa-kăng; but it was subsequently restored to his son Hd by this charge. HQ is here called Kung, that term simply denoting his place in the roll of his brothers or cousins. King Khăng and HỒ were cousins,- brothers' according to Chinese usage of terms, and HQ being the younger of the two, was called Zhâi K’ung, the
second or younger brother, of Zhai.' The Book consists of two chapters. The former is of the nature of a preface, giving the details necessary to explain the appointment of HÀ. The second contains the king's charge, delivered in his name by the duke of Kâu, directing Hù how to conduct himself, so that he might blot out the memory of his father's misdeeds, and win the praise of the king.
1. When the duke of Kâu was in the place of prime minister and directed all the officers, the (king's) uncles spread abroad an (evil) report, in consequence of which (the. duke) put to death the prince of Kwan in Shangł; confined the prince of Zhai in Kwo-lin?, with an attendance of seven chariots; and reduced the prince of Hwoto be a private man, causing his name to be erased from the registers for three years. The son of the prince
1 The prince of Kwan-corresponding to the present Khăng Râu, department Khâi-făng, Ho-nan—was the third of the sons of king Wăn, and older than the duke of Kâu. The Shang where he was put to death was probably what had been the capital of the Shang kings.
We do not know where Kwo-lin was. * The name of Hwo remains in Hwo Kâu, department Phingyang, Shan-hsî. The prince of Hwo was the eighth of Wån's sons.
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