Text of Confucianism Part 01

SR No.: 007675
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Legge
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1879
Total Pages: 2829
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 50 MB

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ODE 4.
THE PRAISE ODES OF LO.
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shall make you long-lived and wealthy. The hoary hair and wrinkled back, Marking the aged men, shall always be in your service. They shall grant you old age, ever vigorous, For myriads and thousands of years. With the eyebrows of longevity, and ever unharmed.
6. The mountain of Thai is lofty, Looked up to by the state of La'. We grandly possess also Kwei and Măng ; And we shall extend to the limits of the east, Even the states along the sea. The tribes of the Hwai will seek our alliance; All will proffer their allegiance:-Such shall be the achievements of the marquis of La.
7. He shall maintain the possession of Ha and Yis, And extend his sway to the regions of Hsü“, Even to the states along the sea. The tribes of the Hwâi, the Man, and the Mo", And those tribes (still more) to the south, All will proffer their allegiance ;—Not one will dare not to answer to his call, Thus showing their obedience to the marquis of La.
8. Heaven will give great blessing to our prince, So that with the eyebrows of longevity he shall
Mount Thai is well known, the eastern of the four great mountains of China in the time of Shun. It is in the department of Thâi-an, Shan-tung. : These were two smaller hills in Lu.
These were two hills of La, in the present district of 3âu. • Hsü was the name of one of Yü's nine provinces, embracing portions of the present Shan-tung, Kiang-sů, and An-hui.
* Mo was properly the name of certain wild tribes in the north, as Man was that of the tribes of the south. But we cannot suppose any tribes to be meant here but such as lay south of LQ.
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