The Chinese Classics with a Translation, Critical and Exegetical Notes, Prolegomena, and Copious Indexes Volume 2; The Shoo King, Or, the Book of Historical Documents (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 Excerpt: ... deal with the Weak-water, conducting it to the West, and to lead the waters of the King, the Tseih and the Tron, nnd the Funz, 11 the Wei, in which they all went on to the 0.' 76. fifi, --sce on par 65. The King mountain hero is not that of King-chow. We are referred for it to n mountain 10 Ie to the ' Ch'in Ta-yew (W k M, Sung dyn.) says, "The ancients felt it right to sacrifice on oc-casion of any great underlnkimz, and it was specially right to do so in connection with such an undertaking as Yu's. But we have mention of his ntfering sacrifice only in the provinces of Yung and Leang, because these were the tw_o last provinces where he operated, and his _sacr1-flcing in them shows that he had done_sn III the other provinces as well. Further, _ u s sacnfl cing in mentioned only in connection with the hills of 'l's'ac and.lung in I.(-zulg, and those of King and K'c in Ynng. because Ts'ae and Mung were the last hills of Leang, and King and Ke were the first of Yung, so that we may understand he sacrificed to all the others; and_thence it is said below that Ilie Iiills in all the ZIZIIBJPTO; vinces were cleared of their wood mid sacr;/ice to. ' These observations are good, but do not give the proper reason for the use of the term At l-loo-k'ow the object was the clearing of the Ho: at Leang and l'e it was the clearing of the Ho and of the country as well;---and hence we have the terms and At Mung, Yu, Min, and Po, the object was the cultivation of the country. and therefore we have the term At Ts'a.e, iuiing, King, K'e, emignan, Shun-wnh, and Neaou-shoo, the object was to clear the streams in the valleys, and had nothing to do with the fields or country, and hence we could not have gab, but only...