Book of Odes
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In the Book of Odes, Confucius preserved a Ts'in ballad mourning over men so buried alive with their dead king.
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Kenneth Morris
This was no time for Confucius to take office, and he devoted the leisure thus forced upon him to the compilation of the "Book of Odes" and the "Book of History."
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by John Rudd
In Dr. Legge's translation of the "Book of Odes," p.
From Ancient China Simplified by Edward Harper Parker
She knew the "Book of Odes" by heart, and could repeat the five rules of life without missing a word.
From The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal by Various
At the time of Confucius there existed a collection of three thousand songs, from which he selected those contained in the "Book of Odes."
From Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities by Anne C. Lynch Botta
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