Book of Odes
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Saying which he tuned his lyre, and sang probably some of those songs from his recently compiled Book of Odes which breathed the wisdom of the ancient emperors.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by John Rudd
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
Certain parts of the marriage ceremonial of China as now existing indicate that the original form of marriage was by capture—of which, indeed, there is evidence in the classical Book of Odes.
From Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
There is another Thing in the first Book of Odes that is not much unlike this.
From Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Desiderius Erasmus
In Dr. Legge's translation of the "Book of Odes," p.
From Ancient China Simplified by Edward Harper Parker
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