Book of Odes
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There is another Thing in the first Book of Odes that is not much unlike this.
From Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Erasmus, Desiderius
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 Rudd, John
The "Book of Odes" consists of national airs, chants, and sacrificial odes of great antiquity, some of them remarkable for their sublimity.
From Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities by Botta, Anne C. Lynch
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 Morris, Kenneth
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 Rudd, John
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