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“ THE RELIGIOUS PORTIONS OF THE SHIH KING
THE HSIÂO KING
Oxford
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
1879
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CONTENTS.
PAGE
Preface xiii
THE SHÛ.
Introduction.
CHAP.
I. The Nature and History of the Shû 1 Meaning of the name Shû King. The Shû existed as a collection of documents before Confucius. Number of documents in it in his time. The Preface ascribed to him. The sources of the Shû. Destruction of the classical literature by the emperor of Khin. Recovery of the Shû.
II. The Credibility of the Records of the Shû 12 Are the records reliable or not? The Books of Kâu ”

“ I. The Name of the Classic; its Existence before the Han Dynasty; its Contents, and by whom it was written 449 Meaning of the character Hsiâo. Was the treatise called the Hsiâo King by Confucius? It existed before the Han dynasty during the time of the Kâu. It came, probably, from the school of Zăng-zze.
II. The Recovery of the Hsiâo under the Han Dynasty, and its Preservation down to the Publication of the Commentary of the Thang Emperor Hsüan Zung 452 Recovery of the Hsiâo. The shorter or modern text. The older or long text. Was another copy in the old text discovered? ”

“ The music-master of the king got the odes of each state from its music-master; and the collected poems were disseminated throughout the states. How the Shih is so small and incomplete. The authors of the pieces. The year B.C. 776 clearly indicated. The Preface to the Shih.
Odes of the Temple and the Altar. 1.
The Sacrificial Odes of Shang 303 2.
The Sacrificial Odes of Kâu. Decade i 313
The Sacri„ficial Odes„ of Kâu.„ Decade„ ii 320
The Sacri„ficial Odes„ of Kâu.„ Decade„ iii 328 3. ”