 | 1879 - 876 pages
...palace of the dukes of Wei, just then finished, and celebrated by the writer, is thus anticipated : " Daughters shall be born to him:— They will be put...spirits and the food will they have to think, And cause no sorrow to their parents." The tile is here used as an emblem of weaving, because women prepare... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1879 - 882 pages
...of Wei, just then finished, and celebrated by the writer, is thus anticipated : " Daughters shall bo born to him: — They will be put to sleep on the...spirits and the food will they have to think, And cause no sorrow to their parents." The tile is here used as an emblem of weaving, because women prepare... | |
 | 1879 - 574 pages
...intimations of sons ; The cobras and (other) snakes Are the auspicious intimations of daughters V Sons shall be born to him : — They will be put to sleep on couches ; They will be clothed in robes ; They will have sceptres to play with ; Their cry will be... | |
 | 劉向 - 1899 - 244 pages
...serving up food pecupies the next section, and is introduced by an extract from the Book of Odes. /" Daughters shall be born to him : They will be put...to think, And to cause no sorrow to their parents." / CHAPTERS XVIII-XXIV. " A woman's province is in the kitchen. She should herself cook and season meats... | |
 | Arthur H. Smith - 1899 - 412 pages
...(hereafter) resplendent with red knee-covers, The (future) king, the princes of the land. Daughters will be born to him. They will be put to sleep on the ground...to think, And to cause no sorrow to their parents. From the sentiment of this poem alone it would be easy to determine the Chinese of to-day to be lineal... | |
 | Arthur H. Smith - 1899 - 414 pages
...the poet adds a couple of stanzas, which, according to Dr. Legge's translation, are as follows : Sons shall be born to him ; they will be put to sleep on couches ; They will be clothed in robes; they will have sceptres to play with; Their cry will be loud.... | |
 | George Waldo Browne - 1901 - 606 pages
...the author draws the following vivid picture, according to the translation of Doctor Legge : " Sons shall be born to him ; they .will be put to sleep on couches ; They will be clothed in robes ; they will have sceptres to play with ; Their cry will be... | |
 | Herbert Allen Giles - 1901 - 474 pages
...to interpret his dream of bears and serpents. The interpretation (Legge) is as follows : — " Sons shall be born to him : — They will be put to sleep on couches ; They will be clothed in robes ; They will have sceptres to play with; Their cry will be loud.... | |
 | Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse - 1906 - 404 pages
...earlier state of mother-right, but of this there are in the Old Testament only the merest traces.3 Daughters shall be born to him ; They will be put...to think, And to cause no sorrow to their parents." She-King, Part II., Bk. iv. Ode 5, Sts. 8, 9. In point of fact the lot of the infant daughter was often... | |
 | Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse - 1906 - 418 pages
...difference of attitude to the infant son and daughter in terms which are exactly reproduced to-day : " Sons shall be born to him ; They will be put to sleep on couches ; They will be clothed in robes ; They will have sceptres to play with ; Their cry will be... | |
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... be born to him ; They will be put to sleep on couches ; They will be clothed in robes ; They will have sceptres to play with ; Their cry will be loud. They will be (hereafter) resplendent with red knee-covers, The (future) king, the princes of the... 
