 | 1876 - 456 pages
...of the pieces as the readiness with which he attributes a licentious meaning to those of Book vii., Part I. But the reason why the kings in their progresses...them, was " that they might judge from them of the 1 I might Bay not quite a dozen, for Books iii., iv., and v., all belong to Wei, and probably also... | |
 | 1879 - 574 pages
...attributes a licentious meaning to many of those in the seventh Book of Part I. But the reason why the kings had the odes of the different states collected and...themselves, and has no more reason to be surprised by references to vice in some of them than by the language of virtue in many others. Confucius said,... | |
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... and so come to a decision regarding the government and morals of their rulers. A student and translator of the odes has simply to allow them to speak for themselves, and has no more reason to be surprised by references to vice in some of them than... 