The Shi King, the Old "Poetry Classic" of the Chinese

Confucius

Translated by William Jennings

311 chapters · about 3 h

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The opening

1. 1. 1. SONG OF WELCOME TO THE BKIDE OF KING WAN.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STATES,

THE ODES OF CHOW AND THE SOUTH.

SONG OF WELCOME TO THE BKIDE OF KING WAN.

WATEBFOWL their mates are calling, On the islets in the stream. Chaste and modest maid! fit partner For our lord (thyself we deem) .

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About this edition

The words
William Jennings's English translation, copied word for word.
Left out
  • Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 7 places
  • The scanning library's bookplate (University of Toronto, the estate of Professor C. T. Currelly) (4 blocks)
  • The series half-title (“JOHN LUBBOCK'S HUNDRED BOOKS”, no. 11, “THE SHI KING”) (3 blocks)
  • Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 9 places
  • The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
  • The library's shelf marks on the scanned copy (“679699”, “z. 7.”) (2 blocks)
  • A preface, foreword or afterword, in 2 places
  • The printer's imprint (“Woodfall & Kinder, Printers, 70 to 76, Long Acre, London, W.C.”)
  • The library's book-card pocket and labels at the back of the scanned copy (8 blocks)