and then wheat. Anon he was invested with an inferior state, And taught the people how to sow and to reap, The (ordinary) millet and the sacrificial, Rice and the black millet; Ere long over the whole country:—(Thus) continuing the work of Yü.
2. Among the descendants of Hâu-kî, There was king Thâi[1], Dwelling on the south of (mount) Khî, Where the clipping of Shang began. In process of time Wăn and Wû Continued the work of king Thâi, And (the purpose of) Heaven was carried out in its time, In the plain of Mû[2]. 'Have no doubts, no anxieties,' (it was said), 'God is with you[3],' Wû disposed of the troops of Shang; He and his men equally shared in the achievement. (Then) king (Khăng) said, 'My uncle[4], I will set up your eldest son, And make him marquis of Lû. I will greatly enlarge your territory there, To be a help and support to the House of Kâu.'
3. Accordingly he appointed (our first) duke of Lû, And made him marquis in the east, Giving him the hills and rivers, The lands and fields, and the attached states[5]. The (present) descendant of the duke of Kâu, The son of duke Kwang, With dragon-emblazoned banner, attends the sacrifices, (Grasping) his six reins soft and pliant. In spring
- ↑ See on the Sacrificial Odes of Kâu, decade i, ode 5.
- ↑ See the Shû, V, iii.
- ↑ Shang-fû, one of Wû's principal leaders, encouraged him at the battle of Mû with these words.
- ↑ That is, the duke of Kâu.
- ↑ That is, small territories, held by chiefs of other surnames, but acknowledging the jurisdiction of the lords of Lû, and dependent on them for introduction to the royal court.
