The Book of Odes E-Book

Confucius

• Herausgeber: Dnl Media
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

Beschreibung

The oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry, comprising 305 works dating from the 11th to 7th centuries BC. It is one of the "Five Classics" traditionally said to have been compiled by Confucius.

Leseprobe

BOOK OF ODES

(SHIH-CHING)

BY

CONFUCIUS

1908

Index

Editorial Note

Introduction

The Deserted Wife

King's Messenger

Flight

The Tower Of Wăn

Drifting

The Slanderers

Love And The Magistrate

City Of Chow

I. The Prayer Of The Emperor Ching

II. The Prayer Of The Emperor Ching

Maytime

Lady Of The Lagoon

Through Eastern Gates

The Straggler

The Happy Man

The Pear-Tree

Princely Visitors

The Nightlong Tryst

A Wife's Memories

The Princes

Blue Collar

A Friend Forgotten

The Ephemerae

Happy In Haou

Three Gifts

Brave Thoughts

On The Banks Of Ho

Sorrow

Bulwarks Of Empire

The Bride Cometh

Before The Ford

Good King Wu

Faint Heart

Without Her

The Forest Lover

The Householder's Lament

Unavailing

Grey Dawns And Red

Editorial Note

The object of the editors of this series is a very definite one. They desire above all things that, in their humble way, these books shall be the ambassadors of good-will and understanding between East and West, the old world of Thought, and the new of Action. In this endeavour, and in their own sphere, they are but followers of the highest example in the land. They are confident that a deeper knowledge of the great ideals and lofty philosophy of Oriental thought may help to a revival of that true spirit of Charity which neither despises nor fears the nations of another creed and colour. Finally, in thanking press and public for the very cordial reception given to the "Wisdom of the East" series, they wish to state that no pains have been spared to secure the best specialists for the treatment of the various subjects at hand.

L. CRANMER-BYNGS. A. KAPADIAI

Northbrook Society,       185 Piccadilly, W.

Introduction

"While reading the works of Confucius, I have always fancied I could see the man as he was in life, and, when I went to Shantung, I actually beheld his carriage, his robes, and the material parts of his ceremonial usages. There were his descendants practising the old rites in their ancestral home; and I lingered on, unable to tear myself away. Many are the princes and prophets that the world has seen in its time; glorious in life, forgotten in death. But Confucius, though only a humble member of the cotton-clothed masses, remains among us after many generations. He is the model for such as would be wise. By all, from the Son of Heaven down to the meanest student, the supremacy of his principles is fully and freely admitted. He may, indeed, be pronounced the divinest of men."1

This is the tribute of Ssŭ-Ma Ch’ien, the author of the first great History of China, who lived in the first century before Christ. Many centuries have gone since the old historian, out of the fulness of his heart, sang the praises of the Master and the supremacy of his principles. To-day, as a thousand years ago, the school children take their first serious instruction from the five books, or King as they are called in Chinese:—The Shu King, or Book of History; The I King, or Book of Changes; The Shi King, or Book of Poetry; The Li Chi, or Book of Rites; The Ch’un Ch’in, or Annals of Spring and Autumn.