[1. That is, Thang.

2. If this ode were used, as Mang supposes, in the third year after
Wu-ting's death, this ' descendant' would be his son Zu-kang, B.C. 1265
to 1259.

3. This expression, which occurs also in the Shu, indicates that the
early Chinese believed that their country extended to the sea, east,
west, north, and south.

4. Ku Hsi Says he did not understand this line; but there is ground in
the Zo Kwan for our believing that King was the name of a hill in the
region where the capital of Shang was.

5. We saw in the Shu that the name Shang gave place to Yin after the
time of Pan-kang, B.C. 1401 to 1374. Wu-ting's reign was subsequent to
that of Pan-kang.]

'great Ti sacrifice,' when the principal object of honour would be the
ancient Khu, the father of Hsieh, with Hsieh as his correlate, and all
the kings of the dynasty, with the earlier lords of Shang, and their
famous ministers and advisers, would have their places at the service. I
think this is the oldest of the odes of Shang.

Profoundly wise were (the lords of) Shang, And long had there appeared
the omens (of their dignity).

When the waters of the deluge spread vast abroad, Yu arranged and
divided the regions of the land, And assigned to the exterior great
states their boundaries, With their borders extending all over (the