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Han shih wai chuan

Han Ying's Illustrations of the didactic application of the Classic of songs
Han, Ying
  
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PREFACE
  
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION

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CHAPTER I
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CHAPTER II
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CHAPTER III
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CHAPTER IV
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CHAPTER V
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CHAPTER VI
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CHAPTER VII
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CHAPTER VIII
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CHAPTER IX
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CHAPTER X

  
APPENDIX
  
BIBLIOGRAPHY
  
TABLE OF UNUSUAL ORTHOGRAPHIES
  
FINDING LIST
  
INDEX OF PROPER NAMES
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The saintly man nourishes a unique nature and governs his
six ch`i;[1] he stands by a unique fate and is temperate in what he
eats.[2] He governs the empire in a grand manner, not neglecting
small matters.[3] Preserving the essential spirit so as to fill up a
due mean[4] is called determination.[5] The Ode says,[6]

He was neither violent nor remiss,
Neither hard nor soft.
It speaks of attaining to a due mean.

 
[1]

For [OMITTED] read [OMITTED] with CHy. B, C have [OMITTED]. HTNCSW 22.21a mentions the [OMITTED],
but identifies only five: pure [OMITTED], hot [OMITTED], cold [OMITTED], moist [OMITTED], and fêng [OMITTED].

[2]

Cf. Li Ki 1.364 (4/4.36), "They make their diet spare" (Legge 1.275).

[3]

[OMITTED]: or "even the meanest man."

[4]

Cf. Analects 350 (20/1.1), "Sincerely hold fast the due Mean."

[5]

For [OMITTED] B, C have [OMITTED] "a gentleman."

[6]

Shih 641 No. 304/4.

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