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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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23[1]

Officials become lax with success;[2] a disease worsens after a
slight improvement; disaster comes from carelessness, filial piety
declines with [the advent of] wife and child. Examining into these
four [phenomena, we find we must] be careful that we end as well
as we begin. The I [ching] says,[3] "A young fox has nearly crossed
[the stream], when its tail gets immersed."

The Ode says,[4]

All are [good] at first,
But few prove themselves to be so at last.
 
[1]

SY 10.6b-7a incorporates this in a story about Tsêng-tzŭ, ending with the same
lines from the Shih. Wên-tzŭ 4.19a and Têng-hsi-tzŭ 10a are similar.

[2]

[OMITTED]: SY has [OMITTED] for [OMITTED]: "Officials grow lazy when offices are complete."
Têng-hsi-tzŭ has [OMITTED] "Harm comes from the organization of
officialdom." Wên-tzŭ: [OMITTED] [var. [OMITTED]] [OMITTED]. (Chou.)

[3]

Yi King 207.

[4]

Shih 505 No. 255/1.

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