{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/bop/bop252.htm","path":"cfu/bop/bop252.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/bop/bop252.htm","text":"The Book of Poetry, tr. by James Legge, [1876]\n2Yes, Wu to follow them was given.\n \u00a0\u00a0To imitate his sires,\n And to obey the will of Heaven,\n \u00a0\u00a0He ardently desires.\n Through all his course this aim endured,\n And this the people's trust secured. p. 354\n3Yes, Wu secured the people's faith,\n \u00a0\u00a0And gave to all the law\n Of filial duty, which till death\n \u00a0\u00a0Shining in him they saw.\n Such piety possessed his mind;\n Such pattern did he leave behind.\n4Thus the one man was Wu\u2014the one,\n \u00a0\u00a0The king, whom all did love.\n They saw in him the pattern son;\n \u00a0\u00a0Such sons to be they strove.\n The filial aim in him bright shone;\n In him were seen the dead and gone.\n5In Wu his sires were thus brought back.\n \u00a0\u00a0The kings that from him spring,\n Continuing in his steps to walk,\n \u00a0\u00a0Upon themselves shall bring,\n Through myriad years, to Chou still given,\n The blessing of impartial Heaven.\n6Ah! yes, Heaven's blessing will descend,\n \u00a0\u00a0And men their names shall bless.\n Thousands from Chou's remotest end,\n \u00a0\u00a0Their praises shall express.\n Their sway through myriad years shall last,\n Nor helpers fail, strong friends and fast.","title":"The Book of Poetry: Book I. Decade of King W\u00ean: IX. Hsia Wu","type":"page"}