{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/sbe03/sbe03074.htm","path":"cfu/sbe03/sbe03074.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/sbe03/sbe03074.htm","text":"We cannot tell what the sacrifice was; and the Preface, indeed, says that the piece was used in the seasonal sacrifices to all the former king., s and dukes of the House of K\u00e2u. King Th\u00e2i was the grandfather of king W\u0103n, and, before he received that title, was known as 'the ancient duke Than-f\u00fb.' In B.C. 1327, he moved with his followers from Pin, an earlier seat of his House, and settled in the plain of Kh\u00ee, about fifty l\u00ee to the north-east of the present district city of Kh\u00ee-shan, in Shen-hs\u00ee.\nHeaven made the lofty hill 1, And king Th\u00e2i brought (the country about) it under cultivation. He made the commencement with it, And king W\u0103n tranquilly (carried on the work), (Till) that rugged (mount) Kh\u00ee Had level roads leading to it. May their descendants ever preserve it!\n316:1 Meaning mount Kh\u00ee.","title":"SBE 3: Shih King: Odes of the Temple and the Altar: II. T...","type":"page"}