{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/sbe03/sbe03124.htm","path":"cfu/sbe03/sbe03124.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/sbe03/sbe03124.htm","text":"They flit about, the greenbeaks 4, With their\nvariegated wings, To be rejoiced in are these princes! May they receive the blessing of Heaven 1!\n373:4 The greenbeaks appeared in the second ode of the fifth decade. The bird had many names, and a beautiful plumage, p. 374 made use of here to compliment the princes on the elegance of their manners, and perhaps also the splendour of their equipages. The bird is here called the 'mulberry H\u00fb,' because it appeared when the mulberry tree was coming into leaf.\n374:1 This line is to be understood, with K\u00fb Hs\u00ee, as a prayer of the king to Heaven for his lords.","title":"SBE 3: Shih King: Minor Odes: The Seventh Decade, or that of Sang H\u00fb: Ode 1, Stanza 1. The Sang H\u00fb","type":"page"}