{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/sbe03/sbe03151.htm","path":"cfu/sbe03/sbe03151.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/sbe03/sbe03151.htm","text":"H\u00fb was probably the same earl of Sh\u00e2o, who is mentioned in ode 5, as building his capital of Hsieh for the new marquis of Shan. The lords of Sh\u00e2o had been distinguished in the service of K\u00e2u ever since the rise of the dynasty.\nThe king gave charge to H\u00fb of Sh\u00e2o:--'You have everywhere made known (and carried out my orders). When (the kings) W\u0103n and W\u00fb received their appointment, The duke of Sh\u00e2o was their strong support. You not (only) have a regard to me the little child But you try to resemble that duke of Sh\u00e2o. You have commenced and earnestly displayed your merit; And I will make you happy.\n'I give you a large libation-cup of jade 1, And a jar of herb-flavoured spirits from the black millet 2. I have made announcement to the Accomplished one 3, And confer on you hills, lands, and fields. In (Kh\u00ee-)k\u00e2u shall you receive investiture, According as your ancestor received his.' H\u00fb bowed with\nhis head to the ground (and said), 'May the Son of Heaven live for ever!'\n427:2 The cup and the spirits would be used by the earl when sacrificing in his ancestral temple. Compare the similar gift from king Kh\u0103ng to the duke of K\u00e2u, in the Sh\u00fb, p. 194. More substantial gifts are immediately specified.\n427:3 'The Accomplished one' is understood to be king W\u0103n (= 'the Accomplished king'). He was the founder of the K\u00e2u dynasty. To him the kingdom had first come by the appointment and gift of Heaven. It was the duty therefore of his successors, in making grants of territory to meritorious officers, to announce them to him in Kh\u00ee-k\u00e2u, the old territory of the family, and obtain, as it were, his leave for what they were doing.","title":"SBE 3: Shih King: Major Odes: The Third Decade, or that o...","type":"page"}