The Seventh Decade, or that of Sang Hû.
ODE 1, STANZA 1. THE SANG HÛ.
THE KING, ENTERTAINING THE CHIEF AMONG THE FEUDAL PRINCES, EXPRESSES HIS ADMIRATION OF THEM, AND GOOD WISHES FOR THEM.
They flit about, the greenbeaks 4, With their
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Footnotes
373:4 The greenbeaks appeared in the second ode of the fifth decade. The bird had many names, and a beautiful plumage, 374:1 This line is to be understood, with Kû Hsî, as a prayer of the king to Heaven for his lords.
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