Necessity for a change of the capita, IIV. vii.
Pt. i. 2.

Neglect of the warnings of Heaven, IV. ix. 4.
Nine virtues, the, II. iii. 3: V. xix. 2.

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provinces, II. iv. 8 : III. i. Pt. i. passim ; Pt. ii.
14: IV. vi. 2. 3: V. xx. 13.

divisions of the 'Great Plan,' V. iv. 3, 4.
— wild tribes, V. v. 1.

Nobility, five orders of, V. iii. 10.

Nobles, the domain of the, III. i. Pt. ii. 19.
Noses, cutting off, as a punishment, II. i. 11,
note: IV. vii. Pt. ii. 16: V. ix. 10: xviii. 5.
xxvii. 3, 8.

Numerous Officers, The, V. xiv. title.
Regions, V. xviii. title.

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Obedience to Heaven, of Yu and T'ang, V. xii.
11.

Observing, Heaven is, IV. viii. Pt. ii. 3.

Office, when one should retire from, IV. v. Ft.
iii. 9.

Officers, on choosing, IV. viii. Pt. ii. 5.

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Woo's appointment of, V. iii. 4.

of divination, iv. 20-24.

crimes of, to be punished with unusual
severity, ix. 17.

of Yin did not indulge in spirits, x. 9, 10.

the Numerous, xiv. title.

of Shang, virtue of the, xvi. 9.

- of state of king Ching, xix. 1.

- of the founder of the Hea dynasty, xix. 2.
— of Chow, 6—24. xx. title.

number of, in different dynasties, xx. 3, 4.
Offerings, importance of sincerity in, V. xiii. 12.
Old families (aristocracy), IV. vii. Pt. i. 7, 13.
- Show did despite to the, IV. xi. 5: V. i. Pt.

ii. 3.

Palace in T'ung, the, IV. v. Pt. i. 9.

- description of the emperor's, V. xxii. 10, note:
xxiii 1.

Parent of all creatures, Heaven and Earth the,
V. i. Pt. i. 3.

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of the people, the sovereign, the, i. Pt. 1. 3:
iv. 16.

Partiality, Heaven has no, IV. v. Pt. iii. 1: vi.
2, 4.

in the king compared to a fire, V. xiii. 9.
Pastors, a name given to high officers, II. i. 7,
16: V. xix. passim: xx. 3, 13: xxvii. 12.
Patience and forbearance recommended, V. xxi.
11, 12.

Pattern for a sage king, Heaven the, IV. viii.
Pt. ii. 3.

Peace, Woo's measures of, V. iii. 2, 9, 10.
with all men, to be sought, xvii. 6.
Peace-securing domain, the, III. i. Pt. ii. 20.
Penal laws of Yin to be adopted by prince
K'ang, V. ix. 11, 13.

Penitence of T'ae-këã, IV. v. Pt. ii. 3.
People, the root of a country, III. iii. 4.

must have a ruler, IV. ii. 2: v. Pt. ii. 2: vi. 11.
the, called T'ang to the empire, IV. ii. 4, 5:
V. xviii. 8.

always cherish the benevolent man, IV. v.
Pt. iii. 1: V. xvii. 4.

- a sovereign should sympathise with the, IV.
v. Pt. iii. 5.

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turn to the man of pure virtue, IV. vi. 4.

- ministers should seek the good of the, IV.
vi. 7: vii. Pt. i. 5: viii. Pt. ii. 2: V. xi. 2, 3.
Pwan-kǎng addresses his, IV. vii. Pt. ii. 1.

- Pwan-kăng's concern for the good of the, Pt.
iii. 6, 9-13.

- longed for the downfall of Yin, IV. x. 4.
the will of Heaven seen from that of the, V.
i. l't. ii. 7.

relation of sovereign and, V. iv. 9—13: xviii.
8, 10.

- king Ching had the sympathy of the, vii. 10,
the awfulness of the, xiv. 4, 9.

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the duke of Chow's anxiety about the, xvi.
22, 23.

are born good, xxi. 14.

-king Ping's concern for the inferior, xxviii.
2, 4.

Perfection Royal, V. iv. 4. 9-16.

Perfidy of the people of Meaou, V. xxvii. 4.
Perils of a sovereign's position, IV. v. Pt. iii. 5.
Person, cultivation of the, IV. v. Pt. ii. 4.
Phoenix, the, II. iv. 9.
Pheasant, a crowing, IV. ix. 1.

Pig, a, used in sacrifice, V. xii. 5.
Plan, The Great, V. iv. title, 3.

the river-, xxii. 19.

Pleasure-hunting shortens life, V. xv. 7.
Poetry, II. iv. 4, 11: III. iii: V. iv. 14: vi. 15.
Political divisions of the empire, III. i. Pt. ii. 18
-22.
Posterity, Tang fears the reproach of, IV. ii. 1.
T'ang's concern for, v. Pt. i. 5.

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- king Muh addresses his lessons to, V. xxvii.

22.

Praise. See Laudation.

Prayer of the duke of Chow, V. vi. 5: xiii. 27.
See Loyal.

Precautionary measures, king Wăn would not
himself appear in, V. xix. 13, 14, 16, 18.
Precedents for removing the capital, IV. vii. Pt.
i. 3.

in receiving tribute, V. v. 2.

- of former dynasties, xx. 2-4.
Premonitions of the fall of Yin, IV. x. 2-4, 7:
xi. 1, 2, 8.

Preparation for all emergencies, IV. viii. Pt. ii. 8.
for a battle, V. xxix. 5.

Prerogatives of the ruler, V. iv. 18, 19.
Pride comes with rank unperceived, V. xx. 18.
Prideful thoughts should be repressed, IV. viii.
Pt. ii. 7.

Prime minister, E Yin, IV. iv. 1.

4.

Wăn and Woo were august and, xxvi. 2.
Salvage men, employed to do menial offices at
a funeral, V. xxii. 14.

Savage tribes, the eight, V. v. 1.

Sayings, the most important of all, V. xxx. 1.
Sceptres of the princes, V. xxiii. 1. Comp. I. ii. 7.
Screens employed at a funeral, V. xxii. 14.
Search, the, for Foo-yuě, IV. viii. Pt. i. 3.
Seditious conduct of Pwan-kăng's officers, IV.
vii. Pt. i. 12.

Seeing and hearing, watchfulness in, V. xvii. 7.
Self-examination should precede the use of
arms, IV. viii. Pt. ii. 4.

Self-government, importance of, V. xxii. 9.
Selfishness, Yaou's freedom from, I. 9-12.
banished by royal perfection, V. iv. 10.
officers must put away, xx. 15.
Self-will, ruinous to a sovereign, IV. ii. 8.
Senseless movements of the house of Yin, V.
vii. 3, 5, 8.

Seven chariots allowed to a state-prisoner, V.
xvii. 1.

Seven-shrined temple of ancestors, IV. vi. 10.
Shells anciently used as money, IV. vii. 14.
Short reigns of the later emperors of Yin, V.

xv. 7.

Short-sightedness of the people reproved, IV.
vii. Pt. ii. 7, 8.

Sickness of king Woo, V. vi. 1, 5.

of king Ching, xxii. 1, 1, 4, 7.

Silk, cultivation and manufacture of, III. i. Pt.
i. 16, 26, 35, 52, 60.

Sincere, the spirits accept sacrifice only from
the, IV. v. Pt. iii. 1.

- Heaven helps the, V. ix. 6.

how the king may know the, xiii. 12.
Sincerity moves spiritual Beings, II. ii. 21.

Six magazines of material wealth, II. ii. 8: III.
i. Pt. ii. 15.

- leaders of the emperor's hosts, III. ii. 1: V.
i. Pt. iii. 1: xx. 10: xxiii. 3.
extremities, V. iv. 4.

the heavenly, V. xxii. 19.

should sympathise with the people, IV. v. Pt.

iii. 5.

should not change the old rules of govt., 9.
the great, V. i. Pt. i. 3.

and minister, prerogatives of, iv. 18, 19.
Sowing and reaping, the toils of, V. xv. 2, 7.
Spear of Tuy, the, V. xxii. 19.

Speech, Yu's, to his troops, II. ii. 20.
at Kan, III. ii. title.

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of the prince of Yin, III. iv. 2—7.

of Tang, IV. i. title.

at Muh, V. ii. title.

- Woo's, to his princes, iii. 5-8.

of the Grand-historiographer at the funeral
of Ching, xxii. 24. —the reply of the new
king, 25.

at Pe, xxix. title.

- of the duke of Ts'in, xxx. title.

Spirits, II. i. 6, 24 : ii. 18, 21: IV. v, Pt. iii. 1:

vi. 3: V. i. l't. i. 6.

- of heaven and earth, IV. iii. 3, 6: v. 2 : xi. 6.
- of the hills and rivers, IV. iv. 2.

— of the land and grain, IV. v. Pt. i. 2.
-service of, IV. viii. 4. Pt. ii. 11: V. vi. 6 : viii.
3: xviii. 19.

the land, V. xii. 5.
upper and lower, 14.
- and manes, xx. 9.

Spirits, ardent, V. x. 2, 3, 4: xxii. 26. 28; xxviii.4.
- herb-flavrured, xiii. 25. See Wine.
Spiritual severeign of the high heavens, IV.
iii. 4.

- former kings are now, sovereigns, IV. vii.
Pt. ii. 10.

- Intelligences, V. xxi. 3.
Standard tubes, II. i. 8, 24 : iv. 4.
weights, III. iii. 8.

States, how to deal with the princes of the, IV.
ii. 7.

Starvation, caused by misrule, IV. xi. 7.
Storm, a great, V. vi. 16, 19.

Study, the necessity of, V. xx. 16.

Substitute, the duke of Chow offers to die as a,
for Woo, V. vi. 5, 8, 16.

Success follows virtue and righteousness, V. i.
Pt. i. 8.

- or failure of Woo, on whom dependent, Pt.
iii. 6.

Successful Completion of the War, the, V. iii.
title.

Sun, moon, and stars, II. iv. 4: III. iv. 4: V. iv.
35-38.

and moon, Wăn compared to, V. i. Pt. iii. 5.
Superior man, the, will have no luxurious ease,
V. xv. 1.

Surnames, conferred by Yu, III. i. Pt. ii. 16.
Suspicion, the duke of Chow falls under, V. vi.
12: xvii. 1.

Sympathy, mutual between sovereign and peo-
ple, IV. vii. Pt. ii. 3.

want of, on the part of the people, 6.
Pwan-kăng sighs for, Pt. iii. 8.

want of, in Ching's ministers, V. vii. 10, 12.
with the hardships of the common people,
xxv. 5.

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-9: iii. 2: V. iv. 9-16: xi. 5-8.

--and ministers, IV. v. Pt. i. 3: V. xxv. 2, 3.

-- and people, IV. v. Pt. ii. 2: vi. 11.

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- the intelligent, IV. v. Pt. ii. 4; Pt. iii. 2.

Temperance of the people of the West, V. x. 8.
of the ancient people of Yin, 9, 10.
Ten able ministers, Woo had, V. i. Pt. ii. 5.
men of worth helped Ching, vii. 5, 13.

Tents employed at a funeral, V. xxii. 14.
p. 10.

of, V. xxx. 3.

Timely action, IV. viii. Pt. ii. 6.
Tokens of gem, the five, II. i. 7.
Tongue, abuse of the, IV. viii. Pt. ii. 4.

Tortoise, the great, an article of tribute, III. i.
Pt. i. 52.

- used in divination, II. ii. 18; IV. viii. Pt. iii.
7: x.2: V. iv. 20-31: vi. 2, 8, 9: vii. 3: xii.
2: xvi. 9, 11.

Tortoise-shell ornaments, V. xxii. 16, 19.
Tours. See Inspection.

Trade encouraged, II. iv. 1: V. x. 6.
Tranquillity, of the empire under Ching and

Kang, V. xxiv. Introductory note, 3.
Tranquillizing king, the, an epithet of Woo, V.
vii. 3, 11, 14, 15: xvi. 6.

Traps and pit-falls for beasts, V. xxix. 3.
Treasurers, imperial, V. xix. 8.
Tree, the Tsze, V. xi. title.

Trial, Yaou's, of Shun, I. 12: II. i. 2, 3.
Tribute of Yu, The, III. i. title.

-articles of, how to be disposed of, V. v. 3.

Troops, rules to be observed by, III. ii. 4: V.
xxix. 2-5,

Tutors, Grand and Junior, IV. xi. 1, 3, 4: V.

xx. 5, 6.

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the king the, of God, V. xii. 14.
Vices, ten, condemned by Tang, IV. iv. 7.
Virtue of Yaou, I. i. 1, 2.

- of Shun, II. i. 1, et seq.; ii. 4, 12.

- of Yu, II. ii. 1, 10, 14.

moves Heaven, II. ii. 21: V. xvi. 7.
essential to a sovereign, II. iii. 1, 2: V. ix.
20, 21.

- of T'ang, IV. ii. 4: ix. 1, 3, 4, 5: V. viii. 2:

x. 9.

- makes a sovereign to be universally cherish-
ed, IV. ii. 8: V. xi. 5.

of the early sovereigns of Hea, IV. iv. 2.

- of the early sovereigns of Yin, V. x. 9 : xvi.
7-9.

Both possessed Pnre, IV. vi. title.
has no invariable model, 8.
happy and great results of, 9.

Woo-ting's diffidence regarding his, IV. viii.
Pt. i. 2.

all looked up to Woo-ting's, Pt. iii. 8.
success follows, V. i. Pt. i. 7: xiv. 7, 8: xvi.
4, 9.

a competency neeessary to, iv. 13.

and vice, connected with natural phenomena,
34-37.

the minister of, V. ii. 2: x. 13: xi. 2: xix. 10:
xx. 10.

the Successful Completion of the, iii. title.
Wardens of wild tribes, V. xix. 11.

-of Show, xi. 5: V. i. Pt. i. 5: iii. 6.

Way of Heaven, the, to be revered, IV. ii. 9.

to bless the good and punish the bad, iii. 3.
Weakness, Pwan-kăng acknowledges his own,
IV. vii. Pt. i. 8.
Weapons. See War.

Weeping, king Ching, V. vi. 18.

West, the Chief of the, IV. x. title: V. xxii. 13.

trouble in the, V. vii. 3.

Whetstone, a good minister like a, IV. viii. Pt.

i. 6.

- of the Hwae and Seu, xxix. 1.

nine, and eight savage tribes, v. 1.
civilization of the, xxiv. 13.

Wild domain, the, III. i. Pt. ii. 22.

Wine, spirits, III. iii. 6: iv. 4.

Wise, men predict the fall of Yin, IV. x. 2.

IV. v. Ft. i. 2; Pt. ii. 2.

- of Woo-ting, IV. viii. Pt. i. 2.

- of the duke of Chow, V. vi. 5, 16, 18: xii. 6.

- the testamentary charge, xxii. 23.