BOOK VII.--THE ODES OF CH'ING.--- The People's Admiration for Duke Woo A Wife Consoled by Her Husband's Arrival In Praise of Some Lady A Man's Praise of His Wife An Entreaty A Woman Scorning Her Lover A Lady Mourns the Absence of Her Student Lover--- BOOK VIII.--THE ODES OF TS'E.-- A Wife Urging Her Husband to Action The Folly of Useless Effort The Prince of Loo BOOK IX.--THE ODES OF WEI.-- On the Misgovernment of the State The Mean Husband A Young Soldier on Service BOOK X.--THE ODES OF T'ANG.-- The King Goes to War Lament of a Bereaved Person The Drawbacks of Poverty A Wife Mourns for Her Husband BOOK XI.--THE ODES OF TS'IN.-- Celebrating the Opulence of the Lords of Ts'in A Complaint A Wife's Grief Because of Her Husband's Absence Lament for Three Brothers In Praise of a Ruler of Ts'in The Generous Nephew BOOK XII.--THE ODES OF CH'IN.-- The Contentment of a Poor Recluse The Disappointed Lover A Love-Song The Lament of a Lover BOOK XIII.--THE ODES OF KWEI-- The Wish of an Unhappy Man BOOK XIV.--THE ODES OF TS'AOU.-- Against Frivolous Pursuits BOOK XV.--THE ODES OF PIN.-- The Duke of Chow Tells of His Soldiers There is a Proper Way for Doing Everything _Part II.--Minor Odes of the Kingdom_. BOOK I.--DECADE OF LUH MING.-- A Festal Ode A Festal Ode Complimenting an Officer The Value of Friendship The Response to a Festal Ode An Ode of Congratulation An Ode on the Return of the Troops BOOK II.--THE DECADE OF PIH HWA.-- An Ode Appropriate to a Festivity BOOK III.--THE DECADE OF T'UNG KUNG.-- Celebrating a Hunting Expedition The King's Anxiety for His Morning Levee Moral Lessons from Natural Facts BOOK IV.--THE DECADE OF K'E-FOO.-- On the Completion of a Royal Palace The Condition of King Seuen's Flocks BOOK V.--THE DECADE OF SEAOU MIN.-- A Eunuch Complains of His Fate An Officer Deplores the Misery of the Time On the Alienation of a Friend BOOK VI.--THE DECADE OF PIH SHAN.-- A Picture of Husbandry The Complaint of an Officer BOOK VII.--DECADE OF SANG HOO.-- The Rejoicings of a Bridegroom Against Listening to Slanderers BOOK VIII.--THE DECADE OF TOO JIN SZE.-- In Praise of By-gone Simplicity A Wife Bemoans Her Husband's Absence The Earl of Shaou's Work The Plaint of King Yew's Forsaken Wife Hospitality On the Misery of Soldiers _Part III.--Greater Odes of the Kingdom_. BOOK I.--DECADE OF KING WAN.-- Celebrating King Wan [_Book II. is omitted_] BOOK III.--DECADE OF TANG.-- King Seuen on the Occasion of a Great Drought _Part IV.--Odes of the Temple and Altar_. BOOK I.--SACRIFICIAL ODES OF CHOW.-- Appropriate to a Sacrifice to King Wan On Sacrificing to the Kings Woo, Ching, and K'ang