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  The duke of Kâu said, 'Oh! let the king, who has succeeded to the throne, make a study of these things.'

The duke of Kâu spoke to the following effect:—'Prince Shih, Heaven, unpitying, sent down ruin on Yin. Yin has lost its appointment (to the throne), which our House of Kâu has received. I do not dare, however, to say, as if I knew