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THE SHANG DYNASTY. 367Detail The wesh^rnlc^ra took to wife the daughter of g j^Le6-shdncr calledfa ^ Yih-keang. Thi. lady was virtuon.•Btand.n,sshe never inleaned;in sitting, she never stretched ouV herh^r^Lfn" S^::;:"''' ^'^ ^^^ ''"-^^ ^^-^^^ '^^ ^^^^ - ^^- y-r shi'bo"Outline,y JEL Cyc. XXVI. An. 14. C^hovv-sin 31Ihe western lord of Chow went eastward to inspect thetroops, and conquered ^ Le.Detail. The western lord went up to sacrifice at Peih, and aftert(T\vadsproceeded eastward to inspect the troops at theMang^ ^kferry ;* when he crossed the Yellow river, and in the midstof the stream a white fish jumped into the king's boat. The kingstoopingdown picked it up for a sacrifice. Having crossed the river,a fire darted down from above, and again rose up from below untilit came to the king's house, and was changed into a bird, of a redcolour, with a soothing voice, f At this time the princes of the empirehad all revolted from Yin, and reverted to Chow, so that withoutprevious arrangement 800 chiefs met at the Mang ferry, saying, Thetyrant ^"J Chow ought to be attacked. The king said, " Y'ou knownothing of the celestial decree ; it may not be done. " Whereuponhe led his troops back, and returned. But the Le state being unprincipledthe western lord raised an army to attack it, which he soonconquered. JIJH ^^ Tso6-e, being alarmed, hastened to inform theking (of Yin.) The king, said, '* Is not my life protected by the decreeof Heaven !" Thus he would not listen.Outline.)X IC ^y- XXVI. An. 15. Chow-sin 32.^ j^ Wei-tsze reproved the tyrant, and not bein^ listenedto, left him.^ ^ Ke-tsze also reproved him,and was imprisoned, when he feigned madness, and becamea menial, j;^ ^ Pe-kan steadily resisted the tyrant,and died for it.Detail. The tyrant Chow had a virtuous minister, calle 1^f§ f|^Hwuy-pih, who wasof a loyal disposition, and frequently reprovedhis master in plain terms, when Chow, enraged, killed and mincedOn the contrary there x/as one i^ ^^ Luy-kMne, a sycophant,him.who addressed the tyrant in flattering words; on this man, Chowconferred gold and eoms, and promoted him ;rewarding him also withthe cultivated lands of Hea. Wei-tsze often remonstrated, but notbeing listened to, he departed. Ketsze reproved him, also in vain.* The modern Mang district, in U6-nan,. Lut. 34 52. N. Long.3. 50. W.f These were looked upon a^onienK indicating Jhr f;di d' the YImand the rise of the Chow dynasty.