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The Shujing: speeches, announcements and charges of the ancient kings, from Yao and Shun to the Zhou.

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The Shû King, tr. James Legge
James Legge, 1879

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Translated by James Legge, The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism, Part I, Sacred Books of the East vol. 3 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879). Public domain. Transcribed and proofread from the scan by English Wikisource volunteers. · Source ↗

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