5. ＇It is said in the Book of Poetry,
"The descendants of the sovereigns of the Shang dynasty,
Are in number more than hundreds of thousands,
But, God having passed His decree,
They are all submissive to Chau.
They are submissive to Chau,
Because the decree of Heaven is not unchanging.
The officers of Yin, admirable and alert,
Pour out the libations, and assist in the capital of Chau."
—物 is taken as used for 人, ＇men＇, but the phrase is a contracted one, and=与人暌绝, ＇separated from other men＇, or 绝 may be taken actively, which I prefer, and similarly supplemented. 女,—in 4th tone,＇to give a daughter in marriage＇. W?, corresponding to the northern part of the present Cheh-chiang, and the south of Chiang-s?, was in Confucius＇s time still reckoned a barbarous territory, and the princes of the Middle Kingdom were ashamed to enter into relations with it. The duke Ching, however, yielded to the force of circumstances and so saved himself. The daughter so married soon died. She pined away for her father and her native Ch＇?, and was followed to the grave by her husband. The old king of the W?, barbarian as he was, showed much sympathy for his young daughterin-law.