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Ancient Classics -> Shang Shu -> Zhou Shu -> Metal-bound Coffer -> 2.3

The king held the writing in his hand, and wept,
saying,
'We need not (now) go on reverently to divine.
Formerly the duke was thus earnest for the royal House,
but I, being a child, did not know it.
周公 Now Heaven has moved its terrors to display his virtue.
That I, the little child, (now) go with my new views and feelings to meet him,
。」 is what the rules of propriety of our kingdom require.'
The king then went out to the borders (to meet the duke),
when Heaven sent down rain,
and, by virtue of a contrary wind,
the grain all rose up.
The two (great) dukes gave orders to the people to take up the trees that had fallen and replace them.
The year then turned out very fruitful.


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