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King Tai, King Ji, and King Wen. He once buckled
on his armor, and got possession of the kingdom. He
did not lose the distinguished personal reputation
which he had throughout the kingdom. His dignity
was the royal throne. His riches were the possession
of all within the four seas. He offered his sacrifices in
his ancestral temple, and his descendants maintained
the sacrifices to himself. It was in his old age that
King Wu received the appointment to the throne,
and the duke of Zhou completed the virtuous course
of Wen and Wu. He carried up the title of king to
Tai and Ji, and sacrificed to all the former dukes
above them with the royal ceremonies. And this
rule he extended to the princes of the kingdom, the
great officers, the scholars, and the common people.
Was the father a great officer and the son a scholar,
then the burial was that due to a great officer, and
the sacrifice that due to a scholar. If the father were
a scholar and the son a great officer, then the burial

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