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gave tranquillity to their people, who welcomed
him with baskets full of their black and yellow
silks, saying— ‘From henceforth we shall serve the
sovereign of our dynasty of Zhou, that we may be
made happy by him.’ So they joined themselves, as
subjects, to the great city of Zhou. Thus, the men
of station of Shang took baskets full of black and
yellow silks to meet the men of station of Zhou, and
the lower classes of the one met those of the other
with baskets of rice and vessels of congee. Wu saved
the people from the midst of fire and water, seizing
only their oppressors, and destroying them. In the
Great Declaration it is said, ‘My power shall be put
forth, and, invading the territories of Shang, I will
seize the oppressor. I will put him to death to punish
him, —so shall the greatness of my work appear,
more glorious than that of Tang.’ Song is not, as you
say, practising true royal government, and so forth.
If it were practising royal government, all within

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