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Description: Strip no. 22 of Kǒngzǐ Shīlùn 《孔子詩論》, a discussion of the Shi Jing (Classic of Poetry, The Odes or Book of Odes). The text, reading downwards and from right to left (with punctuation and damaged characters added) is:                  …之。 《宛丘》曰:『詢又情,而亡望』,吾善之。 《於差》曰:『四矢弁,㠯御亂』,吾憙之。 《𡰥鳩》曰:『丌義一氏,心女結也』,吾信之。 《文王》曰:『文王才上,於卲于天』,吾𡵂之。 (including quotations from Odes 136: 宛丘 Wǎn Qiū, 106: 猗嗟 Yī Jiē, 152: 鴟鴞 Chī Xiāo and 235: 文王 Wén Wáng.) A Chinese manuscript written with brush on bamboo strips, dating from the Warring States Period (475–221 BC), held by the Shanghai Museum.
Title: Manuscript from Shanghai Museum 1
Credit: http://www.ce.cn/culture/list02/03/news/201002/01/t20100201_20899829.shtml
Author: Shanghai Museum
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