Ⅰ THE PROLEGOMENA． 1
CHAPTER Ⅰ．THE EARLY HISTORY，AND THE PRESENT TEXT OF THE SHE-KING． 1
Ⅰ．The Book before Confucius;and what，if any，were his labours upon it 1
Ⅱ．The Book from the time of Confucius till the general acknowledgment of the present text 7
APPENDIX．Specimen of ancient poetical compositions besides those in the Book of Poetry 13
CHAPTER Ⅱ．THE SOURCES OF THE ODES AS A COLLECTION．THEIR INTERPRETATION AND AUTHORS．THE PREFACES AND THEIR AUTHORITY 23
Ⅰ．The Prefaces 34
Ⅱ．Chronological table of the odes． 82
Ⅲ．Specimens of Han Ying＇s Illustrations of the She 87
CHAPTER Ⅲ．THE PROSODY OF THE SHE;THE ANCIENT PRONUNCIATION OF THE CHARACTERS;AND THE POETICAL VALUE OF THE ODES． 96
Ⅰ．The Prosody of the She 96
Ⅱ．The ancient Pronunciation of the characters，and the Classification of the rhymes． 102
Ⅲ．The Poetical value of the odes;and peculiarities of their composition 114
APPENDIX．On the various forms in which Poetry has been written among the Chinese 117
CHAPTER Ⅳ．THE CHINA OF THE BOOK OF POETRY，CONSIDERED IN RELATION TH THE EXTENT OF ITS TERHITORY，AND ITS POLITICAL STATE，ITS RELIGION，AND SOCIAL CONDITION 127
APPENDIX．Researches into the manners of the ancient Chinese，according to the She-King．＆By M．Edouard Biot 142
CHAPTER Ⅴ．LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL WORKS WHICH HAVE BEEN CONSULTED IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS VOLUME． 172
Ⅰ．Chinese Works，with brief notices 172
Ⅱ．Translations and other Foreign Works 181
Ⅱ．THE BODY OF THE VOLUME． 183
PART Ⅰ．LESSONS FROM THE STATES． 183
BOOK Ⅰ．THE ODES OF CHOW AND THE SOUTH 183
BOOK Ⅱ．THE ODES OF SHAOU AND THE SOUTH 202
BOOK Ⅲ．THE ODES OF P＇EI 220
BOOK Ⅳ．THE ODES OF YUNG 255
BOOK Ⅴ．THE ODES OF WET 273
BOOK Ⅵ．THE ODES OF WANG 292
BOOK Ⅶ．THE ODES OF CH＇ING 306
BOOK Ⅷ．THE ODES OF TS＇E 332
BOOK Ⅸ．THE ODES OF WEI 345
BOOK Ⅹ．THE ODES OF T＇ANG 356
BOOK Ⅺ．THE ODES OF Ts＇in 372
BOOK Ⅻ．THE ODES OF CH＇IN 387
BOOK ⅩⅢ．THE ODES OF KWEI 397
BOOK ⅩⅣ．THE ODES OF TS＇AOU 402
BOOK ⅩⅤ．THE ODES OF PIN 408
PART Ⅱ．MINOR ODES OF THE KINGDOM． 429
BOOK Ⅰ．DECADE OF LUH-MING 429
BOOK Ⅱ．DECANE OF PIH HWA 452
BOOK Ⅲ．DECADE OF T＇UNG KUNG 462
BOOK Ⅳ．DECADE OF K＇E FOO 482
BOOK Ⅴ．DECADE OF SEAOU MIN 514
BOOK Ⅵ．DECADE OF PIH SHAN 544
BOOK Ⅶ．DECADE OF SANG HOO 570
BOOK Ⅷ．THE DECADE OF TOO JIN SZE 593
PART Ⅲ．GREATER ODES OF THE KINGDOM． 611
BOOK Ⅰ．DECADE OF WAN WANG 611
BOOK Ⅱ．DECADE OF SHANG MIN 649
BOOK Ⅲ．DECADE OF TANG 689
PART Ⅳ．ODES OF THE TEMPLE AND THE ALTAR． 753
BOOK Ⅰ．SACRIFICIAL ODES OF CHOW． 753
[ⅰ．] DECADE OF TS＇ING MEAOU 753
[ⅱ．] DECADE OF SHIN KUNG 766
[ⅲ．] DECADE OF MIN YU SEAOU-TSZE 780
BOOK Ⅱ．PRAISE-SONGS OF LOO 795
BOOK Ⅲ．SACRIFICIAL ODES OF SHANG 815
Ⅲ．INDEXES． 833
Ⅰ．Index of Subjects 833
Ⅱ．Index of Proper names 862
Ⅲ．Index of Chinese characters and phrases 865