...palace of the dukes of Wei, just then finished, and celebrated by the writer, is thus anticipated : " Daughters shall be born to him:— They will be put...spirits and the food will they have to think, And cause no sorrow to their parents." The tile is here used as an emblem of weaving, because women prepare...

...of Wei, just then finished, and celebrated by the writer, is thus anticipated : " Daughters shall bo born to him: — They will be put to sleep on the...spirits and the food will they have to think, And cause no sorrow to their parents." The tile is here used as an emblem of weaving, because women prepare...

...intimations of sons ; The cobras and (other) snakes Are the auspicious intimations of daughters V Sons shall be born to him : — They will be put to sleep on couches ; They will be clothed in robes ; They will have sceptres to play with ; Their cry will be...

...serving up food pecupies the next section, and is introduced by an extract from the Book of Odes. /" Daughters shall be born to him : They will be put...to think, And to cause no sorrow to their parents." / CHAPTERS XVIII-XXIV. " A woman's province is in the kitchen. She should herself cook and season meats...

...(hereafter) resplendent with red knee-covers, The (future) king, the princes of the land. Daughters will be born to him. They will be put to sleep on the ground...to think, And to cause no sorrow to their parents. From the sentiment of this poem alone it would be easy to determine the Chinese of to-day to be lineal...

...the poet adds a couple of stanzas, which, according to Dr. Legge's translation, are as follows : Sons shall be born to him ; they will be put to sleep on couches ; They will be clothed in robes; they will have sceptres to play with; Their cry will be loud....

...the author draws the following vivid picture, according to the translation of Doctor Legge : " Sons shall be born to him ; they .will be put to sleep on couches ; They will be clothed in robes ; they will have sceptres to play with ; Their cry will be...

...to interpret his dream of bears and serpents. The interpretation (Legge) is as follows : — " Sons shall be born to him : — They will be put to sleep on couches ; They will be clothed in robes ; They will have sceptres to play with; Their cry will be loud....

...earlier state of mother-right, but of this there are in the Old Testament only the merest traces.3 Daughters shall be born to him ; They will be put...to think, And to cause no sorrow to their parents." She-King, Part II., Bk. iv. Ode 5, Sts. 8, 9. In point of fact the lot of the infant daughter was often...

...difference of attitude to the infant son and daughter in terms which are exactly reproduced to-day : " Sons shall be born to him ; They will be put to sleep on couches ; They will be clothed in robes ; They will have sceptres to play with ; Their cry will be...