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| | Guanju & Sexual Restraint |
 | | Let me first talk a little more about Shi jing, "Guanju" in particular, and the commentaries on "Guanju." Shi jing, the earliest anthology of poems from China, is a seminal work of the Chinese classical canon, and was among the five earliest recognized Confucian classics. |
 | | The first part of this passage is highly derivative of Shi jing, taking its imagery primarily from the song "Shi ren" (Mao shi 57) or "The Stately Woman," which describes the beauty of the wife of Duke Zhuang of Wei (r 757-735 BCE). |
 | | HHs, "Yang Zhen liezhuan," 54.1761; allusions to Shangshu, "Mu shi," 11.16b, that warns against women usurping power, which would lead to the destruction of the household and the state, and to Mao shi 264/3, in which women are identified as the cause of disorder. |
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