 | Ebenezer Burgess - 1871 - 510 pages
...shortest, and the star is Maim : thus you may exactly determine mid-winter. The people keep their cosy corners ; and the coats of birds and beasts are downy and thick.' " The emperor said, 'Ah, you ! He and Ho, a round year consists of three hundred and sixty and six days.... | |
 | Ebenezer Burgess - 1871 - 444 pages
...shortest, and the star is Maou ; thus you may exactly determine, mid-winter. The people keep their cosy corners ; and the coats of birds and beasts are downy and thick.' " The emperor said, ' Ah, you ! He and Ho, a round year consists of three hundred and sixty and six days.... | |
 | 1879 - 574 pages
...the star is in Mao ; — you may thus exactly determine mid-winter. The people keep in their houses, and the coats of birds and beasts are downy and thick.' The Tl said, 'Ah ! you, Hsis and Hos, a round year consists of three hundred, sixty, and six days. Do you,... | |
 | Charles Francis Horne - 1917 - 446 pages
...and the star is in Mao ; you may thus exactly determine mid-winter. The people keep in their houses, and the coats of birds and beasts are downy and thick." The Ti said, " Ah ! you, Hsis and Hos, a round year consists of three hundred, sixty, and six days. Do... | |
 | Hiram Parkes Wilkinson - 1926 - 262 pages
...beasts have their coats in good condition." In winter it is said : — "The people keep their cozy corners; and the coats of birds and beasts are downy and thick." departure in spring from their homes and villages to engage in field work. pt'nMBk n *na festal 0^e... | |
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... the third brother Ho to reside in the northern region, in what was called the Sombre Capital, and (there) to adjust and examine the changes of the winter. 'The day', (said he), 'is at its shortest, and the star is Mao ; — you may thus exactly determine... 