THE ANCIENT WORDS OF KOUEI,—­MASTER OF MUSICIANS IN THE COURTS OF THE EMPEROR YAO:—

When ye make to resound the stone melodious, the Ming-Khieou,—

When ye touch the lyre that is called Kin, or the guitar that is called Ssé,—

Accompanying their sound with song,—

Then do the grand­father and the ­father return;

Then do the ghosts of the ancestors come to hear.