Dragon-Carving and the Literary Mind 4

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Chapter 4 After it replaceed knotted cords ,written language began to flourish. The Book of the Legendary Kings recorded the deeds of the FuXi and the Divine Husbandman,but as the records were made in the distant pass,they no longer exist.The times of Tang and Yu marked the real flourishing of writings,King Shun composed a song to express his heart-felt feeling. Bo Yi and Hou Ji,Shun's ministers,introduced court memorials.King Yu ruled in Xia.At that time,the state affairs were administered in good order and duly exlted,and the King's noble deeds and virtues multiplied.By the Shang and Zhou dynasties, literary grace suroassed simplicity.The influence and glory of The Odes and The Hymns increased daily.