...thought. Thought [cherished] in the mind becomes earnest; exhibited in words, it becomes poetry. 2. The feelings move inwardly, and are embodied in words....insufficient for them, recourse is had to the prolonged utterances of song. When those prolonged utterances of song are insufficient for them, unconsciously...

...thought. Thought cherished in the mind becomes earnest; then expressed in words, it becomes poetry. The feelings move inwardly, and are embodied in words....move and the feet to dance To set forth correctly the successes and failures (of government), to affect Heaven and Earth, and to move spiritual beings, there...

...feelings move inwardly, 1 Li Ki, xxi, i, 15. 4 Lun Yu, viii, 8. * Hsiao King, chap. i. * Lun Yu, xvii, 9. and are embodied in words. When words are insufficient...them, recourse is had to sighs and exclamations ; when these are insufficient, recourse is had to the prolonged utterances of song ; when this is insufficient,...

...thought ; thought cherished in the mind becomes earnest ; then expressed in words it becomes poetry ; the feelings move inwardly and are embodied in words ; when words are insufficient, recourse is had to sighs and exclamations ; when the latter are insufficient, to the prolonged utterance...

...becomes earnest; exhibited in words, it becomes poetry. " The feelings move inward and are imbodied in words. When words are insufficient for them, recourse...insufficient for them, recourse is had to the prolonged and repeated utterances of song. When these are still insufficient for them, unconsciously the hands...

...feeling heart moves." This is a quotation from the Great Preface to the Shi-jing (Classic of Poetry). "The feelings move inwardly, and are embodied in words....insufficient for them, recourse is had to the prolonged utterances of song." Translation by James Legge, The Chinese Classics, IV, The She King (Hong Kong:...