Chinese literature · Confucius
BOOK III.--DECADE OF TANG.-- King Seuen on the Occasion of a Great Drought
Introduction Translator's Preface Dramatis Personae Prologue Act First Act Second Act Third Act Fourth [_Translated into English by William Jennings_] _j_, as in French. _ng_, commencing a word, like the same letters terminating one. _ai_ or _ei_, as in _aisle_ or _eider_. _au_, as in German, or like _ow_ in _cow_. _é_, as in _fête_. _i_ (not followed by a consonant), as _ee_ in _see_. _u_ (followed by a consonant), as in _bull_. _iu_, as _ew_ in _new_. _ui_, as _ooi_ in _cooing_. _h_ at the end of a name makes the preceding vowel short. _i_ in the middle of a word denotes an aspirate (_h_), as _K'ung_=Khung.
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