Book VIII — The Odes of Ts’e — A Wife Urging Her Husband to Action the Folly of Useless Effort the Prince of Loo
Book IX — The Odes of Wei — On the Misgovernment of the State the Mean Husband A Young Soldier on Service
Book X The Odes of T’ang — The King Goes to War Lament of a Bereaved Person the Drawbacks of Poverty A Wife Mourns for Her Husband
BOOK XI.—THE ODES OF TS’IN.— Celebrating the Opulence of the Lords of Ts’in A Complaint A Wife’s Grief Because of Her Husband’s Absence Lament for Three Brothers In Praise of a Ruler of Ts’in The Generous Nephew