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Classic of Poetry

Classic of Poetry 1.10

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Ode 8, Stanza 1. The Pâo Yü.

Sû-sû go the feathers of the wild geese, As they settle on the bushy oaks. The king's affairs must not be slackly discharged, And (so) we cannot plant our millets;—What will our parents have to rely on? O thou distant and azure Heaven! When shall we be in our places again?

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Ode 11. The Ko Shăng.

The dolichos grows, covering the thorn trees; The convolvulus spreads all over the waste. The man of my admiration is no more here;—With whom can I dwell? <!--4-line stanzas-->I abide alone. The dolichos grows, covering the jujube trees; The convolvulus spreads all over the tombs. The man of my admiration is no more here;—With whom can I dwell? I rest alone. How beautiful was the pillow of horn! How splendid was the embroidered coverlet! The man of my admiration is no more here;—With whom can I dwell? Alone (I wait for) the morning. Through the (long) days of summer, Through the (long) nights of winter (shall I be alone), Till the lapse of a hundred years, When I shall go home to his abode. Through the (long) nights of winter, Through the (long) days of summer (shall I be alone), Till the lapse of a hundred years, When I shall go home to his chamber.

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Chinese text from Chinese Wikisource (zh.wikisource.org), transcribed by Wikisource volunteers. Public domain. · Source ↗

James Legge's selection (1879) translates 102 of the 305 odes, 34 of them in part; the others are shown in Chinese only. Legge renders 帝 and 上帝 as “God,” a choice many scholars now avoid.

Translated by James Legge, The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism, Part I, Sacred Books of the East vol. 3 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879). Public domain. Transcribed and proofread from the scan by English Wikisource volunteers. · Source ↗

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