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Classic of PoetryClassic of Poetry 1.3

Classic of Poetry

Classic of Poetry 1.3

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Ode 4. The Zăh Yüeh.

O sun, O moon, Which enlighten this lower earth! Here is this man, Who treats me not according to the ancient rule. How can he get his mind settled? Would he then not regard me? O sun, O moon, Which overshadow this lower earth! Here is this man, Who will not be friendly with me. How can he get his mind settled? Would he then not respond to me? O sun, O moon, Which come forth from the east! Here is this man, With virtuous words, but really not good. How can he get his mind settled? Would he then allow me to be forgotten? O sun, O moon, From the east that come forth! O father, O mother, There is no sequel to your nourishing of me. How can he get his mind settled? Would he then respond to me contrary to all reason?

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Ode 15, Stanza 1. The Pei Măn.

I go out at the north gate, With my heart full of sorrow. Straitened am I and poor, And no one takes knowledge of my distress. So it is! Heaven has done it;—What then shall I say?

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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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