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Classic of Poetry

Classic of Poetry 1.5

衛風

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Ode 4, Stanzas 1 and 2. The Măng.

A simple-looking lad you were, Carrying cloth to exchange it for silk. (But) you came not so to purchase silk;—You came to make proposals to me. I convoyed you through the Khî, As far as Tun-khiû, 'It is not I,' (I said), 'who would protract the time; But you have had no good go-between. I pray you be not angry, And let autumn be the time.' I ascended that ruinous wall, To look towards Fû-kwan; And when I saw (you) not (coming from) it, My tears flowed in streams. When I did see (you coming from) Fû-kwan, I laughed and I spoke. You had consulted, (you said), the tortoise-shell and the divining stalks, And there was nothing unfavourable in their response. 'Then come,' (I said), 'with your carriage, And I will remove with my goods.'

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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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