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Classic of PoetryClassic of Poetry 2.8

Classic of Poetry

Classic of Poetry 2.8

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The Eighth Decade, or that of Po Hwâ. Ode 5, Stanzas 1 and 2. The Po Hwâ.

The fibres from the white-flowered rush Are bound with the white grass. This man's sending me away Makes me dwell solitary. The light and brilliant clouds Bedew the rush and the grass. The way of Heaven is hard and difficult;—This man does not conform (to good principle).

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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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