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Shi Jing Introduction Table of content – The Book of Odes

The oldest collection of Chinese poetry, more than three hundred songs, odes and hymns. Tr. Legge (en) and Granet (fr, incomplete).

Section I — Lessons from the states
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15
Chapter 8 — The odes of Qi

96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106

Shijing I. 8. (102)

Do not try to cultivate fields too large ; –
The weeds will only grow luxuriantly.
Do not think of winning people far away ; –
Your toiling heart will be grieved.

Do not try to cultivate fields too large ; –
The weeds will only grow proudly.
Do not think of winning people far away ; –
Your toiling heart will be distressed.

How young and tender,
Is the child with his two tufts of hair !
When you see him after not a long time,
Lo ! he is wearing the cap !

Legge 102

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