Shi Jing 
– 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).
Shijing II. 8. (231)
Of the gourd leaves, waving about,
Some are taken and boiled ;
[Then] the superior man, from his spirits,
Pours out a cup, and tastes it.
There is but a single rabbit,
Baked, or roasted.
[But] the superior man, from his spirits,
Fills the cup and presents it [to his guests].
There is but a single rabbit,
Roasted, or broiled.
[But] from the spirits of the superior man,
[His guests] fill the cup, and present it to him.
There is but a single rabbit,
Roasted, or baked.
[But] from the spirits of the superior man,
[His guests and he] fill the cup and pledge one another.
Legge 231
The Book of Odes – Shi Jing II. 8. (231) – Chinese off/on – Français/English
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