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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 5 — The odes of Wei

55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64

Shijing I. 5. (64)

There was presented to me a papaya,
And I returned for it a beautiful Ju-gem ;
Not as a return for it,
But that our friendship might be lasting.

There was presented to me a peach,
And I returned for it a beautiful Yao-gem ;
Not as a return for it,
But that our friendship might be lasting.

There was presented to me a plum,
And I returned for it a beautiful Jiu-gem ;
Not as a return for it,
But that our friendship might be lasting.

Legge 64

Celui qui me donne des coings,
je le paierai de mes breloques ;
Ce ne sera pas le payer ;
à tout jamais je l'aimerai !

Celui qui me donne des pêches,
je le paierai de belles pierres ;
Ce ne sera pas le payer :
à tout jamais je l'aimerai !

Celui qui me donne des prunes
je le paierai de diamants ;
Ce ne sera pas le payer :
à tout jamais je l'aimerai !

Granet XXVIII.

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