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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 — °ê ­· Lessons from the states
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15
Chapter 11 — ¯³ ­· The odes of Qin

126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135

Shijing I. 11. (126)

He has many carriages, giving forth their Lin-Lin ;
He has horses with their white foreheads.
Before we can see our prince,
We must get the services of eunuch.

On the hill-sides are varnish trees ;
In the low wet grounds are chestnuts.
When we have seen our prince,
We sit together with him, and they play on their lutes.
If now we do not take our joy,
The time will pass till we are octogenarians.

On the hill-sides are mulberry trees ;
In the low wet grounds are willows.
When we have seen our prince,
We sit together with him, and they play on their organs.
If now we do not take our joy,
The time will pass till we are no more.

Legge 126

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