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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 12 — The odes of Chen

136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145

Shijing I. 12. (138)

Beneath my door made of cross pieces of wood,
I can rest at my leisure ;
By the wimpling stream from my fountain,
I can joy amid my hunger.

Why, in eating fish ;
Must we have bream from the He ?
Why, in taking a wife,
Must we have a Jiang of Qi ?

Why, in eating fish ;
Must we have carp from the He ?
Why, in taking a wife,
Must we have a Zi of Song ?

Legge 138

Au-dessous de la porte Heng
l'on peut se reposer tranquille !
L'eau de la source coule, coule !
l'on peut s'amuser et manger.

Quand l'on veut manger du poisson
faut-il avoir brêmes du Fleuve ?
Lorsque l'on veut prendre une femme
faut-il des princesses de Ts'i ?

Quand l'on veut manger du poisson
faut-il avoir carpes du Fleuve ?
Lorsque l'on veut prendre une femme
faut-il des princesses de Song ?

Granet XXIV.

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