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1400 , THE SHIH KING. DECADE II. king, at the close of the sacrifice in the ancestral temple, to the princes of his own surname. There are difficulties in the inter- pretation of the piece on this view, which, however, is to be preferred to any other. In thick patches are those rushes, Springing by the way-side:—Let not the cattle and sheep trample them. Anon they will grow up. anon they will be completely formed, With their leaves soft and glossy. Closely related are brethren; Let none be absent, let all be near. For some there are mats spread; For some there are given stools * The mats are spread, and a second one above; The stools are given, and there are plenty of servants. (The guests) are pledged, and they pledge (the host) in return; He rinses the cups (and refills them, but the guests) put them down, Sauces and pickles are brought in, With roasted meat and broiled. Excellent provisions there are of tripe and palates; With singing to lutes, and with drums. The ornamented bows are strong, And the four arrows are all balanced. They discharge the arrows, and all hit, And the guests are arranged according to their skill, The ornamented bows are drawn to the full, And the arrows are grasped in the hand. They go straight to the mark as if planted 1 In the rushes growing up densely from a common root we have an emblem of brothers all sprung from the same ancestor ; and in the plants developing so finely, when preserved from injury, an emblem of the happy fellowships of consanguinity, when nothing is allowed to interfere with mutual confidence and good feeling. 2 In a previous note I have said that chairs and tables had not come into use in those early times. Guests sat and feasts were spread on mats on the floor; for the aged, however, stools were placed on which they could lean forward. ODE 3. THE MAJOR ODES OF THE KINGDOM. 401 in it, And the guests are arranged according to the humble propriety of their behaviour. The distant descendant presides over the feast ; His sweet spirits are strong. He fills their cups from a large vase, And prays for the hoary old (among his guests): — That with hoary age and wrinkled back, They may lead on one another (to virtue), and support one another (in it); That so their old age may be blessed, And their bright happiness ever increased. Ope 3. Tue A? 8u1. RESPONSIVE TO THE LAST :—THE UNCLES AND BRETHREN OF THE KING EXPRESS THEIR SENSE OF HIS KINDNESS, AND THEIR WISHES FOR HIS HAPPINESS, MOSTLY IN THE WORDS IN WHICH THE PERSONATORS OF THE DEPARTED ANCESTORS HAD CONVEYED THEIR SATISFACTION WITH THE SACRIFICE OFFERED TO THEM, AND PROMISED TO HIM THEIR BLESSING. You have made us drink to the full of your spirits; You have satiated us with your kindness. May you enjoy, O our lord, myriads of years! May your bright happiness (ever) be increased!
2You have made us drink to the full of your spirits; You have satiated us with your kindness. May you enjoy, O our lord, myriads of years! May your bright happiness (ever) be increased! You have made us drink to the full of your spirits; Your viands were set out before us. May you enjoy, O our lord, myriads of years! May your bright intelligence ever be increased! May your bright intelligence become perfect, High and brilliant, leading to a good end! That good end has (now) its beginning :—The personators of your ancestors announced it in their blessing. What was their announcement? ‘(The offerings) in your dishes of bamboo and wood are clean and {1] pd 402 THE SHIH KING. DECADE Il. fine. Your friends!, assisting in the service, Have done their part with reverent demeanour. ‘Your reverent demeanour was altogether what the occasion required; And also that of your filial son*. For such filial piety, continued without ceasing, There will ever be conferred blessings upon you.’ What will the blessings be? ‘That along the passages of your palace, You shall move for ten thousand years, And there will be granted to you for ever dignity and posterity.’ How as to your posterity ? ‘Heaven invests you with your dignity; Yea, for ten thousand years, The bright appointment is attached (to your line).’ How is it attached? ‘There is given you a heroic wife. There is given you a heroic wife, And from her shall come the (lin® of) descendants.’ Ove 4. Tue Ho f. AN ODE APPROPRIATE TO THE FEAST GIVEN TO THE PERSONATORS OF THE DEPARTED, ON THE DAY AFTER THE SACRIFICE IN THE ANCES- TRAL TEMPLE. This supplementary sacrifice on the day after the principal service in the temple appeared in the ninth Book of the fourth Part of the Shi; and of the feast after it to the personators of the dead I have spoken on p. 301. The wild-ducks and widgeons are on the King®; 1 That is, the guests, visitors, and officers of the court. 2 Towards the end of the sacrificial service, the eldest son of the king joined in pledging the representatives of their ancestors. 5 The Xing is an affluent of the Wei, not far from W's capital of Héo. The birds, feeling at home in its waters, on its sands, &c., serve to introduce the parties feasted, in a situation where they might relax from the gravity of the preceding day, and be happy. ODE 4. THE MAJOR ODES OF THE KINGDOM. 403 The personators of your ancestors feast and are happy. Your spirits are clear; Your viands are fragrant. The personators of your ancestors feast and drink ;—Their happiness and dignity are made complete. The wild-ducks and widgeons are on the sand; The personators of the dead enjoy the feast, their appropriate tribute. Your spirits are abundant ; Your viands are good. The personators of your ancestors feast and drink ;—Happiness and dignity lend them their aids.
3The wild-ducks and widgeons are on the sand; The personators of the dead enjoy the feast, their appropriate tribute. Your spirits are abundant ; Your viands are good. The personators of your ancestors feast and drink ;—Happiness and dignity lend them their aids. The wild-ducks and widgeons are on the islets; The personators of your ancestors feast and enjoy themselves. Your spirits are strained; Your viands are in slices. The personators of your ancestors feast and drink ;—Happiness and dignity descend on them. The wild-ducks and widgeons are where the waters meet; The personators of your ancestors feast and are honoured. The feast is spread in the ancestral temple, The place where happiness and dignity descend. The personators of your ancestors feast and drink ;—Their happiness and dignity are at the highest point. The wild-ducks and widgeons are in the gorge; The personators of your ancestors rest, full of complacency. The fine spirits are delicious; Your meat, roast and broiled, is fragrant. The personators of your ancestors feast and drink ;—No troubles will be theirs after this. pd 2 404 THE SHIH KING, DECADE If, Ope 5, Stanza l. Tue A1A Lo. IN PRAISE OF SOME KING, WHOSE VIRTUE SECURED TO HIM THE FAVOUR OF HEAVEN. Perhaps the response of the feasted personators of the ancestors. Of our admirable, amiable sovereign Most illustrious is the excellent virtue. He orders rightly the people, orders rightly the officers, And receives his dignity from Heaven, Which protects and helps him, and (confirms) his appointment, By repeated acts of renewal from heaven. Ope 8. Tue Kuian A, ADDRESSED, PROBABLY, BY THE DUKE OF SHAO TO KING XHANG, DESIRING FOR HIM LONG PROSPERITY, AND CONGRATULATING HIM, IN ORDER TO ADMONISH HIM, ON THE HAPPINESS OF HIS PEOPLE, THE NUMBER OF HIS ADMIRABLE OFFICERS, AND THE AUSPICIOUS OMEN ARISING FROM THE APPEARANCE OF THE PHENIX. The duke of Sh4o was the famous Shih, who appears in the fifth and other Books of the fifth Part of the ShQ, the colleague of the duke of Au in the early days of the Kau dynasty. This piece may have been composed by him, but there is no evidence in it that it was so. The assigning it to him rests entirely on the authority of the preface. The language, however, is that in which an old statesman of that time might express his complacency in his young sovereign. Into the recesses of the large mound Came the wind, whirling from the south. There was (our) happy, courteous sovereign, Rambling and singing; And I took occasion to give forth my notes. ‘Full of spirits you ramble; Full of satisfaction you rest. O happy and courteous sovereign, May you fulfil your years, And end them like your ancestors ! ‘Your territory is great and glorious, And per- ODE 8. THE MAJOR ODES OF THE KINGDOM. 405 fectly secure. O happy and courteous sovereign, May you fulfil your years, As the host of all the Spirits?!
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1400 , THE SHIH KING. DECADE II. king, at the close of the sacrifice in the ancestral temple, to the princes of his own surname. There are difficulties in the inter- pretation of the piece on this view, which, however, is to be preferred to any other. In thick patches are those rushes, Springing by the way-side:—Let not the cattle and sheep trample them. Anon they will grow up. anon they will be completely formed, With their leaves soft and glossy. Closely related are brethren; Let none be absent, let all be near. For some there are mats spread; For some there are given stools * The mats are spread, and a second one above; The stools are given, and there are plenty of servants. (The guests) are pledged, and they pledge (the host) in return; He rinses the cups (and refills them, but the guests) put them down, Sauces and pickles are brought in, With roasted meat and broiled. Excellent provisions there are of tripe and palates; With singing to lutes, and with drums. The ornamented bows are strong, And the four arrows are all balanced. They discharge the arrows, and all hit, And the guests are arranged according to their skill, The ornamented bows are drawn to the full, And the arrows are grasped in the hand. They go straight to the mark as if planted 1 In the rushes growing up densely from a common root we have an emblem of brothers all sprung from the same ancestor ; and in the plants developing so finely, when preserved from injury, an emblem of the happy fellowships of consanguinity, when nothing is allowed to interfere with mutual confidence and good feeling. 2 In a previous note I have said that chairs and tables had not come into use in those early times. Guests sat and feasts were spread on mats on the floor; for the aged, however, stools were placed on which they could lean forward. ODE 3. THE MAJOR ODES OF THE KINGDOM. 401 in it, And the guests are arranged according to the humble propriety of their behaviour. The distant descendant presides over the feast ; His sweet spirits are strong. He fills their cups from a large vase, And prays for the hoary old (among his guests): — That with hoary age and wrinkled back, They may lead on one another (to virtue), and support one another (in it); That so their old age may be blessed, And their bright happiness ever increased. Ope 3. Tue A? 8u1. RESPONSIVE TO THE LAST :—THE UNCLES AND BRETHREN OF THE KING EXPRESS THEIR SENSE OF HIS KINDNESS, AND THEIR WISHES FOR HIS HAPPINESS, MOSTLY IN THE WORDS IN WHICH THE PERSONATORS OF THE DEPARTED ANCESTORS HAD CONVEYED THEIR SATISFACTION WITH THE SACRIFICE OFFERED TO THEM, AND PROMISED TO HIM THEIR BLESSING. You have made us drink to the full of your spirits; You have satiated us with your kindness. May you enjoy, O our lord, myriads of years! May your bright happiness (ever) be increased!
2You have made us drink to the full of your spirits; You have satiated us with your kindness. May you enjoy, O our lord, myriads of years! May your bright happiness (ever) be increased! You have made us drink to the full of your spirits; Your viands were set out before us. May you enjoy, O our lord, myriads of years! May your bright intelligence ever be increased! May your bright intelligence become perfect, High and brilliant, leading to a good end! That good end has (now) its beginning :—The personators of your ancestors announced it in their blessing. What was their announcement? ‘(The offerings) in your dishes of bamboo and wood are clean and {1] pd 402 THE SHIH KING. DECADE Il. fine. Your friends!, assisting in the service, Have done their part with reverent demeanour. ‘Your reverent demeanour was altogether what the occasion required; And also that of your filial son*. For such filial piety, continued without ceasing, There will ever be conferred blessings upon you.’ What will the blessings be? ‘That along the passages of your palace, You shall move for ten thousand years, And there will be granted to you for ever dignity and posterity.’ How as to your posterity ? ‘Heaven invests you with your dignity; Yea, for ten thousand years, The bright appointment is attached (to your line).’ How is it attached? ‘There is given you a heroic wife. There is given you a heroic wife, And from her shall come the (lin® of) descendants.’ Ove 4. Tue Ho f. AN ODE APPROPRIATE TO THE FEAST GIVEN TO THE PERSONATORS OF THE DEPARTED, ON THE DAY AFTER THE SACRIFICE IN THE ANCES- TRAL TEMPLE. This supplementary sacrifice on the day after the principal service in the temple appeared in the ninth Book of the fourth Part of the Shi; and of the feast after it to the personators of the dead I have spoken on p. 301. The wild-ducks and widgeons are on the King®; 1 That is, the guests, visitors, and officers of the court. 2 Towards the end of the sacrificial service, the eldest son of the king joined in pledging the representatives of their ancestors. 5 The Xing is an affluent of the Wei, not far from W's capital of Héo. The birds, feeling at home in its waters, on its sands, &c., serve to introduce the parties feasted, in a situation where they might relax from the gravity of the preceding day, and be happy. ODE 4. THE MAJOR ODES OF THE KINGDOM. 403 The personators of your ancestors feast and are happy. Your spirits are clear; Your viands are fragrant. The personators of your ancestors feast and drink ;—Their happiness and dignity are made complete. The wild-ducks and widgeons are on the sand; The personators of the dead enjoy the feast, their appropriate tribute. Your spirits are abundant ; Your viands are good. The personators of your ancestors feast and drink ;—Happiness and dignity lend them their aids.
3The wild-ducks and widgeons are on the sand; The personators of the dead enjoy the feast, their appropriate tribute. Your spirits are abundant ; Your viands are good. The personators of your ancestors feast and drink ;—Happiness and dignity lend them their aids. The wild-ducks and widgeons are on the islets; The personators of your ancestors feast and enjoy themselves. Your spirits are strained; Your viands are in slices. The personators of your ancestors feast and drink ;—Happiness and dignity descend on them. The wild-ducks and widgeons are where the waters meet; The personators of your ancestors feast and are honoured. The feast is spread in the ancestral temple, The place where happiness and dignity descend. The personators of your ancestors feast and drink ;—Their happiness and dignity are at the highest point. The wild-ducks and widgeons are in the gorge; The personators of your ancestors rest, full of complacency. The fine spirits are delicious; Your meat, roast and broiled, is fragrant. The personators of your ancestors feast and drink ;—No troubles will be theirs after this. pd 2 404 THE SHIH KING, DECADE If, Ope 5, Stanza l. Tue A1A Lo. IN PRAISE OF SOME KING, WHOSE VIRTUE SECURED TO HIM THE FAVOUR OF HEAVEN. Perhaps the response of the feasted personators of the ancestors. Of our admirable, amiable sovereign Most illustrious is the excellent virtue. He orders rightly the people, orders rightly the officers, And receives his dignity from Heaven, Which protects and helps him, and (confirms) his appointment, By repeated acts of renewal from heaven. Ope 8. Tue Kuian A, ADDRESSED, PROBABLY, BY THE DUKE OF SHAO TO KING XHANG, DESIRING FOR HIM LONG PROSPERITY, AND CONGRATULATING HIM, IN ORDER TO ADMONISH HIM, ON THE HAPPINESS OF HIS PEOPLE, THE NUMBER OF HIS ADMIRABLE OFFICERS, AND THE AUSPICIOUS OMEN ARISING FROM THE APPEARANCE OF THE PHENIX. The duke of Sh4o was the famous Shih, who appears in the fifth and other Books of the fifth Part of the ShQ, the colleague of the duke of Au in the early days of the Kau dynasty. This piece may have been composed by him, but there is no evidence in it that it was so. The assigning it to him rests entirely on the authority of the preface. The language, however, is that in which an old statesman of that time might express his complacency in his young sovereign. Into the recesses of the large mound Came the wind, whirling from the south. There was (our) happy, courteous sovereign, Rambling and singing; And I took occasion to give forth my notes. ‘Full of spirits you ramble; Full of satisfaction you rest. O happy and courteous sovereign, May you fulfil your years, And end them like your ancestors ! ‘Your territory is great and glorious, And per- ODE 8. THE MAJOR ODES OF THE KINGDOM. 405 fectly secure. O happy and courteous sovereign, May you fulfil your years, As the host of all the Spirits?!
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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