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1With great qualities, both civil and martial, Bril liantly he affects his meritorious ancestors. In everything entirely filial, He seeks the blessing that is sure to follow. 5. Very intelligent is the marquis of La, Making his virtue illustrious. He has made this college with its semicircle of water, And the tribes of the Hwai will submit to him*% His martial-looking tiger-leaders Will here present the left ears (of their foes)’. His examiners, wise as Kao-yao *¢, ‘ Will here present the prisoners. 6. His numerous officers, Men who have enlarged their virtuous minds, With martial energy conducting their expedition, Will drive far away those tribes of the east and south. Vigorous and 1 The meaning is that the fine qualities of the marquis ‘reached to’ and affected his ancestors in their spirit-state, and would draw down their protecting favour. Their blessing, seen in his prosperity, was the natural result of his filial piety. 7 The Hwéi rises in the department of Nan-yang, Ho-nan, and flows eastward to the sea. South of it, down to the time of this ode, were many rude and wild tribes that gave frequent occupation to the kings of Kau. 5 When prisoners refused to submit, their left ears were cut off, and shown as trophies. * The ancient Shun’s Minister of Crime. The ‘examiners’ were Officers who questioned the prisoners, especially the more important of them, to elicit information, and decide as to the amount of their guilt and punishment. Z2 340 ' THE SHIH KING. ODE 3. grand, Without noise or display, Without appeal to the judges', They will here present (the proofs of) their merit. 7. How they draw their bows adorned with bone! How their arrows whiz forth! Their war chariots are very large! Their footmen and charioteers never weary! They have subdued the tribes of Hwai, And brought them to an unrebellious submission. Only lay your plans securely, And all the tribes of the Hwai will be won ?. 8. They come flying on the wing, those owls, And settle on the trees about the college; They eat the fruit of our mulberry trees, And salute us with fine notes *. So awakened shall be those tribes of the Hwai. They will come presenting their precious things, Their large tortoises, and their elephants’ teeth, And great contributions of the southern metals *. 1 The ‘judges’ decided all questions of dispute in the army, and on the merits of different men who had distinguished themselves. 2 In this stanza the poet describes a battle with the wild tribes, as if it were going on before his eyes. ? An owl is a bird with a disagreeable scream, instead of a beautiful note; but the mulberries grown about the college would make them sing delightfully. And so would the influence of Lf, going forth from the college, transform the nature of the tribes about the Hwii. “ That is, according to ‘the Tribute of Yi,’ in the Sh4, from Xing-au and Yang-éau. ODE 4. _THE PRAISE ODES OF LO. 341 Opt 4. Tue Pt Kune.
2And so would the influence of Lf, going forth from the college, transform the nature of the tribes about the Hwii. “ That is, according to ‘the Tribute of Yi,’ in the Sh4, from Xing-au and Yang-éau. ODE 4. _THE PRAISE ODES OF LO. 341 Opt 4. Tue Pt Kune. IN PRAISE OF DUKE Hs, AND AUSPICING FOR HIM A MAGNIFICENT ‘ CAREER OF SUCCESS, WHICH WOULD MAKE LO ALL THAT IT HAD EVER BEEN :—WRITTEN, PROBABLY, ON AN OCCASION WHEN Hs? HAD REPAIRED THE TEMPLES OF THE STATE, OF WHICH PIOUS ACT HIS SUCCESS WOULD BE THE REWARD. There is no doubt that duke Hst is the hero of this piece. He is mentioned in the third stanza as ‘the son of duke Awang,’ and the Hsi-sze referred to in the last stanza as the architect under whose superintendence the temples had been repaired was his brother, whom we meet with elsewhere as ‘duke’s son, Yi.’ The descriptions of various sacrifices prove that the lords of Lf, whether permitted to use royal ceremonies or not, did really do so. The writer was evidently in a poetic rapture as to what his ruler was, and would do. The piece is a genuine bardic effusion. The poet traces the lords of LQ to Kiang Yiian and her son Hau-4. He then comes to the establishment of the Kau dynasty, and under it of the marquisate of LQ; and finally to duke Hs, dilating on his sacrificial services, the military power of Lf, and the achievements which he might be expected to accomplish in subjugating all the territory lying to the east, and a long way south, of LQ. 1. How pure and still are the solemn temples, In their strong solidity and minute completeness! Highly distinguished was Kiang Yiian’, Of virtue undeflected. God regarded her with favour, And without injury or hurt, Immediately, when her months were completed, She gave birth to Hau-ét! On him were conferred all blessings—(To know) how the (ordinary) millet ripened early, and the sacrificial millet late; How first to sow pulse 1 About Kiang Yilan and her conception and birth of Hau-é, see the first piece in the third decade of the Major Odes of the Kingdom. There also Hau-éi’s teaching of husbandry is more fully described. 342° THE SHIH KING. ODE 4. and then wheat. Anon he was invested with an inferior state, And taught the people how to sow and to reap, The (ordinary) millet and the sacrificial, Rice and the black millet; Ere long over the whole country :— (Thus) continuing the work of Yt.
3342° THE SHIH KING. ODE 4. and then wheat. Anon he was invested with an inferior state, And taught the people how to sow and to reap, The (ordinary) millet and the sacrificial, Rice and the black millet; Ere long over the whole country :— (Thus) continuing the work of Yt. 2. Among the descendants of Hau-4t, There was king Thai!, Dwelling on the south of (mount) Ku, Where the clipping of Shang began. In process of time Wan and WO Continued the work ef king Thai, And (the purpose of) Heaven was carried out in its time, In the plain of MQ* ‘Have no doubts, no anxieties,’ (it was said), ‘God is with you®,’ Wd disposed of the troops of Shang; He and his men equally shared in the achievement. (Then) king (Aang). said, ‘My uncle‘, I will set up your eldest son, And make him marquis of LO. I will greatly enlarge your territory there, To be a help and support to the House of K4u.’ 3. Accordingly he appointed (our first) duke of Lf, And made him marquis in the east, Giving him the hilis and rivers, The lands and fields, and the attached states’. The (present) descendant of the duke of Kau, The son of duke Awang, With dragon-emblazoned banner, attends the sacrifices, (Grasping) his six reins soft and pliant. In spring ' See on the Sacrificial Odes of X4u, decade i, ode 5. ® See the ShQ, V, iii. * Shang-f, one of W{’s principal leaders, encouraged him at the battle of MQ with these words. ‘ That is, the duke of Xau. ® That is, small territories, held by chiefs of other surnames, but acknowledging the jurisdiction of the lords of Lf, and dependent on them for introduction to the royal court. ODE 4. THE PRAISE ODES oF LO. 343 and autumn he is not remiss; His offerings are all without error’. To the great and sovereign God, And to his great ancestor H4u-4i, He offers the victims, red and pure*. They enjoy, they approve, And bestow blessings in large number. The duke of Au, and (your other) great ancestors, Also bless you. 4. In autumn comes the sacrifice of the season, But the bulls for it have had their horns capped in summer‘; They are the white bull and the red one’, (There are) the bull-figured goblet in its dignity®; Roast pig, minced meat,and soups; The dishes of bamboo and wood, and the large stands’, And the dancers all complete. The filial descendant 1 These lines refer to the seasonal sacrifices in the temple of ancestors, two seasons being mentioned for all the four, as in some of the odes of Shang. * From the seasonal sacrifices the poet passes to the sacrifice to God at the border altar in the spring,—no doubt the same which is referred to in the last ode of the first decade of the Sacrificial Odes of au. * The subject of the seasonal sacrifices is resumed. “ A piece of wood was fixed across the horns of the victimbulls, to prevent their injuring them by pushing or rubbing against any hard substance. An animal injured in any way was not fit to be used in sacrifice.
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.
1With great qualities, both civil and martial, Bril liantly he affects his meritorious ancestors. In everything entirely filial, He seeks the blessing that is sure to follow. 5. Very intelligent is the marquis of La, Making his virtue illustrious. He has made this college with its semicircle of water, And the tribes of the Hwai will submit to him*% His martial-looking tiger-leaders Will here present the left ears (of their foes)’. His examiners, wise as Kao-yao *¢, ‘ Will here present the prisoners. 6. His numerous officers, Men who have enlarged their virtuous minds, With martial energy conducting their expedition, Will drive far away those tribes of the east and south. Vigorous and 1 The meaning is that the fine qualities of the marquis ‘reached to’ and affected his ancestors in their spirit-state, and would draw down their protecting favour. Their blessing, seen in his prosperity, was the natural result of his filial piety. 7 The Hwéi rises in the department of Nan-yang, Ho-nan, and flows eastward to the sea. South of it, down to the time of this ode, were many rude and wild tribes that gave frequent occupation to the kings of Kau. 5 When prisoners refused to submit, their left ears were cut off, and shown as trophies. * The ancient Shun’s Minister of Crime. The ‘examiners’ were Officers who questioned the prisoners, especially the more important of them, to elicit information, and decide as to the amount of their guilt and punishment. Z2 340 ' THE SHIH KING. ODE 3. grand, Without noise or display, Without appeal to the judges', They will here present (the proofs of) their merit. 7. How they draw their bows adorned with bone! How their arrows whiz forth! Their war chariots are very large! Their footmen and charioteers never weary! They have subdued the tribes of Hwai, And brought them to an unrebellious submission. Only lay your plans securely, And all the tribes of the Hwai will be won ?. 8. They come flying on the wing, those owls, And settle on the trees about the college; They eat the fruit of our mulberry trees, And salute us with fine notes *. So awakened shall be those tribes of the Hwai. They will come presenting their precious things, Their large tortoises, and their elephants’ teeth, And great contributions of the southern metals *. 1 The ‘judges’ decided all questions of dispute in the army, and on the merits of different men who had distinguished themselves. 2 In this stanza the poet describes a battle with the wild tribes, as if it were going on before his eyes. ? An owl is a bird with a disagreeable scream, instead of a beautiful note; but the mulberries grown about the college would make them sing delightfully. And so would the influence of Lf, going forth from the college, transform the nature of the tribes about the Hwii. “ That is, according to ‘the Tribute of Yi,’ in the Sh4, from Xing-au and Yang-éau. ODE 4. _THE PRAISE ODES OF LO. 341 Opt 4. Tue Pt Kune.
2And so would the influence of Lf, going forth from the college, transform the nature of the tribes about the Hwii. “ That is, according to ‘the Tribute of Yi,’ in the Sh4, from Xing-au and Yang-éau. ODE 4. _THE PRAISE ODES OF LO. 341 Opt 4. Tue Pt Kune. IN PRAISE OF DUKE Hs, AND AUSPICING FOR HIM A MAGNIFICENT ‘ CAREER OF SUCCESS, WHICH WOULD MAKE LO ALL THAT IT HAD EVER BEEN :—WRITTEN, PROBABLY, ON AN OCCASION WHEN Hs? HAD REPAIRED THE TEMPLES OF THE STATE, OF WHICH PIOUS ACT HIS SUCCESS WOULD BE THE REWARD. There is no doubt that duke Hst is the hero of this piece. He is mentioned in the third stanza as ‘the son of duke Awang,’ and the Hsi-sze referred to in the last stanza as the architect under whose superintendence the temples had been repaired was his brother, whom we meet with elsewhere as ‘duke’s son, Yi.’ The descriptions of various sacrifices prove that the lords of Lf, whether permitted to use royal ceremonies or not, did really do so. The writer was evidently in a poetic rapture as to what his ruler was, and would do. The piece is a genuine bardic effusion. The poet traces the lords of LQ to Kiang Yiian and her son Hau-4. He then comes to the establishment of the Kau dynasty, and under it of the marquisate of LQ; and finally to duke Hs, dilating on his sacrificial services, the military power of Lf, and the achievements which he might be expected to accomplish in subjugating all the territory lying to the east, and a long way south, of LQ. 1. How pure and still are the solemn temples, In their strong solidity and minute completeness! Highly distinguished was Kiang Yiian’, Of virtue undeflected. God regarded her with favour, And without injury or hurt, Immediately, when her months were completed, She gave birth to Hau-ét! On him were conferred all blessings—(To know) how the (ordinary) millet ripened early, and the sacrificial millet late; How first to sow pulse 1 About Kiang Yilan and her conception and birth of Hau-é, see the first piece in the third decade of the Major Odes of the Kingdom. There also Hau-éi’s teaching of husbandry is more fully described. 342° THE SHIH KING. ODE 4. and then wheat. Anon he was invested with an inferior state, And taught the people how to sow and to reap, The (ordinary) millet and the sacrificial, Rice and the black millet; Ere long over the whole country :— (Thus) continuing the work of Yt.
3342° THE SHIH KING. ODE 4. and then wheat. Anon he was invested with an inferior state, And taught the people how to sow and to reap, The (ordinary) millet and the sacrificial, Rice and the black millet; Ere long over the whole country :— (Thus) continuing the work of Yt. 2. Among the descendants of Hau-4t, There was king Thai!, Dwelling on the south of (mount) Ku, Where the clipping of Shang began. In process of time Wan and WO Continued the work ef king Thai, And (the purpose of) Heaven was carried out in its time, In the plain of MQ* ‘Have no doubts, no anxieties,’ (it was said), ‘God is with you®,’ Wd disposed of the troops of Shang; He and his men equally shared in the achievement. (Then) king (Aang). said, ‘My uncle‘, I will set up your eldest son, And make him marquis of LO. I will greatly enlarge your territory there, To be a help and support to the House of K4u.’ 3. Accordingly he appointed (our first) duke of Lf, And made him marquis in the east, Giving him the hilis and rivers, The lands and fields, and the attached states’. The (present) descendant of the duke of Kau, The son of duke Awang, With dragon-emblazoned banner, attends the sacrifices, (Grasping) his six reins soft and pliant. In spring ' See on the Sacrificial Odes of X4u, decade i, ode 5. ® See the ShQ, V, iii. * Shang-f, one of W{’s principal leaders, encouraged him at the battle of MQ with these words. ‘ That is, the duke of Xau. ® That is, small territories, held by chiefs of other surnames, but acknowledging the jurisdiction of the lords of Lf, and dependent on them for introduction to the royal court. ODE 4. THE PRAISE ODES oF LO. 343 and autumn he is not remiss; His offerings are all without error’. To the great and sovereign God, And to his great ancestor H4u-4i, He offers the victims, red and pure*. They enjoy, they approve, And bestow blessings in large number. The duke of Au, and (your other) great ancestors, Also bless you. 4. In autumn comes the sacrifice of the season, But the bulls for it have had their horns capped in summer‘; They are the white bull and the red one’, (There are) the bull-figured goblet in its dignity®; Roast pig, minced meat,and soups; The dishes of bamboo and wood, and the large stands’, And the dancers all complete. The filial descendant 1 These lines refer to the seasonal sacrifices in the temple of ancestors, two seasons being mentioned for all the four, as in some of the odes of Shang. * From the seasonal sacrifices the poet passes to the sacrifice to God at the border altar in the spring,—no doubt the same which is referred to in the last ode of the first decade of the Sacrificial Odes of au. * The subject of the seasonal sacrifices is resumed. “ A piece of wood was fixed across the horns of the victimbulls, to prevent their injuring them by pushing or rubbing against any hard substance. An animal injured in any way was not fit to be used in sacrifice.
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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