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Introduction by C. Ming Lung

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1.

國風(LESSONS FROM THE STATES)

1.0.

1.1.

周南 (THE ODES OF ZHOU AND THE SOUTH)

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1.2.

召南 (THE ODES OF SHAO AND THE SOUTH)

1.2.12.

12. 鵲巢 QUE CHAO

1.2.12.

1.2.13.

13. 采蘩 CAI FAN

1.2.13.

1.2.14.

14. 草蟲 CAO CHONG

1.2.14.

1.2.15.

15. 采蘋 CAI PING

1.2.15.

1.2.16.

16. 甘棠 GAN TANG

1.2.16.

1.2.17.

17. 行露 XING LU

1.2.17.

1.2.18.

18. 羔羊 GAO YANG

1.2.18.

1.2.19.

19. 殷其雷 YIN QI LEI

1.2.19.

1.2.20.

20. 摽有梅 BIAO YOU MEI

1.2.20.

1.2.21.

21. 小星 XIAO XING

1.2.21.

1.2.22.

22. 江有汜 JIANG YOU SI

1.2.22.

1.2.23.

23. 野有死麇 YE YOU SI JUN

1.2.23.

1.2.24.

24. 何彼襛矣 HE BI NONG YI

1.2.24.

1.2.25.

25. 騶虞 ZOU YU

1.2.25.

1.3.

邶風 (THE ODES OF BEI)

1.4.

鄘風 (THE ODES OF YONG)

1.5.

衛風 (THE ODES OF WEI)

1.6.

王風 (THE ODES OF WANG)

1.7.

鄭風 (THE ODES OF ZHENG)

1.8.

齊風 (THE ODES OF QI)

1.9.

魏風 (THE ODES OF WEI)

1.10.

唐風 (THE ODES OF TANG)

1.11.

秦風 (THE ODES OF QIN)

1.12.

陳風 (THE ODES OF CHEN)

1.13.

檜風 (THE ODES OF KUAI)

1.14.

曹風 (THE ODES OF CAO)

1.15.

豳風 (THE ODES OF BIN)

2.

小雅(MINOR ODES OF THE KINGDOM)

3.

大雅(GREATER ODES OF THE KINGDOM)

4.

頌(ODES OF THE TEMPLE AND THE ALTAR)

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The tribulus grows on the wall ,
And cannot be brushed away .
The story of the inner chamber ,
Cannot be told .
What would have to be told ,
Would be the vilest of recitals .

The tribulus grow on the wall ,
And cannot be removed .
The story of the inner chamber ,
Cannot be particularly related .
What might be particularly related
Would be a long story .

The tribulus grow on the wall ,
And cannot be bound together , [and taken away] .
The story of the inner chamber
Cannot be recited ,
What might be recited ,
Would be the most disgraceful of things .