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Shi Ji Zhuan

  
詩集傳序
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Introduction by C. Ming Lung
  
Acknowledgements

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國風(LESSONS FROM THE STATES)
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[introduction]
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周南  (THE ODES OF ZHOU AND THE SOUTH)
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召南  (THE ODES OF SHAO AND THE SOUTH)
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邶風  (THE ODES OF BEI)
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鄘風  (THE ODES OF YONG)
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衛風  (THE ODES OF WEI)
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王風  (THE ODES OF WANG)
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鄭風  (THE ODES OF ZHENG)
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75.  緇衣  ZI YI
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76.  將仲子  JIANG ZHONG ZI
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77.  叔于田  SHU YU TIAN
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78.  大叔于田  DA SHU YU TIAN
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79.  清人  QING REN
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80.  羔裘  GAO QIU
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81.  遵大路  ZUN DA LU
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82.  女曰雞鳴  NU YUE JI MING
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83.  有女同車  YOU NU TONG CHE
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84.  山有扶蘇  SHAN YOU FU SU
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85.  蘀兮  TUO XI
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86.  狡童  JIAO TONG
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87.  褰裳  QIAN CHANG
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88.  丰  FENG
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89.  東門之墠  DONG MEN ZHI SHAN
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90.  風雨  FENG YU
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91.  子衿  ZI JIN
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92.  揚之水  YANG ZHI SHUI
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93.  出其東門  CHU QI DONG MEN
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94.  野有蔓草  YE YOU MAN CAO
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95.  溱洧  QIN WEI
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齊風  (THE ODES OF QI)
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魏風  (THE ODES OF WEI)
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唐風  (THE ODES OF TANG)
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秦風  (THE ODES OF QIN)
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陳風  (THE ODES OF CHEN)
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檜風  (THE ODES OF KUAI)
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曹風  (THE ODES OF CAO)
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豳風  (THE ODES OF BIN)
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小雅(MINOR ODES OF THE KINGDOM)
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大雅(GREATER ODES OF THE KINGDOM)
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頌(ODES OF THE TEMPLE AND THE ALTAR)

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Well fashioned is the bow adorned with horn ,
And swift is its recoil .
Brothers and relatives by affinity ,
Should not be treated distantly .
When you keep yours at a distance ,
The people all do the same with theirs .
What you teach ,
The people all imitate .
Those brothers who are good ,
Continue to display much generous feeling ;
But between brothers who are not good ,
Their intercourse is marked by troubles .
People who have no conscience ,
Repine against each other , each one holding his own point of view ;
One gets a place , and shows no humility —
Till they all come to ruin .
An old horse , notwithstanding , thinks himself a colt ,
And has no regard to the future .
It is like craving a superabundance of food ,
And an excess of drink .
Do not teach a monkey to climb trees ;—
[You act] like adding mud to one in the mud .
If the sovereign have good ways ,
The small people will accord with them .
The snow may have fallen abundantly ,
But when it feels the sun's heat , it dissolves .
You are not willing to discountenance [those parties] ,
And so they become [more] troublesome and arrogant .
The snow may have fallen largely ,
But when it feels the sun's heat , it flows away .
They become like the Man or the Mao ;—
This is what make me sad .
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