詩
經
Shi Jing 
– 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).
Shijing I. 15. (158)
In hewing [the wood for] an axe-handle, how do you proceed ?
Without [another] axe it cannot be done.
In taking a wife, how do you proceed ?
Without a go-between it cannot be done.
In hewing an axe-handle, in hewing an axe-handle,
The pattern is not far off.
I see the lady,
And forthwith the vessels are arranged in rows.
Legge 158
Comment faire un manche de hache ?
sans hache, on n'y réussit pas !
Comment faire pour prendre femme ?
sans marieur, on ne peut pas !
Granet LXV.
The Book of Odes – Shi Jing I. 15. (158) – Chinese on/off – Français/English
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