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Shi Jing Introduction Table of content – 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).

Section I — Lessons from the states
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15
Chapter 2 — The odes of Shao and the South

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Shijing I. 2. (20)

Dropping are the fruits from the plum-tree ;
There are [but] seven [tenths] of them left !
For the gentlemen who seek me,
This is the fortunate time !

Dropping are the fruits from the plum-tree ;
There are [but] three [tenths] of them left !
For the gentlemen who seek me,
Now is the time.

Dropt are the fruits from the plum-tree ;
In my shallow basket I have collected them.
Would the gentlemen who seek me
[Only] speak about it !

Legge 20

Voici que tombent les prunes !
il n'en reste plus que sept !
Demandez-nous, jeunes hommes !
c'est l'époque consacrée !

Voici que tombent les prunes !
il n'en reste plus que trois !
Demandez-nous, jeunes hommes !
c'est l'époque, maintenant !

Voici que tombent les prunes !
les paniers emplissez-en !
Demandez-nous, jeunes hommes !
c'est, l'époque, parlez-en !

Granet XXII.

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