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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 7 — The odes of Zheng

75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95

Shijing I. 7. (87)

If you, Sir, think kindly of me,
I will hold up my lower garments, and cross the Zhen.
If you do not think of me,
Is there no other person [to do so] ?
You, foolish, foolish fellow !

If you, Sir, think kindly of me,
I will hold up my lower garments, and cross the Wei.
If you do not think of me,
Is there no other gentleman [to do so] ?
You, foolish, foolish fellow !

Legge 87

Si tu as pour moi des pensées d'amour,
je trousse ma jupe et passe la Tchen !
Mais si tu n'as point de pensées pour moi,
est-ce qu'il n'y a pas d'autres hommes ?
Ô le plus fou des jeunes fous, vraiment !

Si tu as pour moi des pensées d'amour,
je trousse ma jupe et passe la Wei !
Mais si tu n'as point de pensées pour moi,
Est-ce qu'il n'y a pas d'autres garçons ?
Ô le plus fou des jeunes fous, vraiment !

Granet LI.

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