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. 4. (53)
Conspiciously rise the staffs with their ox-tails,
In the distant suburbs of Jun,
Ornamented with the white silk bands ;
There are four carriages with their good horses,
That admirable gentleman, –
What will he give them for [this] ?
Conspiciously rise the staffs with their falcon-banners,
In the nearer suburbs of Jun,
Ornamented with the white silk ribbons ;
There are four carriages with their good horses,
That admirable gentleman, –
What will he give them for [this] ?
Conspiciously rise the staffs with their feathered streamers,
At the walls of Jun,
Bound with the white silk cords ;
There are six carriages with their good horses,
That admirable gentleman, –
What will he give them for [this] ?
Legge 53
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