Le plus ancien recueil connu de poésie chinoise, plus de trois cents chansons, odes et hymnes. Tr. Legge (en) et Granet (fr, incomplète).
Fat and large are the stallions,
On the plains of the far-distant borders.
Of those stallions, fat and large,
Some are black and white-breeched ; some light yellow ;
Some, pure black ; some, bay ;
[All], splendid carriage horses.
His thoughts are without limit ; –
He thinks of his horses, and they are thus good.
Fat and large are the stallions,
On the plains of the far-distant borders.
Of those stallions, fat and large,
Some are piebald, green and white ; others, yellow and white ;
Some, yellowish red ; some, dapple grey ;
[All], strong carriage horses.
His thoughts are without end ; –
He thinks of his horses, and they are thus strong.
Fat and large are the stallions,
On the plains of the far-distant borders.
Of those stallions, fat and large,
Some are flecked as with scales ; some, white and black-maned ;
Some, red and black-maned ; some, black and white-maned ;
[All], docile in the carriage,
His thoughts never weary ; –
He thinks of his horses, and such they become.
Fat and large are the stallions,
On the plains of the far-distant borders.
Of those stallions, fat and large,
Some are cream-coloured ; some, red and white ;
Some, with white hairy legs ; some, with fishes' eyes ;
[All], stout carriage horses.
His thoughts are without depravity ; – ;
He thinks of his horses, and thus serviceable are they.
Legge 297
Le Canon des Poèmes – Shi Jing IV. 4. (297) – Chinois on/off – Français/English
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