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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 13 — The odes of Kuai

146 147 148 149

Shijing I. 13. (148)

In the low wet grouds is the carambola tree ;
Soft and pliant are its branches,
With the glossiness of tender beauty.
I should rejoice to be like you, [O tree], without consciousness.

In the low, damp grounds is the carambola tree ;
Soft and delicate are its flowers,
With the glossiness of its tender beauty.
I should rejoice to be like you, [O tree], without a family.

In the low, damp grounds is the carambola tree ;
Soft and delicate is its fruit,
With the glossiness of its tender beauty.
I should rejoice to be like you, [O tree], without a household.

Legge 148

Au val est un carambolier ;
douce est la grâce de ses branches !
Que sa jeunesse a de vigueur !
quelle joie que tu n'aies pas de connaissance !

Au val est un carambolier ;
douce est la grâce de ses fleurs !
Que sa jeunesse a de vigueur !
quelle joie que tu n'aies pas de mari !

Au val est un carambolier ;
douce est la grâce de ses fruits !
Que sa jeunesse a de vigueur !
quelle joie que tu n'aies pas de femme !

Granet II.

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