{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/bop/bop050.htm","path":"cfu/bop/bop050.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/bop/bop050.htm","text":"The Book of Poetry, tr. by James Legge, [1876]\n2Her pheasant-figured robe resplendent shines,\n \u00a0\u00a0Her hair, jet-black, cloudlike surmounts her head;\n Her own, no false locks with it she entwines.\n \u00a0\u00a0Then see her ear plugs, of the precious jade;\n \u00a0\u00a0Her comb pin, of the finest ivory made;\n And her high forehead, shining pure and white. p. 51\n \u00a0\u00a0Like visitant come down from heaven, arrayed\n In fashion thus, for sacrificial rite,\u2014\n Well may we goddess call her, and no earthly wight.\n3At court now see her, on occasions great,\n \u00a0\u00a0To meet the ruler, or guests entertain!\n As rich and splendid is her robe of state,\n \u00a0\u00a0With muslin \u2019neath it of the finest grain,\n \u00a0\u00a0Which takes the place of warmer garment plain.\n Her eyes are clear, with forehead broad and high,\n \u00a0\u00a0Which the full temples on each side sustain.\n With woman such as this how few can vie!\n The beauty of the land, she charms the gazing eye!","title":"The Book of Poetry: Book IV. The Odes of Yung: III. Ch\u00fcn Tz\u016d Chieh Lao","type":"page"}