{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/bop/bop081.htm","path":"cfu/bop/bop081.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/bop/bop081.htm","text":"The Book of Poetry, tr. by James Legge, [1876]\n2Our Shu a-hunting drove away,\n His four steeds all of color bay.\n The outsides followed close behind p. 90\n The insides, finest of their kind,\n \u00a0\u00a0Like wild geese on the wing.\n They now have gained the marshy ground;\n At once the flames blaze all around.\n Few archers can with Shu compare;\n A charioteer of cunning rare,\n \u00a0\u00a0The steeds before him spring.\n Now they dash on in course direct;\n Now they're brought up and quickly checkt.\n Forth flies the arrow, fleet and stark,\n Nor fails to hit its proper mark,\n \u00a0\u00a0His left hand following.\n3Our Shu a-hunting drove away,\n His four steeds all of color gray.\n With heads in line the insides sped;\n The outsides followed like the head\n \u00a0\u00a0Succeeded by the arms.\n They now have reached the marshy ground;\n One blaze of flame wraps all around;\n \u00a0\u00a0Soon cease the hunt's alarms.\n Shu's steeds before him slowly move;\n His skill the arrows cease to prove.\n Straightway the quiver's lid is closed,\n And in its case the bow reposed.\n \u00a0\u00a0How his fine bearing charms!","title":"The Book of Poetry: Book VII. The Odes of Ch\u00eang: IV. Ta Shu Y\u00fc T\u2018ien","type":"page"}