{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/bop/bop108.htm","path":"cfu/bop/bop108.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/bop/bop108.htm","text":"The Book of Poetry, tr. by James Legge, [1876]\n2\u00a0\u00a0Her four black steeds are beautiful;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Soft are the reins the driver holds. p. 114\n \u00a0\u00a0The road from Lu is smooth and plain;\u2014\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ch\u2018i\u2019s daughter's heart its joy unfolds.\n Full of complacency is she; nor shame\n Abashes her, nor fear of evil name.\n3\u00a0\u00a0Broad flow the waters of the W\u00ean,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And crowds of travelers go by.\n \u00a0\u00a0The road from Lu is smooth and plain;\u2014\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0She looks around with careless eye.\n That many see her gives her no concern;\n Her thoughts to her licentious fancy turn.\n4\u00a0\u00a0On sweep the waters of the W\u00ean;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0More numerous are the travelers now.\n \u00a0\u00a0The road from Lu is smooth and plain;\u2014\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ch\u2018i\u2019s daughter shows her brazen brow.\n At ease and proud, she holds her onward way,\n Careless of what all think of her display.","title":"The Book of Poetry: Book VIII. The Odes of Ch\u2018i: X. Tsai Ch\u2018\u00fc","type":"page"}