{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/bop/bop216.htm","path":"cfu/bop/bop216.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/bop/bop216.htm","text":"The Book of Poetry, tr. by James Legge, [1876]\n2Ere we the royal city left,\n The sun and moon renewed the year.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We marched in hope.\n Now to its close this year is near.\n Return deferred, of hope bereft,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0All mourn and mope.\n My lonesome state haunts aye my breast,\n While duties grow, and cares increase,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Too hard to bear.\n Toils that oppress me never cease;\n Not for a moment dare I rest,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Nigh to despair.\n I think with fond regard of those,\n Who in their posts at court remain,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0My friends of old.\n Fain would I be with them again,\n But fierce reproof return would cause.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This post I hold.\n3When for the west I left my home,\n The sun and moon both mildly shone,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Our hearts to cheer.\n We'd soon be back, our service done!\n Alas! affairs more urgent come,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And fix us here. p. 278\n The year is hastening to expire.\n We gather now the southernwood,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The beans we reap;\u2014\n That for its fragrance, these for food.\n Such things that constant care require\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Me anxious keep.\n Thinking of friends still at their posts,\n I rise and pass the night outside,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0So vexed my mind.\n But soon what changes may betide?\n I here will stay, whate\u2019er it costs,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And be resigned.\n4My honored friends, O do not deem\n Your rest which seems secure from ill\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Will ever last!\n Your duties quietly fulfill,\n And hold the upright in esteem,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0With friendship fast.\n So shall the spirits hear your cry,\n You virtuous make, and good supply,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In measure vast. p. 279\n5My honored friends, O do not deem\n Repose that seems secure from ill\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Will lasting prove.\n Your duties quietly fulfill.\n And hold the upright in esteem,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0With earnest love.\n So shall the spirits hear your prayer,\n And on you happiness confer,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Your hopes above.","title":"The Book of Poetry: Book VI. The Decade of Pei Shan: III. Hsiao Ming","type":"page"}