{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/bop/bop223.htm","path":"cfu/bop/bop223.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/bop/bop223.htm","text":"The Book of Poetry, tr. by James Legge, [1876]\n2Like the flowers that splendid shine,\n \u00a0\u00a0Displaying yellow's deepest hue,\n Are these noble lords of mine,\n \u00a0\u00a0In whom such elegance I view.\n In all their words and manners is no flaw;\u2014\n So to themselves all blessing shall they draw.\n3Like the flowers that splendid shine,\n \u00a0\u00a0Some yellow, some of purest white,\n Are these noble lords of mine,\n \u00a0\u00a0Urging their steeds to rapid flight.\n White are the steeds they drive, but black their manes,\n And soft and glossy in their hands the reins! p. 295\n4Left or right they wheel and move.\n \u00a0\u00a0Each order given they straight obey.\n Instant their skill and power they prove\n \u00a0\u00a0Equal, as needed, to display.\n Boundless resources in themselves there dwell;\n \u2019Tis right their outward movements should excel!","title":"The Book of Poetry: Book VI. The Decade of Pei Shan: X. Shang Shang Ch\u00ea Hua","type":"page"}