{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/bop/bop270.htm","path":"cfu/bop/bop270.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/bop/bop270.htm","text":"The Book of Poetry, tr. by James Legge, [1876]\n2Oh! noble was the marquis\u2019 team.\n Both long and large, the steeds beseem\n \u00a0\u00a0His youthful state and port.\n His mace of rank he with him brought,\n When audience of the king he sought,\n \u00a0\u00a0And bowed within his court.\n The king his royal favor showed.\n And on him princely gifts bestowed. p. 417\n Those were\u2014the dragon flag, whence streamed\n Its pennon that with plumelets gleamed;\n The brilliant yoke; the bamboo screen;\n The robe with dragon on it seen;\n Red slippers; and the hooks to shine\n On his steeds\u2019 breasts; the frontlets fine,\n Whose carvings should their foreheads grace;\n The board across his car to place;\n The tiger's skin, to throw around\n That leaning board with leather bound.\n Then last there came the rein ends bright,\n Tipt with gilt rings,\u2014a splendid sight.\n3The court now leaving, home he hies;\n But first he offers sacrifice,\n And prays the spirit of the way\n Guidance to give. That night to stay\n At Too he planned. The parting feast\n Hsien-fu there gives to speed the guest.\n The court sends forth its many lords,\n To taste the cheer the king affords.\n An hundred vases stand around,\n All with the choicest spirits crowned.\n The mats roast turtle and fresh fish\n Present, and many a lordly dish. p. 418\n And bamboo sprouts, and tender shoots,\n And sauces fine, and fragrant fruits,\n With their rich perfume fill the air.\n Oh! but it was a banquet rare!\n It closed, and lo! before the gate,\n With mighty steeds, a car of state!\n4Now back in Han, its lord must wed,\n \u00a0\u00a0And home a wife shall bring.\n To Ch\u00fceh-fu's child his suit he paid,\n \u00a0\u00a0The niece of F\u00ean, our king.\n The union fixed, in grand array,\n To Ch\u00fceh-fu's house he takes his way;\n \u00a0\u00a0An hundred cars attend.\n The tinkling music falls and swells,\n Emitted by their numerous bells,\n As on their course they wend.\n The glory of that day was great.\n Lo! round the bride in fairest state,\n The virgins, her companions, stand,\n Close following her on either hand.\n As lovely clouds that slowly sail,\n And the moon's greater glory veil, p. 419\n \u00a0\u00a0So beautiful were they.\n The marquis looked, with rapture thrilled.\n Never was gate with splendor filled,\n \u00a0\u00a0As Ch\u00fceh-fu's gate that day.\n5Great fame Ch\u00fceh-fu bas got in war,\n And every state has seen his car;\n But through the land, where\u2019er he went,\n To settle his dear child intent,\n \u00a0\u00a0No state like Han he saw.\n Oh! pleasant is the state of Han!\n Ch\u00fceh saw the mighty streams that ran\n Through all its length, and then the lakes,\n With forests girt and tangled brakes,\n \u00a0\u00a0That admiration draw.\n Big bream and tench the waters fill,\n And in the glades on every hill\n \u00a0\u00a0Are multitudes of deer.\n In wilder parts the grisly bear,\n Tigers and wild eats, make their lair.\n \u00a0\u00a0Hunters their prey find here.\n Ch\u00fceh saw, and pleasure filled his breast,\n And here his child found joy and rest. p. 420\n6The multitudes of Yen had reared\n \u00a0\u00a0Han's walls, and made them strong.\n Its rulers then no foeman feared;\n There had they dwelt for long.\n The first of them a charge had got,\n From Han, as from a central spot,\n \u00a0\u00a0To rule the tribes around.\n The marquis now got wider charge,\n His jurisdiction to enlarge\n \u00a0\u00a0O\u2019er all the northern ground.\n The Chuy and Mih to curb and awe,\n And bring to own Chou's sovereign law,\n \u00a0\u00a0Would his first care require.\n Then stronger walls and deeper moat\n Would silence each rebellious note,\n \u00a0\u00a0And all with fear inspire.\n The fields too he must now define,\n And the fixed revenue assign,\n \u00a0\u00a0As in the king's domain.\n His bearers shall to court repair,\n With skins stript from the tawny bear,\n The white fox and the panther red,\n In yearly course a tribute paid,\n \u00a0\u00a0The king's trust to maintain.","title":"The Book of Poetry: Book III. Decade of Tang: VII. Han Yi","type":"page"}