{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/bop/bop271.htm","path":"cfu/bop/bop271.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/bop/bop271.htm","text":"The Book of Poetry, tr. by James Legge, [1876]\n2Again come to the mighty stream,\n \u00a0\u00a0The troops in martial splendor shone.\n Of the whole land to order brought\n \u00a0\u00a0Announcement to the king had gone.\n Peace through the hostile region reigned;\u2014\n \u00a0\u00a0The king's state breathed, and was at rest.\n The battle strife no longer raged,\n \u00a0\u00a0And quiet filled the royal breast. p. 422\n3The king had charged our Hu of Chao,\n \u00a0\u00a0Where the two streams their waters join:\u2014\n \"Go, open all the country up;\n \u00a0\u00a0As law requires, its lands define.\n I would not have those tribes distressed,\n \u00a0\u00a0But this state must their model be.\n Their lands, in small and larger squares,\n \u00a0\u00a0Must stand, far as the southern sea.\"\n4And now thus says at court the king:\u2014\n \u00a0\u00a0\"Great lord, your work is nobly done.\n Your ancestor was their support,\n \u00a0\u00a0When W\u00ean and Wu received the throne.\n Compared with them, a child am I;\n \u00a0\u00a0You are the great duke's worthy heir.\n Grand has your merit now appeared;\n \u00a0\u00a0Your happiness shall be my care.\n5\"This jade libation cup, and jar\n \u00a0\u00a0Of flavored spirits, now receive. p. 423\n For further grant of hills and streams,\n \u00a0\u00a0I've asked our cultured founder's leave.\n More than your sire received in Chao,\n \u00a0\u00a0These in K\u2018e-chou to you I give.\"\n Hu, grateful, bowed his head, and said,\n \u00a0\u00a0\"Great son of Heaven, forever live!\"\n6He bowed, then rose, and loud proclaimed\n \u00a0\u00a0The gracious goodness of the king,\n And vowed he still would do his best,\n \u00a0\u00a0That through the land Chao's praise should ring.\n \"Yes, live forever, son of Heaven,\n \u00a0\u00a0Display thy wisdom, spread thy fame!\n Thy civil virtues still go forth,\n \u00a0\u00a0Till all the realm shall bless thy name!\"","title":"The Book of Poetry: Book III. Decade of Tang: VIII. Chiang Han","type":"page"}