{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/mtc/mtc47.htm","path":"cfu/mtc/mtc47.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/mtc/mtc47.htm","text":"More Translations from the Chinese, by Arthur Waley, [1919]\nElders and officers line the returning road;\n Wine and soup load the parting table.\n I have not ruled you with the wisdom of Shao Kung;\u00a01\n What is the reason your tears should fall so fast?\n My taxes were heavy, though many of the people were poor;\n The farmers were hungry, for often their fields were dry.\n All I did was to dam the water of the Lake\u00a02\n And help a little in a year when things were bad.\n78:1 A legendary ruler who dispensed justice sitting under a wild pear-tree.\n78:2 Po Ch\u00fc-i built the dam on the Western Lake which is still known as \"Po's dam.\"","title":"More Translations from the Chinese: Po Ch\u00fc-i: Good-B...","type":"page"}