{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/sbe03/sbe03119.htm","path":"cfu/sbe03/sbe03119.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/sbe03/sbe03119.htm","text":"O bright and high Heaven, Who enlightenest and rulest this lower world! I marched on this expedition to the west, As far as this wilderness of Khi\u00fb. From the first day of the second month, I have passed through the cold and the heat. My heart is sad; The poison (of my lot) is too bitter. I think of those (at court) in their offices, And my tears flow down like rain. Do I not wish to return? But I fear the net for crime.\nAh! ye gentlemen, Do not reckon on your rest\nbeing permanent. Quietly fulfil the duties of your offices, Associating with the correct and upright; So shall the spirits hearken to you, And give you good.\nAh! ye gentlemen, Do not reckon on your repose being permanent. Quietly fulfil the duties of your offices, Loving the correct and upright; So shall the spirits hearken to you, And give you large measures of bright happiness.","title":"SBE 3: Shih King: Minor Odes: The Sixth Decade, or that of Pei Shan: Ode 3, Stanzas 1, 4, and 5. The Hsi\u00e2o Ming","type":"page"}