{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/sbe03/sbe03168.htm","path":"cfu/sbe03/sbe03168.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/sbe03/sbe03168.htm","text":"His great carriage rolls along, And his robes of rank glitter like the young sedge. Do I not think of you? But I am afraid of this officer, and dare not (fly to you).\nWhile living we may have to occupy different apartments; But, when dead, we shall share the same grave. If you say that I am not sincere, By the bright sun I swear that I am 1.\n440:1 In the 'Complete Digest' this oath is expanded in the following way:--'These words are from my heart. If you think that they are not sincere, there is (a Power) above, like the bright sun, observing me;--how should my words not be sincere?'","title":"SBE 3: Shi King: Lessons from the States: Book VI. The Odes of The Royal Domain: Ode 9, Stanzas 1 and 3. The T\u00e2 K\u00fc","type":"page"}