The Book of Poetry: Book VIII. The Odes of Ch‘i: III. Chu
The Book of Poetry, tr. by James Legge, [1876]
2He waited in the court and stood,
With ear-plug strings of silk green-hued.
The plugs themselves were yung stones good.
3There in the hall he stood and stayed.
Of yellow silk his plug strings made.
The plugs of fine ying gems displayed.