THE SHE KING; OR, THE BOOK OF ANCIENT POETRY

1-31 TEE BOOK OF POETEY. [PAET I.
2 He waited in the court and stood,
With ear-ping strings of silk green-hued.
The plugs themselves were yung stones good.
3 There in the hall he stood and stayed.
Of yellow silk his plug-strings made.
The plugs of fine ying gems displayed.
IV.
The Twngfang clie jih ; narrative. THE LICENTIOUS INTERCOURSE
OF THE PEOPLE OP Ts'E.
Such is the ordinary account given of this short piece; and I have
adopted it for want of a better.
1 When the sun is in the east,
That lovely girl I see.
In my chamber she appears ;
There fronting me is she.
She treads upon my footsteps,
And quickly comes to me.
2 When the moon is in the east,
That lovely girl I see.
'Twixt door and screen she passes;
'Twixt screen and door is she.
She treads upon my footsteps,
And hastes away from me.
V.
The Twngfang me ming ; narrative and metaphorical. THE IRREGU
LARITY AND DISORDER OP THE COURT OP Ts'E; AS SEEN ESPECIALLY
IN THE TIME OF GIVING THE MORNING AUDIENCE.
1 I was putting my clothes on upside down,
Before the eastern sky was clear.
I was putting my clothes on upside down,
When a call to the court came here.
2 I was putting my clothes on upside down,
Ere showed the east the rising flame.
I was putting my clothes on upside down,
When from the court an order came.
VIII. VI.] THE BOOK OF POETEY.
o On garden fence, made but of willow wands,
E'en reckless fellows look with fear.
Our prince can't tell the night from dawn ;—
Too soon, or late, his calls appear !
VI.
The Nan shan; allusive. ON THE DISGRACEFUL CONNEXION BE
TWEEN WAN KEANG, THE MABCHIONESS OP Loo, AND HER BROTHER ;
—AGAINST SiiANG OP TS'E AND HWAN OP LOO.
In B.C. 708, Kwei, the marquis of Loo, known as duke Hvvan, mar-
•ied a daughter of the House of Ts'e, known as Wan Keaug. There was
in improper affection between her and her brother ; and on his accession
[O Ts'e, the couple visited him. The consequences were—incest between
..he brother and sister, the murder of her husband, and a disgraceful
connexion, long continued, between the guilty pair. The marquis of Ts'e
is known in history as duke Seang. Stanzas 1 and 2 are to be taken aa
directed against duke Seang, and the other two as against duke Hwan.
1 There where the South hill rises high and great,
A male fox sits, suspicious and alone.
Ts'e's daughter went to Loo, to wed her mate;
The pathway, plain and easy, is well known.
From you, her brother, thus away she went;
Why further think of her, like fox intent ?
2 The dolichos five kinds of shoes supplies,
Made always so that two shall form a pair.
On caps they match the strings that serve for ties,
The same in length, not differing a hair.
The road to Loo all plain and easy lies,
By which Ts'e's daughter joined her husband there.
Since she has travelled that way leaving you,
Why do you her continue to pursue ?
3 Hemp seed to sow, this is the course we take,—
The acres lengthwise and across we dress.
Taking a wife, the thing at once we make
Known to our parents, and their leave possess.
Since, prince of Loo, Ts'e's daughter thus you took ;—
Why on her evil ways indulgent look ?