THE SHE KING; OR, THE BOOK OF ANCIENT POETRY

166 THE BOOK OF POETRY. [PART I.
These verses are supposed to have been written to him at a subsequent
time, when he recalled the event with interest.
1 I escorted my uncle to Tsiri,
Till the Wei we crossed on the way.
Then I gave as I left
For his carriage a gift
Four steeds, and each steed was a bay.
2 I escorted my uncle to Tsin,
And I thought of him much in my heart.
Pendant stones, and with them
Of fine jasper a gem,
I gave, and then saw him depart.
X.
The Eleven yu ; narrative. SOME PARTIES, PBOBABIY REFUGEES,
COMPLAIN OF THE DIMINISHED RESPECT AND ATTENTION PAID TO
THEM.
1 He lodged us in a spacious house,
And plenteous was our fare.
But now at every frugal ineal
There's not a scrap to spare.
Alas ! alas that this good man
Could not go on as he began !
2 Four dishes on the mat the grain
For every meal supplied.
The change is great, from every meal
We rise unsatisfied.
Alas! alas that this good man
Could not go on as he began!
XII. I.] THE BOOK OF POETRY. 167
BOOK XII.
THE DDKS OF CH CIN.
CH'IN was one of the smaller feudal States of Chow, and its name
remains in the department of Ch'iu-chow, Ho-nan. It was a marqnisate,
and its lords traced their lineage up to the earliest commencement of his
toric times, and boasted of being descended from the famousemperor Shun,
so that they had the surname of Kwei. At the rise of the Chow dynasty, one
of Shun's descendants, called Ngoh-foo, was potter-iu-chief to king Woo,
who was so pleased with him that he gave his own eldest daughter to be
wife to his son Mwan, whom he invested with the principality of Ch'in.
He is known as duke Hoo, and established his capital near the monnd
called Yuen-k'ew, in the present district of Hwae-ning, department of
Ch'in-chow. His marchioness is said to have been fond of witches and
wizards, and of singing and dancing, and so to have affected badly the
manners and customs of the people of the State.
The Yiten-k'etv ; narrative. THE DISSIPATION AND PLEASURE-SEEK
ING OP THE OFFICERS OF CH'IN.
Yuen-k'ew has been explained in the preceding note. If not in the
city, it was near it, and a favourite resort of pleasure-seekers.
It has been mentioned, in the title of Book viii, that the surname of
the ruling House of the State of Ts'e was Keang. That of the lords of
Sung, as being descended from the kings of the Shang dynasty, was Tsze.
1 How gay and volatile you are,
When upon Yuen-k'ew's top you stand !
Kindly you are indeed, but want
All that would men's respect command.
2 How at the foot of Yuen-k'ew's height
Your blows upon the drum resound !
In winter and in summer, there
With egret's plume in hand you're found.
3 To Yuen-k'ew as you move along,
You beat your sounding earthenware.
In winter and in summer both,
Your fan of egret's plumes you bear.