"Which was made cultivable by Yu." hey, Emperor Yu again! This guy is everywhere!

"Be a support against those princes who do not come to court," is it considered disloyal not to turn out at court, and a sign you're too busy making yourself too much the master of the lands you hold at the king's pleasure? Or is this simply a matter of logistics, rather than a situation of being 'against' the king, where the poem's subject is a liaison between these parties?

"dragon-flag, with its feathery ornaments;
A chequered bamboo-screen, and an ornamented yoke;
A dark-coloured robe with the dragons on it, and the redslippers;
The hooks for the trappings of the breast-bands, and the carved frontlets;
The leaning-board bound with leather, and a tiger's skin to cover it,
The ends of the reins, with their metal rings." significant, or simply choice gifts?

"pu"?

"Han-ji"?

"A mere is a shallow lake, pond, or wetland, particularly in Great Britain and other parts of western Europe. "

"With its bears and grisly bears" ...ok so I seriously thought China only had idk pandas, aren't grizzly bears NA-exclusive?

"Presenting his skins of the white fox,
With those of the red panther and the yellow grisly bear." any significance?