Shi Jing, The Book of Odes: Lessons from the states, Odes Of Bei

[x_los]

This is a longer chapter than the previous two, and people are still catching up with the last two chapters/acclimating to the format. Thus we'll only do one chapter this week.

I'm going to post this week's poem translations in the body of the discussion to make commenting a bit easier. 

Get your 'odes of bae' jokes out early, before the rush.

Comments

Re: 26. 柏舟 - Bo Zhou

[superborb]

I like this new poem-in-comment format! Thanks!

This poem is very sad...

Baidu says:
The lines "My mind is not a stone; -
It cannot be rolled about.
My mind is not a mat; -
It cannot be rolled up." are v famous and often quoted
And there is controversy over if the author is a minister or a woman -- seems like a lot of people think this was written by a woman though
Sun/moon often refers to husband/wife relationships in this collection

Re: 26. 柏舟 - Bo Zhou

[aeriallon]

I like this iteration of all the things the mind is not 不 ...which reminds me of the Heart Sutra, which I'm sure isn't relevant at all...

Re: 26. 柏舟 - Bo Zhou

[x_los]

Again with the funereal (?) cyprus boat, oy. Why are the Beis so depressing?

Is saunder just a typo for saunter?

[wanky fannish bit] a v wwx poem, tho