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Some notes:
* Two chapters translate in pinyin into Odes of Wei. This is the first one, not the second.
* I'm posting these two chapters together because they're short. We'll drop to one chapter a week if a chapter hits 'about 20' poems rather than 'about 10'.
* Every week I search the poems' English results to see if I can find any scholarship or neat bits and pop the results in Resources. Here is this week's collection.
* The first of our reminder emails should have gone out on Saturday. If you did not get an email but you'd like to be on the list, please let me know!
If you would like not to be on the list and there isn't an unsubscribe option in the email itself, please just respond 'unsubscribe' or something and I'll take you off the reminder roster.
* IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS WHO MIGHT LIKE TO JOIN or have other ideas, please let me know on this post.
* If you haven't read it yet, chapter one, on tetrasyllabic shi poetry, in How to Read Chinese Poetry is hugely useful for the Book of Odes, imo.
56. 考槃 - Kao Pan
獨寐寤言、永矢弗諼。
He has reared his hut by the stream in the valley,
- That large man, so much at his ease.
Alone he sleeps, and wakes, and talks.
He swears he will never forgets [his true joy].
考槃在阿、碩人之薖。
獨寐寤歌、永矢弗過。
He has reared his hut in the bend of the mound,
- That large man, with such an air of indifference.
Alone he sleeps, and wakes, and sings.
He swears he will never pass from the spot.
考槃在陸、碩人之軸。
獨寐寤宿、永矢弗告。
He has reared his hut on the level height,
- That large man, so self-collected.
Alone, he sleeps and wakes, and sleeps again.
He swears he will never tell [of his delight].
Re: 56. 考槃 - Kao Pan
Re: 56. 考槃 - Kao Pan
It is interesting the number of words where a variant character was used? Like, the 槃 in the title; the Baidu gloss is that it's short for 盘桓, which is a different character. Of course, my dictionary says that 槃 is just a variant of 盘 as its first definition, so...
The line that Legge translates to "that large man, so much at his ease": ⑶硕人之宽：隐士宽阔的居处。硕人，大人，美人，贤人。本指形象高大丰满的人，不仅指形体而言，更主要指人道德高尚。此指隐者。宽，心宽。一说貌美。
[the line]: the hermit's dwelling is expansive. [the first two words], adult [also used as title of respect towards superiors], beautiful person, venerable forebear. Indicates the image of a large, ample person, not only indicates the physique, but mainly that the virtues/morals of the person are noble. This refers to the hermit. [the last word] a broadminded heart, one source says appearance.