Baike glosses the red bows as bows lacquered red, used by the emperor to reward meritorious feudal vassals/princes. Later it says the bow giving as etiquette was used from the Western Zhou dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period.
I think Legge made up the frames part. Based on the Baike gloss and vernacular translations, it seems to be more like "The relaxed red bows, were received and loaded into the carriage / collected".
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Re: 175. 彤弓 - Tong Gong
Date: 2021-04-11 06:32 pm (UTC)I think Legge made up the frames part. Based on the Baike gloss and vernacular translations, it seems to be more like "The relaxed red bows, were received and loaded into the carriage / collected".