Now that I've realized that the person who compiled the Shijing worked during the Zhou Xuan gong time period, I'm less surprised that there are a gazillion poems about his hunting parties-- but do we really need this many.
This was written in Haojing, the western capital, during the annual event where the country's civil and military achievements would be shown off.
Wu is a word for 'fifth'. Baike says it means 'the fifth day', though one source says 'fifth month' and another says 'the fifth year of the 60 year cycle'; ancient people believed the fifth day was suitable for external activities, like patrols, hunting, meetings, troops leaving, etc. gengwu means 'the seventh year of the 60 year cycle', Baike has no gloss for it. Baike says the rhino could be a big bison or a rhino.
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Re: 180. 吉日 - Ji Ri
Date: 2021-04-11 08:21 pm (UTC)This was written in Haojing, the western capital, during the annual event where the country's civil and military achievements would be shown off.
Wu is a word for 'fifth'. Baike says it means 'the fifth day', though one source says 'fifth month' and another says 'the fifth year of the 60 year cycle'; ancient people believed the fifth day was suitable for external activities, like patrols, hunting, meetings, troops leaving, etc.
gengwu means 'the seventh year of the 60 year cycle', Baike has no gloss for it.
Baike says the rhino could be a big bison or a rhino.