Shi Jing, The Book of Odes: Minor Odes of the Kingdom, Decade of Bei Shan

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213. 瞻彼洛矣 - Zhan Bi Luo Yi

[x_los]

瞻彼洛矣、維水泱泱。
君子至止、福祿如茨。
韎韐有奭、以作六師。

Look at the Luo,
With its waters broad and deep.
Thither has come our lord,
In whom all happiness and dignity are concentrated.
Red are his madder-dyed knee covers,
In which he might raise his six armies.

瞻彼洛矣、維水泱泱。
君子至止、鞞琫有珌。
君子萬年、保其家室。

Look at the Luo,
With its waters broad and deep.
Thither has our lord come,
The gems at his scabbard's mouth all-gleaming.
May our lord live myriads of years,
Preserving his House!

瞻彼洛矣、維水泱泱。
君子至止、福祿既同。
君子萬年、保其家邦。

Look at the Luo,
With its waters broad and deep.
Thither has our lord come,
In whom all happiness and dignities are united.
May our lord live myriads of years,
Preserving his clans and States!

Re: 213. 瞻彼洛矣 - Zhan Bi Luo Yi

[x_los]

Probably about a specific guy?

Re: 213. 瞻彼洛矣 - Zhan Bi Luo Yi

[superborb]

For danmei purposes, yes, the Luo is the Luo of Luo Binghe.

Baike says this poem is written in the Fu style, but still has metaphors.

Anyway, in historical times there were two Luoshui rivers, one originating in northwest Shaanxi and flowing into the Wei river, and one in the south of Shaanxi that flowed into the Yellow River. Zhu Xi (Song dynasty era, founder of neo-Confucianism) thinks this was the latter.

Baike says definitively that this was written during the reign of Zhou Xuan wang, but then the specific sources say Zhou You wang, so I'm confused.

Re: 213. 瞻彼洛矣 - Zhan Bi Luo Yi

[x_los]

I did look that up already, like the cheap trick I am.