Re: 222. 采菽 - Cai Shu

Date: 2021-05-03 05:56 am (UTC)
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"They gather the beans, they gather the beans,
In their baskets, square and round."

what do beans have to do with anything?

"The princes are coming to court,
And what gifts have I to give them?
Although I have none to give them,
There are the state carriages and their teams.
What more have I to give them?
The dark-coloured [upper] robes with the dragon,
And the [lower garments with the] hatchet."

kind of unclear in its meaning

"On the branches of the oaks,
How abundant are the leaves!" how does this xing connect up with the subject?

"It floats about, the boat of willow wood,
Fastened by the band of the rope." ibid.
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