"some one to give settlement to the people." odd phrasing
"From the time of Da-bo and king Ju [this was done]. Now this king Ji," who's Ju? Ji isn't King Da, is he? why did we suddenly switch subjects?
And then we move to King Wen, and I'm not sure why. Are we following a line of descent? Are we skipping around to unrelated rulers with the Mandate?
"' Be not like those who reject this and cling to that;" well that's vague!
"And [the enemy] arrayed no forces on our hills, On our hills, small or large, Nor drank at our springs, Our springs or our pools. He then determined the finest of the plains, And settled on the south of Qi, On the side of the Wei; The centre of all the States, The resort of the lower people." what's this all about?
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Re: 241. 皇矣 - Huang Yi
Date: 2021-05-18 03:57 pm (UTC)"some one to give settlement to the people." odd phrasing
"From the time of Da-bo and king Ju [this was done].
Now this king Ji," who's Ju? Ji isn't King Da, is he? why did we suddenly switch subjects?
And then we move to King Wen, and I'm not sure why. Are we following a line of descent? Are we skipping around to unrelated rulers with the Mandate?
"' Be not like those who reject this and cling to that;" well that's vague!
"And [the enemy] arrayed no forces on our hills,
On our hills, small or large,
Nor drank at our springs,
Our springs or our pools.
He then determined the finest of the plains,
And settled on the south of Qi,
On the side of the Wei;
The centre of all the States,
The resort of the lower people." what's this all about?
"The engines of onfall"?