I guess Legge has translated Ling to marvelous, but the gloss says this is the name of an ancient tower, in modern day northwest Xi'an.
My speculation is that the children line means that he didn't necessarily rush construction, but people worked hard like they were his children? Baike does not say anything about it.
The board is a wooden frame for hanging bells.
I have no idea where Legge gets the circlet of water from, it's not in those sentences in the Chinese? Maybe he's carrying it down from the pond?
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Re: 242. 靈臺 - Ling Tai
Date: 2021-05-23 10:56 pm (UTC)I guess Legge has translated Ling to marvelous, but the gloss says this is the name of an ancient tower, in modern day northwest Xi'an.
My speculation is that the children line means that he didn't necessarily rush construction, but people worked hard like they were his children? Baike does not say anything about it.
The board is a wooden frame for hanging bells.
I have no idea where Legge gets the circlet of water from, it's not in those sentences in the Chinese? Maybe he's carrying it down from the pond?
At the time musicians were often blind people.
The lizard-skin is Chinese alligator btw