This is actually three men lolol -- Zhou Wu wang, Zhou Cheng wang, and Zhou Kang wang.
The vernacular has the alternate last line of "then worry that no one will come help [the ruler]"
The rhetorical method dingzhen is used, where pairs of stanzas have a repeated phrase, and there are quasi-dingzhen patterns used with phrases with the same meaning and structure. Baike says this gives the poem more aesthetic pleasure in form. (I think it agrees with you that the content is dull)
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Re: 243. 下武 - Xia Wu
Date: 2021-05-23 11:11 pm (UTC)This is actually three men lolol -- Zhou Wu wang, Zhou Cheng wang, and Zhou Kang wang.
The vernacular has the alternate last line of "then worry that no one will come help [the ruler]"
The rhetorical method dingzhen is used, where pairs of stanzas have a repeated phrase, and there are quasi-dingzhen patterns used with phrases with the same meaning and structure. Baike says this gives the poem more aesthetic pleasure in form. (I think it agrees with you that the content is dull)