Baike's gloss on the vase is: ancient drinking vessel / wine cup, shaped like a large pot.
The most interesting interpretation, by Chen Zizhan, is that slaves are forced to draw water from afar, so this is irony/satire by slave singers. But most of the other interpretations are some kind of praise for the king, that if the king is moral and honest, the people will support him.
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Re: 251. 泂酌 - Jiong Zhuo
Date: 2021-05-30 10:33 pm (UTC)Baike's gloss on the vase is: ancient drinking vessel / wine cup, shaped like a large pot.
The most interesting interpretation, by Chen Zizhan, is that slaves are forced to draw water from afar, so this is irony/satire by slave singers. But most of the other interpretations are some kind of praise for the king, that if the king is moral and honest, the people will support him.