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The Chuh Kan

by Shi Jing (The Book of Songs) poems c. 1000–600 BC; compilation traditionally ascribed to Confucius

Translated by James Legge (1876) · From The She King (1876), Part I, Book V

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With long and tapering rods,
You angle in the Ke.
I think of you, dear friends,
Here far removed from Wei.

Ts‘euen-yuen upon the left,
K‘e on the right I view.
But married far away,
To home I bade adieu.

Those streams, this on the right,
That on the left, appear.
The laugh that shows your teeth,
Your tinkling gems, I hear.

I watch the cedar oars
On K‘e, and boats of pine.
O might I travel there,
And soothe this heart of mine!

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A daughter of the House of Wei, married in another State, expresses her longing to revisit Wei.

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Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “The Chuh Kan.” Translated by James Legge. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/58/.

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