Ch'ien Tzu Wen 2/3 translation < filter > Ch'ien Tzu Wen
heaven earth black yellow :: is black, the cosmos are vast a desolate
wasteland sun fills moon sets in west it's dusk from 7 to 9 morning
constellations line up measure word, they spread out cold comes heat goes
autumn harvesting winter hiding, concealing intercalary timing leftover
residue becomes one tenth measurement of years so lu bamboo pitches shift
position open clouds ascend, galloping, sending rain dew forms becoming
frost gold gives birth beautiful water jade emanates Kun mountain summit
double-edged dagger furiously named huge gate-tower pearl called light
darkness treasure fruit plum apple many vegetables mustard ginger sea
salted rivers fresh fishscales hidden depths feathers circling above fire
dragon emperor teaching phoenix royal official men beginning making
writing characters then uniforms, wearing robes < clothing skirts expel
throne yield country yao tang has predicted console people strike down
guilty hold boundary talk and test with scalding trying case at court
query way bequeath bow doubting sections love raise hosts leaders minister
prostrate army barbarians near far reality ration guest returning cries
white colt grazes there change covers grass weeds (vegetation) trust
attain myriad (10,000) directions (square) covering person issues (giving
to) four great five (is) normal respect (connector / alone) rearing
children (!) flattering destroys injures women adore chastity unyielding
imitate pleasing genius know what passes certainty attainment ability
never neglect deception other brief disintegration reliance on self
(self-reliance) long faith cause should be covered (protect your faith)
tool (utensil) desire trouble (quantity) measure-word ink (of) sorrow,
sadness (on silk) printed (sadness stains poetry praise small (lamb) sheep
(sheep) view, scenery lines tied or lined-up wisdom restraint, conquering
study makes (creates) sage benevolence built name stands origin shape
proper (upright) model sky valley proclaim (one's) fame empty chamber hall
(public room) learn (review lessons) carefully disaster (catastrophe)
depends (is caused by) accumulation evil blessings (fortune) (are virtuous
happiness 1/3 meter (scale, ruler) bi-jade (circular disk hole) negative
(un- ) 1/30 (measurement, small) yin (shadow, moon, sexual organs,
feminine, secret) (just so) (to be) emulated (compete with) capital father
(parallels) (business) affairs supreme ruler speak strictly (accurately)
give filial piety serves as (accepts) end power (the others) devotion
follows (rules) life face (meet, confront) deep tread (put shoes) lightly
dawn (early morning) prosper warm (and pure) like (an) orchid(s) this
fragrance (a) pine(s) prospers river flows not (un) stopping (ceaselessly)
(abyss) clear (transparent) take (create) reflection contain (form) (and)
stop if (one is) thinking say diction (classical rhetoric) (with) quiet,
peaceful determination deliberate beginnings sincerity, fidelity
beautiful, beauty prudent all good ancient laws honorable trade place)
foundation rolls greatly nothing (in the) outstanding ascend (to)
(service) addition work obey government survive by means wild pear go
increase chant music particularly precious humble rites well valuable low
harmony below harmonious husband chants (calls upon) wife external
(foreign) accept pass instructions enter internal) (play music) mother
appearance (ceremony) father's sister older brother younger same as) child
compared son (child) think very much \ each elder agreeing (as) mind
(ch'i, spirit) linking (joining) branches make friends join divide cut
polish precepts rules kind humanity (conceal) compassion create order
separation integrity (justice) back honesty wicked suffer setbacks loss
money still nature evades passion heart moves weary guard truth full
intention follow idea (your) (mind) steer properly please rank (of office)
bind yourself city village flourish summer east two capitals Mong
(mountain) Luo (river) floating Wei according (seize) Jing (Sheu river)
(government) tray (blossoms) (strong fragrance) (from tower watch (look
out) (as if) flying (be) amazed drawing (painting) draw (paint) birds
animals pictures colorful immortals (hermits) spirits third stem alms
(cottage, abandon) drawn (beside) awaken (disclosure) first curtain
(notebook, album) against (answer, reply) pillar (wantonly) mats establish
place drum (play) lute (25-string se4) blow sheng1 (mouth reed instrument)
climb stairs high steps cap changes distrust stars right (direction)
through broad interior left attains holds brightness already gathering
tomb ceremony again assembles group flowers withered pear-tree faithful
(bells, chimes) li-script (servant) lacquered write (on) wall (lining)
classics (jing1) bureaus skeins command together (mutually) path swordsman
scholar tree state doors sealed eight counties homes allowed (for) (salary
of) thousand soldiers (troops) (the) tall crown palanquin drive wheel)
hubs shake tassels world grants (allowance) luxury wealth harness vehicle
(palanquin) quickly policy merits profusion truths (reality) engrave
monument inscribe inscription (artist's signature) tributary stream that
an offiial (head Wei) assistant (subordinate) sometimes flatters
(sometimes) judges (under) cover home injustice abundant early (minute)
who conducting business (grave/marking post) (prince) Duke Huan regulated
fit (harmony) help weak assist (help up) falling (leaning) figured cloth
wraps around Han (Chinese) blessing, kindnesses speech emotion warrior
man, population [the] superior man [does things thoroughly urgency]
[regulates important matters State] scholars just [really] (tranquil) Jin
Chu supremacy Zhao surrounded (placed) false road (way) destroyed Guo
trample alliance Interrogative particle (how?) (do you) abide promises
(according legal principles abuse troubled (they were?) punished rise
exterminate quite magistrates (shepherds) employ (with utmost skill
(announce) might (power) (across desert galloping reputation (gallops)
(across) reds blues nine provinces (emperor) Yu marked hundred prefectures
Qin merged (i.e. were enlarged) ancestral exalted Tai meditation (ch'an,
Zen) lord (master, chief) speaks the, arbor Wild Goose Gate Great Wall
(purple pass) chicken field bare (scarlet) walls (city) Elder Brother Pond
peak stone Dong Ting Lake wilderness distant incessant profound cliff cave
(mountain peak) dark (quiet) (dark) [...] ch'in 4-stringed instrument
wonderful question problem gate (grammatical predicates) (assist) -er
(helper) where (particle) (exclamatory interrogative) interrogative
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Ch'ien Tzu Wen 2/3 translation < filter > Ch'ien Tzu Wen
heaven earth black yellow :: is black, the cosmos are vast a desolate
wasteland sun fills moon sets in west it's dusk from 7 to 9 morning
constellations line up measure word, they spread out cold comes heat goes
autumn harvesting winter hiding, concealing intercalary timing leftover
residue becomes one tenth measurement of years so lu bamboo pitches shift
position open clouds ascend, galloping, sending rain dew forms becoming
frost gold gives birth beautiful water jade emanates Kun mountain summit
double-edged dagger furiously named huge gate-tower pearl called light
darkness treasure fruit plum apple many vegetables mustard ginger sea
salted rivers fresh fishscales hidden depths feathers circling above fire
dragon emperor teaching phoenix royal official men beginning making
writing characters then uniforms, wearing robes < clothing skirts expel
throne yield country yao tang has predicted console people strike down
guilty hold boundary talk and test with scalding trying case at court
query way bequeath bow doubting sections love raise hosts leaders minister
prostrate army barbarians near far reality ration guest returning cries
white colt grazes there change covers grass weeds (vegetation) trust
attain myriad (10,000) directions (square) covering person issues (giving
to) four great five (is) normal respect (connector / alone) rearing
children (!) flattering destroys injures women adore chastity unyielding
imitate pleasing genius know what passes certainty attainment ability
never neglect deception other brief disintegration reliance on self
(self-reliance) long faith cause should be covered (protect your faith)
tool (utensil) desire trouble (quantity) measure-word ink (of) sorrow,
sadness (on silk) printed (sadness stains poetry praise small (lamb) sheep
(sheep) view, scenery lines tied or lined-up wisdom restraint, conquering
study makes (creates) sage benevolence built name stands origin shape
proper (upright) model sky valley proclaim (one's) fame empty chamber hall
(public room) learn (review lessons) carefully disaster (catastrophe)
depends (is caused by) accumulation evil blessings (fortune) (are virtuous
happiness 1/3 meter (scale, ruler) bi-jade (circular disk hole) negative
(un- ) 1/30 (measurement, small) yin (shadow, moon, sexual organs,
feminine, secret) (just so) (to be) emulated (compete with) capital father
(parallels) (business) affairs supreme ruler speak strictly (accurately)
give filial piety serves as (accepts) end power (the others) devotion
follows (rules) life face (meet, confront) deep tread (put shoes) lightly
dawn (early morning) prosper warm (and pure) like (an) orchid(s) this
fragrance (a) pine(s) prospers river flows not (un) stopping (ceaselessly)
(abyss) clear (transparent) take (create) reflection contain (form) (and)
stop if (one is) thinking say diction (classical rhetoric) (with) quiet,
peaceful determination deliberate beginnings sincerity, fidelity
beautiful, beauty prudent all good ancient laws honorable trade place)
foundation rolls greatly nothing (in the) outstanding ascend (to)
(service) addition work obey government survive by means wild pear go
increase chant music particularly precious humble rites well valuable low
harmony below harmonious husband chants (calls upon) wife external
(foreign) accept pass instructions enter internal) (play music) mother
appearance (ceremony) father's sister older brother younger same as) child
compared son (child) think very much \ each elder agreeing (as) mind
(ch'i, spirit) linking (joining) branches make friends join divide cut
polish precepts rules kind humanity (conceal) compassion create order
separation integrity (justice) back honesty wicked suffer setbacks loss
money still nature evades passion heart moves weary guard truth full
intention follow idea (your) (mind) steer properly please rank (of office)
bind yourself city village flourish summer east two capitals Mong
(mountain) Luo (river) floating Wei according (seize) Jing (Sheu river)
(government) tray (blossoms) (strong fragrance) (from tower watch (look
out) (as if) flying (be) amazed drawing (painting) draw (paint) birds
animals pictures colorful immortals (hermits) spirits third stem alms
(cottage, abandon) drawn (beside) awaken (disclosure) first curtain
(notebook, album) against (answer, reply) pillar (wantonly) mats establish
place drum (play) lute (25-string se4) blow sheng1 (mouth reed instrument)
climb stairs high steps cap changes distrust stars right (direction)
through broad interior left attains holds brightness already gathering
tomb ceremony again assembles group flowers withered pear-tree faithful
(bells, chimes) li-script (servant) lacquered write (on) wall (lining)
classics (jing1) bureaus skeins command together (mutually) path swordsman
scholar tree state doors sealed eight counties homes allowed (for) (salary
of) thousand soldiers (troops) (the) tall crown palanquin drive wheel)
hubs shake tassels world grants (allowance) luxury wealth harness vehicle
(palanquin) quickly policy merits profusion truths (reality) engrave
monument inscribe inscription (artist's signature) tributary stream that
an offiial (head Wei) assistant (subordinate) sometimes flatters
(sometimes) judges (under) cover home injustice abundant early (minute)
who conducting business (grave/marking post) (prince) Duke Huan regulated
fit (harmony) help weak assist (help up) falling (leaning) figured cloth
wraps around Han (Chinese) blessing, kindnesses speech emotion warrior
man, population [the] superior man [does things thoroughly urgency]
[regulates important matters State] scholars just [really] (tranquil) Jin
Chu supremacy Zhao surrounded (placed) false road (way) destroyed Guo
trample alliance Interrogative particle (how?) (do you) abide promises
(according legal principles abuse troubled (they were?) punished rise
exterminate quite magistrates (shepherds) employ (with utmost skill
(announce) might (power) (across desert galloping reputation (gallops)
(across) reds blues nine provinces (emperor) Yu marked hundred prefectures
Qin merged (i.e. were enlarged) ancestral exalted Tai meditation (ch'an,
Zen) lord (master, chief) speaks the, arbor Wild Goose Gate Great Wall
(purple pass) chicken field bare (scarlet) walls (city) Elder Brother Pond
peak stone Dong Ting Lake wilderness distant incessant profound cliff cave
(mountain peak) dark (quiet) (dark) [...] ch'in 4-stringed instrument
wonderful question problem gate (grammatical predicates) (assist) -er
(helper) where (particle) (exclamatory interrogative) interrogative
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alone
from Kun mountain
(to the) Mong (mountain)
mountain
(and) cave (mountain peak)
and valley
the rivers
the river
the Luo (river)
Wei (river)
the Jing (Sheu river)
small stream
sky
Ting Lake
sky
water
earth
yellow :: heaven is black, earth is yellow
(the) earth
the (business) affairs
the stairs
the fire
down
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what i i a actually d do w which i isolates me f from t them. i i n
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