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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: Ch'ien Tzu Wen 2/3 translation < filter > Ch'ien Tzu Wen
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 00:27:40 -0400 (EDT)
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 ___