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Our own Duke of Zhou
Wrote down the Rites of Zhou:
Spelled out six ministries
And set the form of rule.
我周公
作周礼
著六官
存治体
36.
The Elder and Younger Dai
Explained the Classic of Rites:
Recorded the holy words
And all the rites and music.
大小戴
注礼记
述圣言
礼乐备
37.
We speak of airs of the states,
We speak of odes and hymns—
These are the Songs’ four books
You must recite and sing.
曰国风
曰雅颂
号四诗
当讽咏
38.
When writing songs declined
Spring and Autumn was written,
Containing praise and blame,
Dividing good from bad.
诗既亡
春秋作
寓褒贬
别善恶
• 35: Rites of Zhou is today generally considered a section of Classic of Rites, not a separate Classic. • 36: Dai De and his nephew Dai Sheng compiled Classic of Rites in its current form, including commentaries on the ceremonies described. The “music” is that accompanying a ritual. • 37: Classic of Songs is divided into sections by genre—airs aka folk songs, odes, and two types of hymns. • 38: Most entries of Classic of Songs predate the Spring and Autumn Period. Though the title 春秋 is commonly translated as Spring and Autumn Annals, that’s redundant: “springs and autumns” idiomatically means the passage of years as well as a record of same, so means annals. It’s specifically the annals of the Kingdom of Lu (modern Shandong) from 722-481 BCE, during the decline of the Zhou Dynasty leading up to the full-on strife of the Warring States Period (475-221 BCE), and was traditionally attributed to Confucius, who was from Lu.
—L.
Our own Duke of Zhou
Wrote down the Rites of Zhou:
Spelled out six ministries
And set the form of rule.
我周公
作周礼
著六官
存治体
36.
The Elder and Younger Dai
Explained the Classic of Rites:
Recorded the holy words
And all the rites and music.
大小戴
注礼记
述圣言
礼乐备
37.
We speak of airs of the states,
We speak of odes and hymns—
These are the Songs’ four books
You must recite and sing.
曰国风
曰雅颂
号四诗
当讽咏
38.
When writing songs declined
Spring and Autumn was written,
Containing praise and blame,
Dividing good from bad.
诗既亡
春秋作
寓褒贬
别善恶
• 35: Rites of Zhou is today generally considered a section of Classic of Rites, not a separate Classic. • 36: Dai De and his nephew Dai Sheng compiled Classic of Rites in its current form, including commentaries on the ceremonies described. The “music” is that accompanying a ritual. • 37: Classic of Songs is divided into sections by genre—airs aka folk songs, odes, and two types of hymns. • 38: Most entries of Classic of Songs predate the Spring and Autumn Period. Though the title 春秋 is commonly translated as Spring and Autumn Annals, that’s redundant: “springs and autumns” idiomatically means the passage of years as well as a record of same, so means annals. It’s specifically the annals of the Kingdom of Lu (modern Shandong) from 722-481 BCE, during the decline of the Zhou Dynasty leading up to the full-on strife of the Warring States Period (475-221 BCE), and was traditionally attributed to Confucius, who was from Lu.
—L.
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Date: 1 May 2023 17:18 (UTC)