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| Simplified Chinese version |
《伐柯 - Fa Ke》 | English translation: James Legge [?] | Books referencing 《伐柯》 Library Resources |
| 1 | 伐柯: |
伐柯如何、匪斧不克。 取妻如何、匪媒不得。 |
| Fa Ke: |
In hewing [the wood for] an axe-handle, how do you proceed? Without [another] axe it cannot be done. In taking a wife, how do you proceed? Without a go-between it cannot be done. | |
| 2 | 伐柯: |
伐柯伐柯、其则不远。 我觏之子、笾豆有践。 |
| Fa Ke: |
In hewing an axe-handle, in hewing an axe-handle, The pattern is not far off. I see the lady, And forthwith the vessels are arranged in rows. |
URN: ctp:book-of-poetry/fa-ke