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《常棣 - Chang Di》

 English translation: James Legge [?]
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1 常棣:
常棣之华、鄂不韡韡。
凡今之人、莫如兄弟。
Chang Di:
The flowers of the cherry tree -
Are they not gorgeously displayed?
Of all the men in the world,
There are none equal to brothers.

2 常棣:
死丧之威、兄弟孔怀。
原隰裒矣、兄弟求矣。
Chang Di:
On the dreaded occasions of death and burial,
It is brothers who greatly sympathize.
When fugitives are collected on the heights and low grounds,
They are brothers who will seek one another out.

3 常棣:
脊今在原、兄弟急难。
每有良朋、况也永叹。
Chang Di:
There is the wagtail on the level height; -
When brothers are in urgent difficulties,
Friends, though they may be good,
Will [only] heave long sighs.

4 常棣:
兄弟阋于墙、外御其务。
每有良朋、烝也无戎。
Chang Di:
Brothers may quarrel inside the walls,
But they will oppose insult from without,
When friends, however good they may be,
Will not afford help.

5 常棣:
丧乱既平、既安且宁。
虽有兄弟、不如友生。
Chang Di:
When death and disorder are past,
And there are tranquillity and rest;
Although they have brothers,
[Some] reckon them not equal to friends.

6 常棣:
傧尔笾豆、饮酒之饫。
兄弟既具、和乐且孺。
Chang Di:
Your dishes may be set in array,
And you may drink to satiety;
But it is when your brothers are all present,
That you are harmonious and happy, with child-like joy.

7 常棣:
妻子好合、如鼓瑟琴。
兄弟既翕、和乐且湛。
Chang Di:
Loving union with wife and children,
Is like the music of lutes;
But it is the accord of brothers,
Which makes the harmony and happiness lasting.

8 常棣:
宜尔室家、乐尔妻帑。
是究是图、亶其然乎。
Chang Di:
For the ordering of your family,
For your joy in your wife and children,
Examine this and study it; -
Will you not find that it is truly so?

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