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《邵南 - Shao Nan 》 | English translation: AI and Chinese Text Project users [?] | Library Resources |
| 1 | 邵南: | 甘棠，美邵伯也。邵伯之教，明于南國。邵伯，姬姓，名奭，作上公，為二伯。 |
| Gantang was a native of Meishao. The teachings of Meishao were clear in the southern regions. Meishao, surnamed Ji, given name Shi, was made a senior official and served as one of the Two Bo. | ||
| 2 | 邵南: | 蔽芾甘棠，勿翦勿伐，邵伯所茇。蔽芾，小貌，甘棠，杜也。茇，草舍也。邵伯聽男女之訟，不重煩勞百姓，止舍小棠之下而聽斷焉。國人被其德，悅其化，敬其樹也。 |
| The modest Gantang tree—do not cut it down or destroy it, for this was where Lord Meishao once took shelter. Bifan: small in appearance; Gantang: a kind of persimmon tree. Ba refers to a hut made of grass. Lord Meishao heard lawsuits between men and women without imposing excessive burdens on the common people, making his judgments while staying under a small persimmon tree. The people of the state were moved by his virtue, pleased with his influence, and thus revered this very tree. | ||
| 3 | 邵南: | 何彼穠矣。美王姬也。雖則王姬，亦下嫁於諸侯，車服不繫其夫，下王后一等，猶執婦道以成肅雍之德。 |
| How luxuriant it is! She was a beautiful princess of the Wang clan. Although she was a princess of the royal family, she still married down to a feudal lord. Her chariots and attire were not determined by her husband but ranked one level below that of the queen consort. She still adhered to the virtues of wifely conduct in order to cultivate a dignified and harmonious moral character. | ||
| 4 | 邵南: | 何彼穠矣。唐棣之華，興也。穠，猶戎戎也。唐棣，栘也。云何乎彼戎戎者，乃栘之華，興者，喻王姬顏色之美盛也。曷弗肅雍，王姬之車。肅，敬也。雍，和也。曷，何也。之，往也。何不敬和乎。王姬往乘車，言其嫁時始乘車則已敬和矣。 |
| How luxuriant it is! The flowers of the Tangdi tree—an allusion to evoke imagery and emotion. Nong means luxuriant or flourishing, similar to Rongrong. łoż Tangdi is a kind of zizyphus tree. How could that luxuriant and flourishing beauty be anything but the flowers of the zizyphus? This allusion is used to metaphorically represent the princess's radiant and splendid appearance. Why not dignified and harmonious, like the chariot of a royal princess. Su means reverence or respect. Yong means harmony. He is a variant of He, meaning "why" or "how." Zhi means to go toward or to indicate movement. Why not be reverent and harmonious? When the princess first began to ride in a chariot upon her marriage, it already signified reverence and harmony. |
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