How pure and still are the solemn temples ，
In their strong solidity and minute completeness ！
Highly distinguished was Jiang Yuan ，
Of virtue undeflected .
God regarded her with favour ；
And without injury or hurt ，
Immediately ， when her months were fulfilled ，
She gave birth to Hou-ji .
On him were conferred all blessings ， ——
[To know] how the millet ripened early ， and the sacrificial millet late ，
How first to sow pulse ， and then wheat .
Anon he was invested with an inferior State ，
And taught the people how to sow and to reap ，
The millet and the sacrificial millet ，
Rice and the black millet ；
Ere long all over the whole country ； ——
[Thus] continuing the work of Yu .
Among the descendants of Hou-ji ，
There was king Da ，
Dwelling on the south of [mount] Qi ，
Where the clipping of Shang began .
In process of time Wen and Wu ，
Continued the work of king Da ，
And [the purpose of] Heaven was carried out in its time ，
In the plain of Mu .
'Have no doubts ， no anxieties ， ' [it was said] ；
'God is with you . '
[Wu] disposed of the troops of Shang ；
He and his men shared equally in the achievement .
[Then] king [Qing] said ， ' My uncle ，
I will set up your eldest son ，
And make him marquis of Lu .
I will greatly enlarge your territory there ，
To be a help and support to the House of Zhou . '
Accordingly he appointed [our first] duke of Lu ，
And make him marquis in the east ，
Giving him the hills and rivers ，
The lands and fields ， and the attached States .
The [present] descendant of the duke of Zhou ，
The son of duke Zhuang ，
With dragon-emblazoned banner attends the sacrifices ，
His six reins soft and pliant .
In spring and autumn he does not neglect [the sacrifices] ；
His offerings are all without error .
To the great and sovereign God ，
And to his great ancestor Hou-ji ，
He offers the victims ， red and pure .
Then enjoy ， they approve ，
And bestow blessings in large number .
The duke of Zhou ， and [your other] great ancestors ，
Also bless you .
In autumn comes the sacrifices of the season ，
But in summer the bulls for it have had their horns capped .
They are the white bull and the red one ；
[There are] the bull-figured goblet in its dignity ；
Roast pig ， minced meat ， and soups ；
The dishes of bamboo and wood ， and the large stand ；
And the dancers all-complete .
The filial descendant will be blessed .
[Your ancestors]will make you gloriously prosperous ！
They will make you long-lived and good ， ——
To preserve this eastern region ，
Long possessing the State of Lu ，
Unwaning ， unfallen ，
Unshaken ， undisturbed ！
They will make your friendship with your three aged [ministers] ，
Like the hills ， like the mountains ！
Our prince's chariots are a thousand ，
[And in each] are the vermilion tassels and the green bands of the two spears an d two bows .
His footmen are thirty thousand ，
With shells no vermillion-strings adorning their helmets .
So numerous are his ardent followers ，
To deal with the tribes of the west and north ，
And to punish [those of] King and Shu ，
So that none of them will dare to withstand us .
May [the Spirits] make you grandly prosperous ！
May they make you long-lived and wealthy ！
May the hoary hair and wrinkled back ，
Marking the aged men ， be always in your employment ！
May they make you prosperous and great ！
May they grant you old age ， ever vigorous ，
For myriads and thousands of years ，
With the eyebrows of longevity ， and ever unharmed ！
The mountain of Da is lofty ，
Looked up to by the State of Lu .
We grandly possess also Gui and Mong ；
And we shall extend to the limits of the east ，
Even the States along the sea .
The tribes of the Huai will seek our alliance ； ——
All will proffer their allegiance ： ——
Such shall be the achievements of the marquis of Lu .
He shall maintain the possession of Hu and Yi ，
And extend his sway to the regions of Xu ，
Even to the States along the sea .
The tribes of the Huai ， the Man ， and the Mi ，
And those tribes [still more] to the south ，
All will proffer their allegiance ： ——
Not one will dare not to answer to his call ，
Thus showing their obedience to the marquis of Lu .
Heaven will give great blessing to our prince ，
So that with the eyebrows of longevity he shall maintain Lu .
He shall possess Chang and Xu ，
And recover all the territory of the duke of Zhou .
Then shall the marquis of Lu feast and be glad ，
With his admirable wife and aged mother ；
With his excellent ministers and all his [other] officers .
Our region and State shall be hold ，
Thus receiving many blessings ，
To hoary hair ， with a child's teeth .
The pines of Cu-lei ，
And the cypresses of Xin-fu ，
Were cut down and measured ，
With the cubit line and the eight cubits line .
The projecting beams of pine were large ；
The large inner apartments rose vast .
Splendid look the new temples ，
The work of Xi-si ，
Very wide and large ，
Answering to the expectations of all the people .
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閟宮有侐、實(shí)實(shí)枚枚。
赫赫姜嫄、其德不回。
上帝是依、無(wú)災(zāi)無(wú)害。
彌月不遲、是生后稷、降之百福。
黍稷重穋、植稚菽麥。
奄有下國(guó)、俾民稼穡、有稷有黍、有稻有秬。
奄有下土、纘禹之緒。
后稷之孫、實(shí)維大王。
居岐之陽(yáng)、實(shí)始剪商。
至于文武、纘大王之緒。
致天之屆、于牧之野。
無(wú)貳無(wú)虞、上帝臨女。
敦商之旅、克咸厥功。
王曰叔父、建爾元子、俾侯于魯。
大啟爾宇、為周室輔。
乃命魯公、俾侯于東。
錫之山川、土田附庸。
周公職孫、莊公之子。
龍旗承祀、六轡耳耳。
春秋匪解、享祀不忒。
皇皇后帝、皇祖后稷。
享以骍犧、是饗是宜。
降福既多、周公皇祖、亦其福女。
秋而載嘗、夏而楅衡。
白牡骍剛、犧尊將將。
毛炰胾羹、籩豆大房。
萬(wàn)舞洋洋、孝孫有慶。
俾爾熾而昌、俾爾壽而藏。
保彼東方、魯邦是常。
不虧不崩、不震不騰。
三壽作朋、如岡如陵。
公車千乘、朱英綠縢、二矛重弓。
公徒三萬(wàn)、貝冑朱綅。
烝徒增增、戎狄是膺。
荊舒適懲、則莫我敢承。
俾爾昌而熾、俾爾壽而富、黃發(fā)臺(tái)背、壽胥與試。
俾爾昌而大、俾爾耆而艾、萬(wàn)有千歲、眉?jí)蹮o(wú)有害。
泰山巖巖、魯邦所詹。
奄有龜蒙、遂荒大東、貝冑朱綅。
至于海邦、淮夷來(lái)同。
莫不率從、魯侯之功。
保有鳧繹、遂荒徐宅。
至于海邦、淮夷蠻貊。
及彼南夷、莫不率從。
莫敢不諾、魯侯是若。
天錫公純嘏、眉?jí)郾ｔ敗?BR> 居常與許、復(fù)周公之宇。
魯侯燕喜、令妻壽母。
宜大夫庶士、邦國(guó)是有。
既多受祉、黃發(fā)兒齒。
徂來(lái)之松、新甫之柏。
是斷是度、是尋是尺。
松桷有舄、路寢孔碩。
新廟奕奕、奚斯所作。
孔曼且碩、萬(wàn)民是若。
In their strong solidity and minute completeness ！
Highly distinguished was Jiang Yuan ，
Of virtue undeflected .
God regarded her with favour ；
And without injury or hurt ，
Immediately ， when her months were fulfilled ，
She gave birth to Hou-ji .
On him were conferred all blessings ， ——
[To know] how the millet ripened early ， and the sacrificial millet late ，
How first to sow pulse ， and then wheat .
Anon he was invested with an inferior State ，
And taught the people how to sow and to reap ，
The millet and the sacrificial millet ，
Rice and the black millet ；
Ere long all over the whole country ； ——
[Thus] continuing the work of Yu .
Among the descendants of Hou-ji ，
There was king Da ，
Dwelling on the south of [mount] Qi ，
Where the clipping of Shang began .
In process of time Wen and Wu ，
Continued the work of king Da ，
And [the purpose of] Heaven was carried out in its time ，
In the plain of Mu .
'Have no doubts ， no anxieties ， ' [it was said] ；
'God is with you . '
[Wu] disposed of the troops of Shang ；
He and his men shared equally in the achievement .
[Then] king [Qing] said ， ' My uncle ，
I will set up your eldest son ，
And make him marquis of Lu .
I will greatly enlarge your territory there ，
To be a help and support to the House of Zhou . '
Accordingly he appointed [our first] duke of Lu ，
And make him marquis in the east ，
Giving him the hills and rivers ，
The lands and fields ， and the attached States .
The [present] descendant of the duke of Zhou ，
The son of duke Zhuang ，
With dragon-emblazoned banner attends the sacrifices ，
His six reins soft and pliant .
In spring and autumn he does not neglect [the sacrifices] ；
His offerings are all without error .
To the great and sovereign God ，
And to his great ancestor Hou-ji ，
He offers the victims ， red and pure .
Then enjoy ， they approve ，
And bestow blessings in large number .
The duke of Zhou ， and [your other] great ancestors ，
Also bless you .
In autumn comes the sacrifices of the season ，
But in summer the bulls for it have had their horns capped .
They are the white bull and the red one ；
[There are] the bull-figured goblet in its dignity ；
Roast pig ， minced meat ， and soups ；
The dishes of bamboo and wood ， and the large stand ；
And the dancers all-complete .
The filial descendant will be blessed .
[Your ancestors]will make you gloriously prosperous ！
They will make you long-lived and good ， ——
To preserve this eastern region ，
Long possessing the State of Lu ，
Unwaning ， unfallen ，
Unshaken ， undisturbed ！
They will make your friendship with your three aged [ministers] ，
Like the hills ， like the mountains ！
Our prince's chariots are a thousand ，
[And in each] are the vermilion tassels and the green bands of the two spears an d two bows .
His footmen are thirty thousand ，
With shells no vermillion-strings adorning their helmets .
So numerous are his ardent followers ，
To deal with the tribes of the west and north ，
And to punish [those of] King and Shu ，
So that none of them will dare to withstand us .
May [the Spirits] make you grandly prosperous ！
May they make you long-lived and wealthy ！
May the hoary hair and wrinkled back ，
Marking the aged men ， be always in your employment ！
May they make you prosperous and great ！
May they grant you old age ， ever vigorous ，
For myriads and thousands of years ，
With the eyebrows of longevity ， and ever unharmed ！
The mountain of Da is lofty ，
Looked up to by the State of Lu .
We grandly possess also Gui and Mong ；
And we shall extend to the limits of the east ，
Even the States along the sea .
The tribes of the Huai will seek our alliance ； ——
All will proffer their allegiance ： ——
Such shall be the achievements of the marquis of Lu .
He shall maintain the possession of Hu and Yi ，
And extend his sway to the regions of Xu ，
Even to the States along the sea .
The tribes of the Huai ， the Man ， and the Mi ，
And those tribes [still more] to the south ，
All will proffer their allegiance ： ——
Not one will dare not to answer to his call ，
Thus showing their obedience to the marquis of Lu .
Heaven will give great blessing to our prince ，
So that with the eyebrows of longevity he shall maintain Lu .
He shall possess Chang and Xu ，
And recover all the territory of the duke of Zhou .
Then shall the marquis of Lu feast and be glad ，
With his admirable wife and aged mother ；
With his excellent ministers and all his [other] officers .
Our region and State shall be hold ，
Thus receiving many blessings ，
To hoary hair ， with a child's teeth .
The pines of Cu-lei ，
And the cypresses of Xin-fu ，
Were cut down and measured ，
With the cubit line and the eight cubits line .
The projecting beams of pine were large ；
The large inner apartments rose vast .
Splendid look the new temples ，
The work of Xi-si ，
Very wide and large ，
Answering to the expectations of all the people .
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閟宮有侐、實(shí)實(shí)枚枚。
赫赫姜嫄、其德不回。
上帝是依、無(wú)災(zāi)無(wú)害。
彌月不遲、是生后稷、降之百福。
黍稷重穋、植稚菽麥。
奄有下國(guó)、俾民稼穡、有稷有黍、有稻有秬。
奄有下土、纘禹之緒。
后稷之孫、實(shí)維大王。
居岐之陽(yáng)、實(shí)始剪商。
至于文武、纘大王之緒。
致天之屆、于牧之野。
無(wú)貳無(wú)虞、上帝臨女。
敦商之旅、克咸厥功。
王曰叔父、建爾元子、俾侯于魯。
大啟爾宇、為周室輔。
乃命魯公、俾侯于東。
錫之山川、土田附庸。
周公職孫、莊公之子。
龍旗承祀、六轡耳耳。
春秋匪解、享祀不忒。
皇皇后帝、皇祖后稷。
享以骍犧、是饗是宜。
降福既多、周公皇祖、亦其福女。
秋而載嘗、夏而楅衡。
白牡骍剛、犧尊將將。
毛炰胾羹、籩豆大房。
萬(wàn)舞洋洋、孝孫有慶。
俾爾熾而昌、俾爾壽而藏。
保彼東方、魯邦是常。
不虧不崩、不震不騰。
三壽作朋、如岡如陵。
公車千乘、朱英綠縢、二矛重弓。
公徒三萬(wàn)、貝冑朱綅。
烝徒增增、戎狄是膺。
荊舒適懲、則莫我敢承。
俾爾昌而熾、俾爾壽而富、黃發(fā)臺(tái)背、壽胥與試。
俾爾昌而大、俾爾耆而艾、萬(wàn)有千歲、眉?jí)蹮o(wú)有害。
泰山巖巖、魯邦所詹。
奄有龜蒙、遂荒大東、貝冑朱綅。
至于海邦、淮夷來(lái)同。
莫不率從、魯侯之功。
保有鳧繹、遂荒徐宅。
至于海邦、淮夷蠻貊。
及彼南夷、莫不率從。
莫敢不諾、魯侯是若。
天錫公純嘏、眉?jí)郾ｔ敗?BR> 居常與許、復(fù)周公之宇。
魯侯燕喜、令妻壽母。
宜大夫庶士、邦國(guó)是有。
既多受祉、黃發(fā)兒齒。
徂來(lái)之松、新甫之柏。
是斷是度、是尋是尺。
松桷有舄、路寢孔碩。
新廟奕奕、奚斯所作。
孔曼且碩、萬(wàn)民是若。