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瓠葉

	幡幡瓠葉。
	采之亨之。
	君子有酒。
	酌言嘗之。
	有兔斯首。
	炮之燔之。
	君子有酒。
	酌言獻之。
	有兔斯首。
	燔之炙之。
	君子有酒。
	酌言酢之。
	有兔斯首。
	燔之炮之。
	君子有酒。
	酌言酬之。

HU YE

	Of the gourd leaves, waving about,
	Some are taken and boiled;
	[Then] the superior man, from his spirits,
	Pours out a cup, and tastes it.
	There is but a single rabbit,
	Baked, or roasted.
	[But] the superior man, from his spirits,
	Fills the cup and presents it [to his guests].
	There is but a single rabbit,
	Roasted, or broiled.
	[But] from the spirits of the superior man,
	[His guests] fill the cup, and present it to him.
	There is but a single rabbit,
	Roasted, or baked.
	[But] from the spirits of the superior man,
	[His guests and he] fill the cup and pledge one another.


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