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Large was the volume of the Jiang and the Han, |
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And the troops advanced like a flowing current. |
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There was no resting, no idle wandering; -- |
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We were seeking for the tribes of the Huai. |
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We had sent forth our chariots; |
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We had displayed our falcon-banners. |
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There was no resting, no remissness; -- |
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Against the tribes of the Huai were we marshalled. |
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Large flowed the Jiang and the Han, |
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And grandly martial looked the troops. |
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The whole country had been reduced to order, |
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And an announcement of our success had been made to be king. |
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When the whole country was pacified, |
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The king's State began to feel settled. |
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There was then an end of strife, |
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And the king's heart was composed. |
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On the banks of the Jiang and the Han, |
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The king had given charge to Hu of Zhou: -- |
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'Open up the whole of the country; |
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Make the statutory division of my lands there; |
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Not to distress the people, nor with urgency, |
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But making them conform to the royal state. |
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Make the larger and the smaller divisions of hte ground, |
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As far as the southern sea. ' |
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The king gave charge to Hu of Zhou: -- |
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'You have everywhere diffused [and carried out my orders]. |
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When Wen and Wu received their appointment, |
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The duke of Zhou was their strong support. |
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You do not [only] have a regard to me the little child, |
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But you try to resemble that duke of Zhou. |
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You have commenced and earnestly displayed your merit; |
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And I will make you happy. |
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'I give you a large libation-cup of jade, |
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And a jar of herb-flavoured spirits from the black millet. |
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I have made announcement to the accomplished one, |
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And confer on you hills, lands, and fields. |
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In Yu-zhou shall you receive investiture, |
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According as your ancestor received his. ' |
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Hu bowed with his head to the ground, [and said], |
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'May the Son of Heaven live for ever! ' |
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Hu bowed with his head to the ground, |
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And in response displayed the goodness of the king, |
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And roused himself to maintain the fame of his ancestor. |
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'May the Son of Heaven live for ever! |
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Very intelligent is the Son of Heaven; |
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His good fame shall be without end. |
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Let him display his civil virtues, |
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Till they permeate all quarters of the kingdom. |
Published
by The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, © Copyright 2003
by Anne Kinney and the University of Virginia