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葛屨

糾糾葛屨。
可以履霜。
摻摻女手。
可以縫裳。
要之襋之。
好人服之。
好人提提。
宛然左辟。
佩其象揥。
維是褊心。
是以為刺。

GE JU

Shoes thinly woven of the dolichos fibre,
May be used to walk on the hoarfrost.
The delicate fingers of a bride,
May be used in making clothes.
[His bride] puts the waistband to his lower garment and the collar to his upper,
And he, a wealthy man, wears them.
Wealthy, he moves about quite at ease,
And politely he stands aside to the left.
From his girdle hangs his ivory comb-pin.
It is the narrowness of his disposition,
Which makes him a subject for satire.
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