古詩：韓奕 中英對照

Very grand is the mountain of Liang ，

Which was made cultivable by Yu .

Bright it is the way from it ，

[Along which came] the marquis of Han to receive investiture .

The king himself gave the charge ： ——

'Continue the services of your ancestors ；

Let not my charge to you come to nought .

Be diligent ， early and late ，

And reverently discharge your duties ； ——

So shall my appointment of you not change .

Be a support against those princes who do not come to court ，

Thus assisting your sovereign . '

With his four steeds ， all noble ，

Very long ， and large ，

The marquis of Han came to court ，

With the large sceptre of his rank ； ——

He entered and appeared before the king .

The king gave him ，

A fine dragon-flag ， with its feathery ornaments ；

A chequered bamboo-screen ， and an ornamented yoke ；

A dark-coloured robe with the dragons on it ， and the redslippers ；

The hooks for the trappings of the breast-bands ， and the carved frontlets ；

The leaning-board bound with leather ， and a tiger's skin to cover it ，

The ends of the reins ， with their metal rings .

When the marquis of Han left the court ， he sacrificed to the Spirit of the road ；

He went forth ， and lodged for the night in Tu .

There Xian-fu gave him the parting feast ； ——

With a hundred vases of clear spirits .

And what were the viands ？

Roast turtle and fresh fish .

And what were the vegetables ？

Bamboo sprouts and pu.

And what were the gifts ？

A carriage of state with its team .

Many were the vessels of sauces and fruits ；

And the other princes [at court] joined in the feast .

The marquis of Han took to himself a wife ， ——

A niece of king Fen ，

The daughter of Jue-fu .

The marquis of Han went to receive her .

To the residence of Jue .

His hundred chariots were in grand array ，

The eight bells of each emitting their tinkling ； ——

Illustrious was the glory [of the occasion] .

The virgins ， her companions ， followed the lady ，

Leisurely like a beautiful cloud .

The marquis of Han looked round at them ，

Filling the gate with their splendour .

Jue-fu is very martial ，

And there is no State which he had not visited .

When he would select a home for Han-ji ，

There seemed none so pleasant as Han ，

Very pleasant is the territory of Han ，

With its large streams and meres ，

Full of big bream and tench ；

With its multitudes of deer ，

With its bears and grisly bears ；

With its wild-cats and tigers .

Glad was he of so admirable a situation ，

And here Han-ji found rest and joy .

Large is the wall of [the city of] Han ，

Built by the multitudes of Yan .

As his ancestor had received charge ，

To preside over all the wild tribes [of that quarter] ，

The king [now] gave to the marquis of Han ，

The Qi and the Mo ，

Forthwith to hold the States of the north ，

And to preside over them as their chief ；

Making strong his walls ， and deep his moats ，

Laying out his fields ， regulating his revenues ，

Presenting his skins of the white fox ，

With those of the red panther and the yellow grisly bear .

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奕奕梁山、維禹甸之、有倬其道。

韓侯受命、王親命之、纘戎祖考。

無廢朕命、夙夜匪解。

虔共爾位、朕命不易。

乾不庭方、以佐戎辟。

四牡奕奕、孔脩且張。

韓侯入覲、以其介圭、入覲於王。

王錫韓侯、淑旗綏章。

簟茀錯衡。

玄袞赤潟、鉤膺鏤錫、鞹鞃淺幭、鞗革金厄。

韓侯出祖、出宿於屠。

顯父餞之、清酒百壺。

其殽維何、炰鱉鮮魚。

其蔌維何、維筍及蒲。

其贈維何、乘馬路車。

籩豆有且、侯氏燕胥。

韓侯取妻、汾王之甥、蹶父之子。

韓侯迎止、於蹶之裡。

百兩彭彭、八鸞鏘鏘、不顯其光。

諸娣從之、祁祁如雲。

韓侯顧之、爛其盈門。

蹶父孔武、靡國不到。

爲韓姞相攸、莫如韓樂。

孔樂韓土、川澤訏訏、魴鱮甫甫、麀鹿噳噳、有熊有羆、有貓有虎。

慶既令居、韓姞燕譽。

溥彼韓城、燕師所完。

以先祖受命、因時百蠻。

王錫韓侯、其追其貊、奄受北國、因以其伯。

實墉實壑、實畝實籍、獻其貔皮、赤豹黃羆。