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On the mound where is the wheat,
Some one is detaining Ziguo.
Some one is there detaining Ziguo; --
Would that he would come and eat with me!
On the mound where are the plum trees,
Some one is detaining those youths.
Some one is there detaining those youths; --
They will give me Jiu-stones for my girdle.
【Source】 The English translation text was taken from The Chinese Classics, vol. 4 by James Legge (1898) and checked against a reprinted edition by Wen Zhi Zhe chu pan she (Taiwan, 1971). Transliteration of Chinese names in the English translation were converted to