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All the morning I gather the indigo plant,
And do not collect enough to fill my apron.
Five days was the time agreed on; --
It is the sixth, and I do not see him.
When he went a hunting,
I put the bow in its case for him.
When he went to fish,
I arranged his line for him.
What did he take in angling?
Bream and tench; --
Bream and tench,
While people [looked on] to see.
【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).