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   Ji Feng

"The cock has crowed;
The court is full."
But it was not the cock that was crowing; --
It was the sound of the blue flies.


"The east is bright;
The court is crowded."
But it was not the east that was bright; --
It was the light of the moon coming forth.


"The insects are flying in buzzing crowds;
It would be sweet to lie by you and dream."
But the assembled officers will be going home; --
Let them not hate both me and you."

    Translator: James Legge
  

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【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


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