shall make you long-lived and wealthy. The hoary hair and wrinkled back, Marking the aged men, shall always be in your service. They shall grant you old age, ever vigorous, For myriads and thousands of years, With the eyebrows of longevity, and ever unharmed.
6. The mountain of Thâi is lofty, Looked up to by the state of Lû[1]. We grandly possess also Kwei and Măng[2]; And we shall extend to the limits of the east, Even the states along the sea. The tribes of the Hwâi will seek our allegiance; All will proffer their allegiance:—Such shall be the achievements of the marquis of Lû.
7. He shall maintain the possession of Hû and Yî[3], And extend his sway to the regions of Hsü[4], Even to the states along the sea. The tribes of the Hwâi, the Man, and the Mo[5], And those tribes (still more) to the south, All will proffer their allegiance;—Not one will dare not to answer to his call, Thus showing their obedience to the marquis of Lû.
8. Heaven will give great blessing to our prince, So that with the eyebrows of longevity he shall
- ↑ Mount Thâi is well known, the eastern of the four great mountains of China in the time of Shun. It is in the department of Thâi-an, Shan-tung.
- ↑ These were two smaller hills in Lû.
- ↑ These were two hills of Lû, in the present district of Zâu.
- ↑ Hsü was the name of one of Yü's nine provinces, embracing portions of the present Shan-tung, Kiang-sû, and An-hui.
- ↑ Mo was properly the name of certain wild tribes in the north, as Man was that of the tribes of the south. But we cannot suppose any tribes to be meant here but such as lay south of Lû.
