Poems by Confucius
A Love-Song
... She round my heart has fixed love's chain, ...
The Master said
... " It is by the Rules of Propriety that the character is established ...
The People's Admiration For Duke Woo
... Now for your court! There will we watch, ...
Celebrating The Industry Of King Wan's Queen
... I cut It down, then boiled, and from the fibres spun ...
In Praise Of By-Gone Simplicity
... With graceful sweep their girdles fell, ...
The Fruitfulness Of The Locust
... In numerous bright hosts shine! ...
A Picture Of Husbandry
... Soon, straight and large, upward each plant aspires ...
Against Listening To Slanderers
... How they buzz, those odious flies, ...
The Complaint Of An Officer
... Thinking of friends still at their posts, ...
The Plaint Of A Rejected Wife
... 'Twixt man and wife should ne'er be strife, ...
The Generous Nephew
... And I thought of him much in my heart ...
The Wife Of Some Great Officer Bewails His Absence
... Ascending high that Southern hill, ...
Celebrating The Goodness Of The Descendants Of King Wan
... As the horn of the _lin_, flesh-tipped, no wound to give, ...
Celebrating The Opulence Of The Lords Of Ts'in
... Light cars whose teams small bells display, ...
On The Completion Of A Royal Palace
... Their playthings tiles, their dress the simplest worn ...
