詩經 Book of Odes - 信南山 XIN NAN SHAN
信彼南山、維禹甸之。
畇畇原隰、曾孫田之。
我疆我理、南東其畝。
上天同雲、雨雪雰雰。
益之以霢霂、既優既渥、既霑既足、生我百穀。
疆場翼翼、黍稷彧彧。
曾孫之穡、以為酒食。
畀我尸賓、壽考萬年。
中田有廬、疆場有瓜。
是剝是菹、獻之皇祖。
曾孫壽考、受天之祜。
祭以清酒、從以騂牡、享于祖考。
執其鸞刀、以啟其毛、取其血膋。
是烝是享、苾苾芬芬、祀事孔明。
先祖是皇。
報以介福、萬壽無疆。
Yes , [all about] that southern hill ,
Was made manageable by Yu .
Its plains and marshes being opened up ,
It was made into fields by the distant descendant .
We define their boundaries , we form their smaller divisions ,
And make the acres lie , here to the south , there to the east .
The heavens over head are one arch of
clouds ,
Snowing in multitudinous flakes .
There is superadded the drizzling rain .
When [the land] has received the moistening ,
Soaking influence abundantly ,
It produces all our kinds of grain .
The boundaries and smaller divisions are
nicely adjusted ,
And the millets yield abundant crops ,
The harvest of the distant descendant .
We proceed to make therewith spirits and food ,
To supply our representatives of the dead , and our guests ; --
To obtain long life , extending over myriads of years .
In the midst of the fields are the huts ,
And along the bounding divisions are gourds .
The fruits is sliced and pickled ,
To be presented to our great ancestors ,
That their distant descendant may have long life ,
And receive the blessing of Heaven .
We sacrifice [first] with pure spirits ,
And then follow with a red bull ;
Offering them to our ancestors .
[Our lord] holds the knife with tinkling bells ,
To lay open the hair of the victim ,
And takes its flesh and fat .
Then we present , then we offer ;
All round the fragrance is diffused .
Complete and brilliant is the sacrificial service ;
Grandly come our ancestors .
They will reward [their descendant] with great blessing , --
Long life , years without end .
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