古诗：文王有声 中英对照

King Wen is famous ；

Yea ， he is very famous .

What he sought was the repose [of the people] ；

What he saw was the completion [of his work] .

A sovereign true was king Wen ！

King Wen received the appointment [of Heaven] ，

And achieved his martial success .

Having overthrown Chong ，

He fixed his [capital] city in Feng .

A sovereign true was king Wen ！

He repaired the walls along the [old] moat ：

His establishing himself in Feng was according to [the pattern of his forefather s] ，

It was not that he was in haste to gratify his wishes ； ——

It was to show the filial duty which had come down to him .

A sovereign true was [our] royal prince ！

His royal merit was brightly displayed ，

By those walls of Feng .

There were collected [the sympathies of the people of] the four quarters ，

Who regarded the royal prince as their protector .

A sovereign true was [our] royal prince ！

The Feng-water flowed on to the east [of the city] ，

Through the meritorious labour of Yu .

There were collected [the sympathies of the people of ] the four quarters ，

Who would have the great king as their ruler .

A sovereign true was the great king ！

In the capital of Hao he built his hall with its circlet of water ；

From the west to the east ，

From the south to the north ，

There was not a thought but did him homage .

A sovereign true was the great king ！

He examined and divined ， did the king ，

About settling in the capital of Hao .

The tortoise-shell decided the site ，

And king Wu completed the city .

A sovereign true was king Wu ！

By the Feng-water grows the white millet ； ——

Did not king Wu show wisdom in his employment of officers ？

He would leave his plans to his descendants ，

And secure comfort and support to his son .

A sovereign true was king Wu ！

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文王有声、遹骏有声。

遹求厥宁、遹观厥成。

文王烝哉。

文王受命、有此武功。

既伐于崇、作邑于丰。

文王烝哉。

筑城伊淢、作丰伊匹。

匪棘其欲、遹追来孝。

王后烝哉。

王公伊濯、为丰之垣。

四方攸同、王后维翰。

王后烝哉。

丰水东注、维禹之绩。

四方攸同、皇王维辟。

皇王烝哉。

镐京辟廱.

自西自东、自南自北、无思不服。

皇王烝哉。

考卜维王、宅是镐京。

维龟正之、武王成之。

武王烝哉。

丰水有芑、武王岂不仕。

诒厥孙谋、以燕翼子。

武王烝哉。