Chinese poem illustration: 小雅 桑扈/ Xiaoya – Mulberry Tree Beside the Gate by Anonymous
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A typical Shijing poem about a happy dinner and praying for fortune, where the details aroused many arguments only becuase the arbitory explanation to a few characters in this poem.
A new interpretation to the title 桑(mulberry)扈(gate) is explored in detail, especially the signaficance of mulberry forrest(桑林): a place to offer sacrifice to heaven for begging rain, a place later became the place of outdoor sex.
小雅 桑扈
佚名
交交桑扈，有莺其羽。
君子乐胥，受天之祜。
交交桑扈，有莺其领。
君子乐胥，万邦之屏。
之屏之翰，百辟为宪。
不戢不难，受福不那。
兕觥其觩，旨酒思柔。
彼交匪敖，万福来求。
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