Chinese poem illustration: 周颂 有客/Zhou Song – Greeting Guest by Anonymous
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As a report to his ancestors how the best guest of Zhou was welcomed, this long-lasting Chinese style hospitality is revived.
This poem decdcribed a meetup between Zhou King(周王) and Duke of Song(宋工). Per history books and this poem, Duke of Song was regarded as a guest rather than his servant by Zhou King, while the final conclusion in this poem still shows the Zhou domination over Song state.
周颂 有客
佚名
有客有客，亦白其马。
有萋有且，敦琢其旅。
有客宿宿，有客信信。
言授之絷，以絷其马。
薄言追之，左右绥之。
既有淫威，降福孔夷。
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