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Book VIII. The Odes of Ch‘i: IV. Tung Fang Chih Jih

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IV The Tung Fang Chih Jih; narrative. The licentious intercourse of the people of Ch‘i. 1When the sun is in the east, That lovely girl I see. p. 108 In my chamber she appears; There fronting me is she. She treads upon my footsteps, And quickly comes to me. 2When the moon is in the east, That lovely girl I see. ’Twixt door and screen she passes; ’Twixt screen and door is she. She treads upon my footsteps, And hastes away from me.

Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, file cfu/bop/bop102.htm.

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