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Book IX. The Odes of Wei: V. Shih Mou Chih Chien

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V The Shih Mou Chih Chien; narrative. The straits of the peasantry of Wei. 1Among their ten acres of mulberry trees, The planters move idly about at their ease. "Ho! back," says a courtier, "and let us join these!" 2Beyond their ten acres of mulberry trees, The planters move idly about at their ease. "Away," says a courtier, "and join us with these!"

Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, file cfu/bop/bop114.htm.

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