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  ANNUAL 
  EEPOET 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  Chou 
  family, 
  to 
  whom 
  was 
  attributed 
  the 
  founding 
  of 
  the 
  familj 
  

   fief. 
  These 
  pieces 
  of 
  verse 
  are 
  not, 
  of 
  course, 
  historical 
  documents, 
  

   giving 
  exact 
  accounts 
  of 
  the 
  actions 
  and 
  actual 
  deeds 
  of 
  these 
  per- 
  

   sonages; 
  but 
  they 
  go 
  back 
  probably 
  to 
  the 
  eighth 
  century 
  B. 
  C, 
  to 
  

   a 
  time 
  when 
  the 
  colonization, 
  although 
  forced 
  to 
  slacken 
  owing 
  to 
  

   its 
  very 
  success, 
  must 
  still 
  have 
  been 
  going 
  on 
  in 
  certain 
  regions. 
  At 
  

   all 
  events, 
  it 
  is 
  permissible 
  to 
  see 
  in 
  them 
  an 
  idealized 
  description 
  

   of 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  a 
  Chinese 
  adventurer 
  and 
  his 
  clients 
  in 
  bar- 
  

   barian 
  country 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  life 
  which 
  they 
  led 
  there. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  no 
  question 
  of 
  conquest 
  in 
  these 
  pieces. 
  Perhaps, 
  in 
  fact, 
  

   it 
  often 
  happened 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  conquest 
  properly 
  so 
  called, 
  but 
  

   that 
  the 
  Chinese 
  settlers 
  secured 
  peacefully 
  from 
  the 
  barbarian 
  chief- 
  

   tains 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  land 
  to 
  clear, 
  just 
  as 
  at 
  the 
  other 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  Old 
  World 
  

   the 
  Greek 
  colonists 
  seem 
  often 
  to 
  have 
  obtained 
  without 
  difficulty 
  

   ground 
  upon 
  which 
  to 
  establish 
  a 
  city 
  and 
  port. 
  What 
  is 
  described 
  is 
  

   the 
  most 
  important 
  rite 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  taking 
  possession, 
  

   i. 
  e., 
  the 
  founding 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  where, 
  beside 
  his 
  own 
  residence, 
  the 
  

   lord 
  built 
  the 
  temple 
  of 
  his 
  ancestors 
  and 
  the 
  altar 
  of 
  his 
  god 
  of 
  the 
  

   soil. 
  In 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  odes 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  Duke 
  Liu 
  who 
  with 
  his 
  " 
  numerous 
  

   and 
  crowded 
  " 
  followers 
  abandons 
  the 
  first 
  attempt 
  at 
  settlement 
  

   after 
  the 
  first 
  clearings 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  harvests. 
  

  

  He 
  tied 
  up 
  dried 
  meat 
  and 
  grain, 
  

  

  In 
  bottomless 
  bags 
  and 
  in 
  sacks; 
  — 
  

  

  That 
  he 
  might 
  hold 
  [the 
  people] 
  together, 
  and 
  glorify 
  [his 
  tribe]. 
  

  

  Then 
  with 
  bows 
  and 
  arrows 
  all 
  ready, 
  

  

  "With 
  shields 
  and 
  spears, 
  and 
  axes, 
  large 
  and 
  small. 
  

  

  He 
  commenced 
  his 
  march. 
  

  

  He 
  continues 
  his 
  search 
  for 
  a 
  place 
  favorable 
  to 
  settlement 
  — 
  

  

  He 
  ascended 
  to 
  the 
  hill-tops; 
  

   He 
  descended 
  again 
  to 
  the 
  plains, 
  

  

  until 
  he 
  finds 
  such 
  a 
  one 
  suited 
  in 
  all 
  ways 
  for 
  permanent 
  habitation. 
  

   There 
  he 
  first 
  constructs 
  a 
  ring 
  wall 
  of 
  earth, 
  and 
  then 
  offers 
  a 
  ritual 
  

   repast 
  to 
  those 
  wlio 
  have 
  accompanied 
  him 
  ; 
  he 
  is 
  then 
  " 
  acknowledged 
  

   by 
  them 
  as 
  ruler, 
  and 
  honored." 
  In 
  another 
  ode 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  old 
  duke, 
  

   T'an-fu, 
  who, 
  driven 
  out, 
  so 
  it 
  is 
  said, 
  by 
  the 
  barbarians, 
  leaves 
  the 
  

   spot 
  where 
  his 
  people 
  had 
  — 
  

  

  Made 
  for 
  them 
  [selves] 
  kiln-like 
  huts 
  and 
  caves,-^*^ 
  

  

  Ere 
  they 
  had 
  yet 
  any 
  houses. 
  

  

  The 
  ancient 
  duke 
  T'an-foo 
  

  

  Came 
  in 
  the 
  morning, 
  galloping 
  his 
  horses, 
  

  

  * 
  ♦ 
  * 
  and 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  looked 
  out 
  for 
  a 
  site 
  on 
  which 
  to 
  settle. 
  

  

  The 
  plain 
  of 
  Chow 
  looked 
  beautiful 
  and 
  rich^ 
  

  

  With 
  its 
  violets 
  and 
  sowthistles 
  [sweet] 
  as 
  dumplings. 
  

  

  2CB 
  Regarding 
  the 
  loess 
  cave-dwellings 
  of 
  Shcnsi 
  at 
  the 
  pieseut 
  day, 
  cf. 
  MjTon 
  L. 
  Fuller 
  

   and 
  Frederick 
  G. 
  Clapp, 
  Loess 
  and 
  Rock 
  Dwellings 
  of 
  Shensi, 
  China 
  (American 
  Geo- 
  

   graphical 
  Society, 
  New 
  York, 
  April, 
  1924), 
  pp. 
  215-227 
  and 
  fig. 
  12. 
  

  

  