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西伯侯文王吐子

西伯侯文王吐子

Chapter Twenty-Two · Investiture of the Gods

King Wen, Lord of the West, vomits up his son

A line drawing in the manner of a late-Qing lithographed edition: above a sea of clouds and watchtowers on a mountain wall, a clean-shaven winged giant with a fierce face flies with wide feathered wings and a plain staff in one hand, an old white-bearded man in a soft hat riding on his back with an arm around his neck.

詩曰:

忍恥歸來意可憐,只因食子淚難乾。非求度難傷天性,不為成忠賊愛緣。

诗曰:

忍耻归来意可怜,只因食子泪难干。非求度难伤天性,不为成忠贼爱缘。

A poem says:

He bears his shame and comes home, a heart to be pitied;because he ate his son, his tears will never dry.It was not to escape his peril that he wounded his own nature,nor to prove his loyalty that he betrayed the bond of love.

天數湊來誰個是,劫灰聚處若為愆。從來莫道人間事,自古分離總在天。

天数凑来谁个是,劫灰聚处若为愆。从来莫道人间事,自古分离总在天。

When Heaven’s reckoning falls due, who can say who is right?Where the ashes of calamity gather, how can it be called a crime?Never say that these are matters of the human world:since ancient times, all partings have lain with Heaven.

且說二將策馬當先,只見雷震子怎生模樣,有讚為證:

且说二将策马当先,只见雷震子怎生模样,有赞为证:

Now, the two generals spurred their horses to the front and saw Leizhenzi. And what did he look like? There is a verse of praise to prove it:

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