第二十三回第二十三回Chapter Twenty-Three

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文王夜夢飛熊兆

文王夜梦飞熊兆

Chapter Twenty-Three · Investiture of the Gods

King Wen dreams by night of the omen of the flying bear

A line drawing in the manner of a late-Qing lithographed edition: in a lord's bedchamber at night, an old man with a long beard sits up in bed with one hand flung out and his mouth open, as a great tiger with a white patch on its forehead and a pair of feathered wings leaps in from the left through the bed curtains.

詩曰:

文王守節盡臣忠,仁德兼施造大工。民力不教胼胝碎,役錢常賜錦纏紅。

诗曰:

文王守节尽臣忠,仁德兼施造大工。民力不教胼胝碎,役钱常赐锦缠红。

A poem says:

King Wen keeps to his duty, a subject loyal to the end;with kindness and virtue together he raises a great work.He will not have the people toil till their calloused hands are torn;for their labour he gives wages, bundled in red brocade.

西岐社稷如磐石,紂王江山若浪從。謾道孟津天意合,飛熊入夢已先通。

西岐社稷如磐石,纣王江山若浪从。谩道孟津天意合,飞熊入梦已先通。

The altars of Xiqi stand firm as a great rock;King Zhou’s hills and rivers drift off with the waves.Do not say that Heaven’s will came together at Mengjin:the flying bear in a dream had made it known before.

話說文王聽散宜生之言,出示張掛西岐各門。驚動軍民,都來爭瞧告示。只見上書曰:

话说文王听散宜生之言,出示张挂西岐各门。惊动军民,都来争瞧告示。只见上书曰:

Now, King Wen took San Yisheng’s advice and had a notice put up at every gate of Xiqi. It caused a stir among the soldiers and common folk, who all came crowding to read it. Written on it were these words:

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