Chinese poem illustration: 周南 汝坟/Zhou Wind – Your Tomb by Anonymous
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A poem likely written at the last period of West Zhou(西周) by indicating the royal house of ancestor temple was damaged almost completely.
This poem is about a wife attending the tomb(扫墓) of her husbund, who was a former lord. The whole poem is a mixture of sadness, a moment of joy and hopless, especially in a time of nationwide chaos.
Even thought this poet is considered as a female as always, it still has the possibility that a man wrote this poem, the brother or son of the passed away lord.
周南 汝坟
佚名
遵彼汝坟，伐其条枚。
未见君子，惄如调饥。
遵彼汝坟，伐其条肄。
既见君子，不我遐弃。
鲂鱼赪尾，王室如毁。
虽则如毁，父母孔迩。
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