Chinese poem illustration: 卫风 伯兮/ Wei Wind – My Dear Lord by Anonymous

卫风 伯兮

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A popular Thinking of People Poem(怀人诗) describes a wife missing of her husband . In her eyes her husband, a lord of Wei state is the most brave and powerful soldier in the battlefield.

The way of chariot fighting and the weapon 殳 are illustrated to help on the understanding of first paragraph.

卫风 伯兮
佚名

伯兮朅兮,邦之桀兮。
伯也执殳,为王前驱。

自伯之东,首如飞蓬。
岂无膏沐,谁适为容!

其雨其雨,杲杲出日。
愿言思伯,甘心首疾。

焉得谖草,言树之背。
愿言思伯,使我心痗。

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