Classic of Poetry

Conspicuously rise the staffs with their ox-tails, In the distant suburbs of Tseun, Ornamented with the white silk bands; There are four carriages with their good horses, That admirable gentleman,— What will he give them [for this]?

Conspicuously rise the staffs with their falcon-banners, In the nearer suburbs of Tseun, Ornamented with the white silk ribbons; There are five carriages with their good horses. That admirable gentleman,— What will he give them [for this]?

Conspicuously rise the staffs with their feathered streamers, At the walls of Tseun, Bound with the white silk cords. There are six carriages with their good horses. That admirable gentleman,— What will he tell them [for this]?