Ming zi shi (1) "You you wo zu" 命子詩 (其一) "悠悠我祖"
by Tao Yuanming 陶淵明 (365–427)
Dynasty: Jin 晉 (266–420)
Included in: Lu Qinli 逯欽立 (ed.). Xian Qin Han Wei Jin Nanbeichao shi 先秦漢魏晉南北朝詩 Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1983. Jinshi 晉詩 16.970.
Translations
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Gabriele Boege : An meinen Sohn, I
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in: Pohl, Karl-Heinz. Der Pfirsichblütenquell. Tao Yuanming. Gesammelte Gedichte. Köln: Diederichs, 1985. p. 56. -
James Robert Hightower (1915–2006): On Naming My Son, I
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in: Hightower, James Robert. The Poetry of T'ao Ch'ien. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970. p. 33.
The translator also provides commentary to the poem on pages 35-39.
悠悠我祖。爰自陶唐。 邈為虞賓。歷世重光。 御龍勤夏。豕韋翼商。 穆穆司徒。厥族以昌。