What smell is this, so strong and good?
December 28, 2005
Shih ching, in C. Birch and D. Keene (eds.) Anthology of Chinese Literature (1965), pb 1967 pp. 37-8.
High we load the stands,
The stands of wood and earthenware.
As soon as the smell rises
God on high is very pleased:
'What smell is this, so strong and good?'
A text from the Shih ching, (Book of Songs), a collection of traditional ballads and fragments gathered after 600 BCE describing the life of the warrior farmers of the north western highlands of Shanxi (Shensi). This text is being quoted nowadays on websites hocking everything from garlic to hemp.
image: a closeup of kale farci
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