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 will be blessed. (Your ancestors) will make you gloriously prosperous, They will make you long-lived and good, To preserve this eastern region, Long possessing the state of Lû, Unwaning, unfallen, Unshaken, undisturbed! They will make your friendship with your three aged (ministers) Like the hills, like the mountains.

Our prince's chariots are a thousand, And (in each) are (the two spears with their) vermilion tassels, and (the two bows with their) green bands. His footmen are thirty thousand, With shells on vermilion strings adorning their helmets. So numerous are his ardent followers, To deal with the tribes of the west and north, And to punish those of King and Shû , So that none of them will dare to withstand us. (The spirits of your ancestors) shall make you grandly prosperous; They