Song of the Five Sons (《五子之歌》)

Taikang was in a position of honor, but he did not govern, and he preferred comfort, and lost the virtue of a ruler, so that all the people had second thoughts; and he even went to Panle and hunted without restraint, and went to the south of Luoshui to hunt, and did not come back for a hundred days. Yi, the ruler of a poor country, because his people could not bear it, resisted Taikang at the north of the river, and prevented him from returning to his country. Five of Taikang's brothers, who served their mother and followed Taikang, waited for him at the Bay of Luoshui. At this time the five men complained against Taikang, and therefore wrote songs and poems recounting the teachings of the Great Yu. One of the poems said, "The great ancestor had taught us that the people are to be approached and not to be despised; the people are the foundation of a nation, and when the foundation is strong, the nation will be at peace. I look at the people of the world, and foolish men and women can win against me. When a man has blundered many times, should he examine the people's discontent until it becomes manifest? We should examine it before it is formed. I rule over the megabeans with fear as if I were driving six horses with a bad rope; how can one who is a monarch be disrespectful and unafraid?" The second of these says: "King Yu's teachings are so notorious, but you are obsessed with women on the inside, and you hunt and soar on the outside; you love wine and music, and you build great halls and carve the walls of palaces. One of these things and no one will fail to perish." The third of these verses says, "Emperor Yao of the Tao Tang clan used to hold the place of Jizhou. Now he has abandoned his way of governance and disorganized his political program. He is causing his own demise!" The fourth of these says, "My glorious grandfather was the great ruler of all nations. There were canons and laws that were passed on to his descendants. The levies and measures were even, and the royal treasury was abundant. To abandon his traditions now would be to cut off sacrifices and jeopardize the clan!" The fifth of these says: "Alas! Where can I return? My heart is sad! Who will we rely on when all the clans hate us? My mind is depressed, my face ashamed. Unwilling to be prudent in practicing our ancestral virtues, even if I change my mind how can I undo it?"

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