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Of the nation's resources

Critical Text

公	家	之	費	破	車
gong	jia	zhi	fei	po	che
ducal	household	's	resources	broken	chariot

罷	馬	甲	胄	矢	弩
ba	ma	jia	zhou	shi	nu
worn-out	horse	armor	helmet	arrow	crossbow

戟	楯	蔽	櫓	丘	牛
ji	shun	bi	lu	qiu	niu
halberd	shield	spear	pavise	local	ox

大	車	十	去	其	七
da	che	shi	qu	qi	qi
big	chariot	ten	gone	its	seven

Yinqueshan Text

。。。

Shiyijia zhu Text

公家之費破車罷馬甲胄謪弩戟楯蔽櫓丘牛大車十去其六

Translation

Of the nation's resources--broken chariots, worn-out horses, armor, helmets, arrows, crossbows, halberds, shields, spears, pavises, heavy ox-drawn wagons--six-tenths is gone.

Annotations

Are six-tenths gone, or seven? The Shisanjia zhu text has the first, and the Yinqueshan bamboo strip for this phrase is broken off. We chose "seven" because the bamboo for the previous passage has "six," which is suported by a smattering of early editions. Clearly there are witnesses for both readings.

The following rhymes or near rhymes appear here:

馬 *mea
帑 *na
櫓 *la
車 *t掂a