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Li Shimian 李時勉; Qilin fu (麒麟賦)(Qilin Ode)(d1450)

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Taken from: https://www.kanripo.org/text/KR4e0098/001

 

(in the preface to the poem)

…covered in the foreign waters of a long continent is produced in Fulin (the Roman Orient) of the Dashi (Arabs)……to celebrate the appearance of the qilin (giraffe)………..

兹蓋異於伊水之長洲豈獨産於弗林之大食使姬旦

見之應獨驅於虎豹軒轅得之亦何羨乎白澤此其所

以罕聞於前古而兩見於今日也爾乃綿首燦爛羅絡

玲瓏掖以羣類從以胥童顧盼炳煜步履從容辭荒服

逺徼獻蓬萊之新宫豈比夫深山之麋鹿徒接跡於

蒿蓬固當以麒麟而為侣慶盛世之遭逢遊靈囿以自

適沐膏澤於無窮

                                   (the last line is the title: Qilin Fu)  

                Li Shimian


麒麟賦

惟聖德之廣運兮屢感召夫禎祥粤瑞世之仁獸兮乃

復見夫遐方榮光澹其輝燿兮佳氣蓊其汪洋曜靈晃

以下燭兮海波静而不揚邦人聚而來觀兮偭徙倚而

徬徨徵往牒之所紀兮叶瑞應其彰彰繄含仁而懷義

兮復步履之安詳彼生草之不折兮矧生物之或戕不

踶觸以相戾兮寧羣居以為亢嗟彼毳之總總兮敢接

跡而隨行遭聖人之在位兮霈恩澤於窮荒仍曠世而

一出兮昭皇化之無疆實中國之大瑞兮豈小國之敢

當爰卜日而命使兮肅惟戒乎舟航羌侑之以方物兮

于以貢夫神京離屬國之僻兮道瀛海之滄茫神飈

颯以清路兮百靈繽其在傍波灝而粼粼兮雲飄拂

雵雵偕神龍以為兮挾靈龜以為朋鯨鯢伏浪而

屏息兮鸞鳳下顧而囘翔邅汗漫以徑渡兮肆陸厯乎

康莊犀兕紛以雜遝兮騶虞掖其蹡蹡彼熊羆羣於虎

豹兮鵾鵬之與  鶬徒飛走其誰羨兮咸錯愕而相

望乾坤蕩而清肅兮山岳煥其焜煌踰重譯之迢逓兮

爰始達於帝望九門其既闢兮雙闕燦其光芒翠華

絢日以冉冉兮金莖浴露以瀼瀼冕旒儼其既臨兮瑞

物偉其在庭性振振以自馴兮乃不擾而不驚龜文燦

而濯濯兮龍首挺其昻昻方引脰而一鳴兮叶律

商重瞳載顧於丹扆兮百辟歡動乎巖廊曰麒麟

之為物兮實瑞世而匪常昔軒轅之至聖兮來苑囿而

徜佯或遊憩乎郊藪兮復一見於成康周詩托咏於仁

厚兮傳記徒載其荒唐惟我皇之仁聖兮勤宵旰而不

遑治化隆於三代兮功德乎羲黄既禮備而樂和兮

惟端拱而垂裳此至瑞所以特見於今日兮實有徵於

太平顧微臣之謭謭兮幸遭逢乎聖明惟盛德之深厚

兮欲稱頌而未能竭菲才以為賦兮于麟趾有其光祝

聖祚於悠久兮與天地而同長