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标题：Tangents: Commentary on Tugendhaft
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作者：Ekström, Martin Svensson
期刊名称：Fragments : Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Ancient and Medieval Pasts
印刷版ISSN：2161-8585
电子版ISSN：2161-8585
出版年度：2012
卷号：2
出版社：MPublishing
摘要：Around 525 B.C. the envoy Shu Xiang 叔嚮 from the mighty state of Jin 晉 travelled to the smaller state of Zheng 鄭. It was not a brotherly call. As the Annals put it, “Jin wanted to attack Zheng, and so sent Shu Xiang on an official visit to inspect its capacity.” His counterpart in Zheng, Zi Chan 子產, saw through the friendly exterior, saw (so to speak) that the hands hidden in the ceremonial silk garb were clenched into fists. Having assessed the situation, Zi Chan spoke in accordance with contemporary diplomatic mores: he recited a stanza from one of the classic Odes. The poem—read in isolation, at least—is narrated by an enticing, coquettish woman in a river landscape.