A2 – Music helps govern through the seasons. A1 – Music can make governance "rise up" (興起) B1 – Lord Shiqi raises up his banner, and in this way contends with adversaries. Here is my sense of the passage, which I welcome further illuminating input on: it seems we have a kind of A1-B1 A2-B2 logical structure. Without music to demarcate the seasons, people become susceptible to floods). ( also seemingly unrelated, but I imagine this is a reference to the importance of music for governance in relation to time. The mountain slopes towards the six kingdoms, when floods flow become submerged and must flee, and ultimately in the lives lost, families are extinguished. ( this also makes sense in relation to music according to Sarah Allan's "The Way of Water and Sprouts of Virtue", pg 11-12, 時 originally refers to the seasons, so I imagine that 刺 here has the sense of division or demarcation – open to other thoughts/input) Although they had regressed from proper music, in order to guide them through the world, he created the five songs to demarcate the seasons, as though none could be civilized. Zhongni himself was unable to assimilate into Qi from Lu. I do see a parallel in the sense of music allowing governance to "rise up" and the erecting of a banner, but the connection feels a little tenuous). ( seemingly unrelated to music, unless I am missing a possible meaning for 封. The banner for Lord Shiqi is famous throughout the land of Zheng, and he contends through the relative stature. ( so far so good, this makes sense – music as a way to strengthen the powers of governance).
With the path of governance diminished, the singing of Zheng can make it rise up Here is what I have ( with my internal thought process following each passage in parentheses and italics):
I feel a bit of uncertainty around my translation and interpretation of the second verse. Greetings! I am interested in gaining a broad understanding of sound/music within ancient to medieval China, and figured the 樂書 from the 史記 is a logical place to begin.
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