桑土

桑土

1. mulberry field

   • 桑土既蠶，是降丘宅土。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     桑土既蚕，是降丘宅土。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Sāngtǔ jì cán, shì jiàng qiū zhái tǔ.

     The mulberry grounds were made fit for silkworms, and then (the people) came down from the heights, and occupied the grounds (below).

   • 桑土既蠶，於是民得下丘居土。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     桑土既蚕，于是民得下丘居土。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE, translated based on Herbert J. Allen's version

     Sāngtǔ jì cán, yúshì mín dé xià qiū jū tǔ.

     The mulberry region was supplied with silkworms, and then the people came down from the heights and occupied it.

桑土

1. (obsolete) mulberry root

   • 迨天之未陰雨、徹彼桑土、綢繆牖戶。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     迨天之未阴雨、彻彼桑土、绸缪牖户。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Dài tiān zhī wèi yīnyǔ, chè bǐ sāngdù, chóumóu yǒuhù.

     Before the sky was dark with rain,
     I gathered the roots of the mulberry tree,
     And bound round and round my window and door.