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. [Pinyin]

     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. [Pinyin]

     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. [Pinyin]

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