"Mo Shang Mulang" describes the story of the mulberry picking girl Qin Luofu who rejected a lustful "envoy".
Original text:
Mo Shang Sang
Dynasty: Han Dynasty
The sun rises in the southeast corner, shining on my Qin family building. The Qin family had a good daughter who named herself Luofu. Luofu likes sericulture and picks mulberries in the south corner of the city. The green silk is the cage tie, and the cinnamon twig is the cage hook. The Japanese is wearing a bun on his head, and there are bright moon beads in his ears. Xiangqi is the lower skirt and purple qi is the upper skirt. When the traveler sees Luo Fu, he lowers his shoulder to smooth his mustache. When the young man saw Luofu, he took off his hat and bowed his head. He who plows forgets his plow, and he who hoe forgets his hoe. When you come back, you will be angry with each other, but you will sit back and watch Luofu. (Joy to Sericulture - One Work: Good at Sericulture)
When the king came from the south, his five horses stood hesitant. The envoy sent his officials to ask whose maiden she was? "The Qin family has a good daughter who calls herself Luo Fu." "How old is Luo Fu?" "Twenty is not enough, but fifteen is quite enough." The envoy thanked Luofu and said, "Would you rather have sex?" Luo Fu said in front of him: "What a fool to envoy you! You have your own wife, and Luofu has your own husband!"
"Thousands from the East" Yu Qi, my husband is on top. Why should I know my husband? The white horse has a green silk tail and a golden horse head. The deer and sword in his waist can be worth more than ten million. He is a thirty-year-old servant and a resident of the city. He is clean and fair-skinned, and his hair is full of hair. Thousands of people are sitting in the palace, and they all say that his husband and son-in-law are special."
< p>Translation:The sun rises from the southeast and shines on our Qin family’s small building. There was a beautiful girl in the Qin family, named Luofu. Luofu was good at raising silkworms and picking mulberries. One day he was picking mulberries on the south side of the city. Use green silk to make the rope on the basket, and use osmanthus branches to make the handle of the basket. She wears a pony topknot on her head and earrings made of orbs on her ears. She wears light yellow patterned silk as her lower skirt and purple damask as her short jacket. When the walkers saw Luofu, they put down their burdens and stroked their beards (looking at her). When the young man saw Luo Fu, he couldn't help but take off his hat and rearrange his turban, hoping to attract Luo Fu's attention to him. Those who plow the land forget that they are plowing, and those who hoe the land forget that they are hoeing. As a result, the farm work is not finished. When they come back, they blame themselves because they are greedy for Luofu's beauty.
The prefect came here by car from the south. The five horses pulling the cart stopped and hesitated. The prefect sent a young official over to ask whose family this beautiful girl was. The clerk replied: "She is the daughter of the Qin family, and she is named Luofu." The prefect asked again: "How old is Luofu?" The clerk replied: "She is not yet twenty years old, but she is already over fifteen." The prefect asked Luofu, "Would you like to ride with me?" Luofu stepped forward and replied: "Prefect, why are you so stupid! Prefect, you already have a wife, and Luofu I also have a husband!"
< p> (The husband is an official) In the east, there are more than a thousand followers, and he is at the forefront. How do I identify my husband? The official riding the white horse followed by the little black horse is the official. The horse's tail is tied with black silk, and the horse wears a golden halter on its head. It wears a Lu Lu sword on its waist. The sword can be worth thousands of dollars. At the age of fifteen, He worked as a minor official in the prefecture, became a doctor in the court at the age of twenty, became the emperor's minister at the age of thirty, and became the lord of a city at the age of forty. He was an honest man, with fair skin and a beard; he walked slowly and squarely in the palace and entered and exited the palace calmly. (During a gathering in the prefect’s seat) There were thousands of people present, and they all said that my husband was outstanding.”