(a line of Chinese follows): 子曰：「關雎，樂而不淫，哀而不傷。」 關 is not literal here, but phonetic *kwaen for “quack” or “honk”, two of the least poetic words in the English language The Master said: “Within the Odes you’ll find ‘The Call of Waterbirds,’ which is joyful but not gleeful, grieving but not aggrieved.”