Sacrificial address offered to the Great King of Mount Gong (公山)祭公山大王文
云云。一女一男。謀安其身。豭肩稻飯。尙克事神。誠苟有至。受福蓁蓁。况我一人。以南面貴。事神孔勤。情禮悉備。凡曰名山。皆有常祀。豈其有求。然後始事。嗟爾頑民。磨牙吮血。斬刈人物。流播腥衊。驅擾平民。鹿駭蹶蹶。所經城邑。無不陷沒。焚殘聚落。比屋灰滅。罪固盈貫。理當往伐。是故受命。龔行天罰。聞我公山。四方所仰。享國血食。其來者尙。國之於神。旣恃有素。有事卽禱。於禮不阻。神亦於國。受祀繇古。倉卒有難。胡忍不救。玆將薄薦。敦遣信使。以不肖故。設莫助予。國不可負。其終棄歟。云云。
And so forth.
Even when one woman and one man seek only the ease of their own bodies with a boar's shoulder and a bowl of rice they may still serve the gods If sincerity be truly utmost, the receiving of blessing is luxuriant how much the more I, one man, with the honor of facing south who serve the gods most diligently, with will and rite both complete Wherever there is a famed mountain there are sacrifices regularly kept how should one begin to serve only after having something to ask for Alas, you obdurate people grind your teeth and suck blood you cut men down and kill them and scatter the rank blood about You drive and shake the common folk, as deer startled and floundering and of the walled towns and districts you pass there is none left unbroken You burn the villages and tear them down, and house by house they are ashes Your guilt is truly full, and by reason we must go and strike you Therefore, having received the command, I reverently carry out heaven's punishment I hear that our Mount Gong (公山) is a place the four quarters look up to and that its receiving of the state's sacrifices has come down from long ago Since the state has of old had that wherein it trusts the god when there is business it prays at once, and this is no breach of rite The god too has received the state's sacrifices from ancient times how then should he bear not to deliver us in a sudden hardship Hereupon, about to offer up a poor sacrifice, I send a trusted envoy in all earnestness Though for my own unworthiness you should not help me the state cannot be forsaken, and would you abandon it in the end
And so forth.