Seeing the countenance, it instantly rises. It flies round, and by and by settles.
1Seeing the countenance, it instantly rises. It flies round, and by and by settles.
2The Master said, 'There is the hen-pheasant on the hill bridge. At its season! At its season!' Tsze-lu made a motion to it. Thrice it smelt him and then rose.
The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.
色斯举矣，翔而后集：依《集解》暨刘氏《正义》等诸注解释，色指人的颜色，举是起飞，鸟见人的态度不善，立即飞去。翔是回旋飞翔。集是群鸟在树木上，引申为止息。鸟在回飞观察以后，才肯下来栖息。这两句逸诗是比喻人事上的出处进退应合时宜。
共：通“拱”，拱手。
嗅：据集注引刘聘君的意见，当作狊字，古阒反，读局音，其义为鸟张两翅，见尔雅释兽郭璞注。