Note 64.
The Emperor commands; three times the summons. He who left has not yet returned.
The official has not responded quickly to the summons from the capital, so the messenger has been obliged to come three times. Upon the third occasion, the official realizes that the matter is urgent and prepares to depart the next day at sunrise, before the messenger can have reached the Palace on his return journey.
Note 65.
Our thoughts will be with each other. I must ascend the Looking-for-Husband Hill.
(See Note 45.)
Note 66.
You must not imitate Su Ch'in's wife and not leave your loom.
Su Ch'in, who lived in the Fourth Century B.C., was away from home many years; when he returned, his wife took no notice whatever, and did not even leave the loom at which she sat weaving cloth.