Customs used to be as laws in far ancient, Judge Gao Yao civilized people assisted with punishment; Punishing was in order to no punishing, It seemed not real that the jail of his drawing.

上古礼为法,士师刑辅教; 有刑期无刑,画牢似非牢。

Note: English is not my mother language. As a practice, this poem is translated from my poem in Chinese: 题皋陶祠。 I hope the experts who master both English and Chinese to offer me some suggestions.






