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12. 3. In comparing (different) men, we can only do so when their (circumstances and conditions) are of the same class. Part III contains twenty paragraphs, which may be comprised in eleven chapters. Ch. 1. 1, 2, contains the rules for a minister and a son in remonstrating with a ruler or parent; and also in seeing about their medicine when ill. 2. 3, gives the rule in making comparisons. 3. 4, 5, gives the rules to be observed in asking about the age and wealth of different parties from the king downwards. 4. 6-10, is about sacrifices: those of different parties, the sacrificial names of different victims, &c. 5. 11, §2, gives the terms in which the deaths of different men, and of animals, are described. 6. 13, 14, gives the names of near relatives, when they are sacrificed to, and when they are alive. 7. 15, tells how different parties should look at others. 8. 16,17, is about executing a ruler’s orders, and things to be avoided in the conduct of business. 9. 18, is about great entertainments. 10. 19g, is about presents of introduction. 11. 20, contains the language used in sending daughters to different harems. SECT. 1. PT. IIL. xxii wi. IT5 3. 4. When one asks about the years of the son of Heaven, the reply should be—‘I have heard that he has begun to wear a robe so many feet long’ Tqa similar question about the ruler of a state, the reply should be—‘He is able to attend to the services in the ancestral temple, and at the altars of the spirits of the land and grain,’ if he be grown up; and, if he be still young, ‘He is not yet able to attend to the services in the ancestral temple, and at the altars of the spirits of the land and grain. To a question about the son of a Great officer, the reply, if he be grown up, should be—' He is able to drive;’ and, if he be still young, ‘He is not yet able to drive. To a question about the son of an (ordinary) officer, the reply, if he be grown up, should be—‘He can manage the conveying of a salutation ora message;’ and, if he be still young, ‘He cannot yet manage such a thing.’ Toa question about the son of a common man, the reply, if he be grown up, should be—‘ He is able to carry (a bundle of) firewood;’ and, if he be still young, ‘He is not yet able to carry (such a bundle). 5. When one asks about the wealth of the ruler of a state, the reply should be given by telling the extent of his territory, and the productions of its hills and lakes. To a similar question about a Great officer, it should be said, ‘He has the lands allotted to him, and is supported by the labour (of his people). He needs not to borrow the vessels or dresses for his sacrificial occasions.’ To the ? This would seem to imply that the king was still young. 12 116 THE Lf xt. BK. I. same question about an (ordinary) officer, the reply should be by giving the number of his carriages ; and to one about a common man, by telling the number of the animals that he keeps.
2This would seem to imply that the king was still young. 12 116 THE Lf xt. BK. I. same question about an (ordinary) officer, the reply should be by giving the number of his carriages ; and to one about a common man, by telling the number of the animals that he keeps. 4.6. The son of Heaven sacrifices (or presents oblations) to Heaven and Earth’; to the (spirits presiding over the) four quarters ; to (the spirits of) the hills and rivers; and offers the five sacrifices of the house,—all in the course of the year. The feudal princes present oblations, each to (the spirit presiding over) his own quarter; to (the spirits of) its hills and rivers; and offer the five sacrifices of the house,—all in the course of the year. Great officers present the oblations of the five sacrifices of the house,—all in the course of the year. (Other) officers present oblations to their ancestors?. 7. There should be no presuming to resume any sacrifice which has been abolished (by proper authority)*, nor to abolish any which has been so established. A sacrifice which it is not proper to offer, and which yet is offered, is called a licentious -sacrifice. A licentious sacrifice brings no blessing. 8. The son of Heaven uses an ox of one colour, pure and unmixed; a feudal prince, a fatted ox; a Great officer, an ox selected for the occasion ; an (ordinary) officer, a sheep or a pig. 9. The son of an inferior ' There were various sacrifices to Heaven and also to Earth. The great ones were—that to Heaven at the winter solstice, and that to Earth at the summer solstice. But all the sacrifices to Heaven and Earth were confined to the king. 2 The king offered all the sacrifices in this paragraph. The other parties only those here assigned to them, and the sacrifices allowed to others of inferior rank. The five sacrifices of the house will come before the reader in Book IV and elsewhere. ° The ‘ proper authority’ would be the statutes of each dynasty. SECT. IJ. PT. III. KHU uf. 117 member of the harem cannot offer the sacrifice (to his grandfather or father) ; if (for some reason) he have to do so, he must report it to the honoured son, (the head of the family). 10. According to the rules for all sacrifices in the ancestral temple, the ox is called ‘the creature with the large foot;’ the pig, ‘the hard bristles ;’ a sucking-pig, ‘the fatling;’ a sheep, ‘the soft hair;’ a cock, ‘the loud voice; a dog, ‘the soup offering;’ a pheasant, ‘the wide toes;’ a hare, ‘the clear seer;’ the stalks of dried flesh, ‘the exactly cut oblations;’ dried fish, ‘the well-considered oblation;’ fresh fish, ‘the straight oblation.’ Water is called ‘the pure cleanser;’ spirits, ‘the clear cup;’ millet, ‘the fragrant mass;’ the large-grained millet, ‘the fragrant (grain);’ the sacrificial millet, ‘the bright grain;’ paddy, ‘the admirable vegetable; scallions, ‘the rich roots;’ salt, ‘the saline, briny substance;’ jade, ‘the admirable jade;’ and silks, ‘the exact silks.’
35.11. The death of the son of Heaven is expressed by pang (has fallen); of a feudal prince, by hung (has crashed); of a Great officer, by 30 (has ended); of an (ordinary) officer, by pd 10 (is now unsalaried); and of a common man, by sze (has deceased). (The corpse) on the couch is called shih (the laid-out) ; when it is put into the coffin, that is called £i0 (being in the long home). 12. (The death of) a winged fowl is expressed by hsiang (has fallen down); that of a quadruped, by 3hze (is disorganised). Death from an enemy in fight is called ping (is slain by the sword). 6. 13. In sacrificing to them, a grandfather is 118 THE Li xt. BK. I. called ‘the sovereign grandfather;’ a grandmother, ‘the sovereign grandmother,’ a father, ‘the sovereign father;’ a mother, ‘the sovereign mother; a husband, ‘the sovereign pattern. 14. While (they are) alive, the names of father (ffi), mother (m4), and wife (£41) are used; when they are dead, those of ‘the completed one (kh4o),’ ‘the corresponding one (pi),’ and ‘the honoured one (pin).’ Death in old age is called ‘a finished course (30) ;’ an early death, ‘being unsalaried (pa 14).’ 7.15. The son of Heaven does not look at a person above his collar or below his girdle; the ruler of a state looks at him a little lower (than the collar); a Great officer, on a line with his heart; and an ordinary officer, not from beyond a distance of five paces. In all cases looks directed above to the face denote pride, and below the girdle grief; directed askance, they denote villainy. 8. 16. When the ruler orders (any special business) from a Great officer or (other) officer, he should assiduously discharge it; in their offices speaking (only) of the official business ; in the treasury, of treasury business; in the arsenals, of arsenal business ; and in the court, of court business. 17. At court there should be no speaking about dogs and horses. When the audience is over, and one looks about him, if he be not attracted by some strange thing, he must have strange thoughts in his mind. When one keeps looking about him after the business of the court is over, a superior man will pronounce him uncultivated. At court the conversation should be according to the rules of propriety ; SECT. Il. PT. 111. KHU Li. 11g every question should be so proposed, and every answer so returned. 9. 18. For great entertainments! there should be no consulting the tortoise-shell, and no great display of wealth.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
12. 3. In comparing (different) men, we can only do so when their (circumstances and conditions) are of the same class. Part III contains twenty paragraphs, which may be comprised in eleven chapters. Ch. 1. 1, 2, contains the rules for a minister and a son in remonstrating with a ruler or parent; and also in seeing about their medicine when ill. 2. 3, gives the rule in making comparisons. 3. 4, 5, gives the rules to be observed in asking about the age and wealth of different parties from the king downwards. 4. 6-10, is about sacrifices: those of different parties, the sacrificial names of different victims, &c. 5. 11, §2, gives the terms in which the deaths of different men, and of animals, are described. 6. 13, 14, gives the names of near relatives, when they are sacrificed to, and when they are alive. 7. 15, tells how different parties should look at others. 8. 16,17, is about executing a ruler’s orders, and things to be avoided in the conduct of business. 9. 18, is about great entertainments. 10. 19g, is about presents of introduction. 11. 20, contains the language used in sending daughters to different harems. SECT. 1. PT. IIL. xxii wi. IT5 3. 4. When one asks about the years of the son of Heaven, the reply should be—‘I have heard that he has begun to wear a robe so many feet long’ Tqa similar question about the ruler of a state, the reply should be—‘He is able to attend to the services in the ancestral temple, and at the altars of the spirits of the land and grain,’ if he be grown up; and, if he be still young, ‘He is not yet able to attend to the services in the ancestral temple, and at the altars of the spirits of the land and grain. To a question about the son of a Great officer, the reply, if he be grown up, should be—' He is able to drive;’ and, if he be still young, ‘He is not yet able to drive. To a question about the son of an (ordinary) officer, the reply, if he be grown up, should be—‘He can manage the conveying of a salutation ora message;’ and, if he be still young, ‘He cannot yet manage such a thing.’ Toa question about the son of a common man, the reply, if he be grown up, should be—‘ He is able to carry (a bundle of) firewood;’ and, if he be still young, ‘He is not yet able to carry (such a bundle). 5. When one asks about the wealth of the ruler of a state, the reply should be given by telling the extent of his territory, and the productions of its hills and lakes. To a similar question about a Great officer, it should be said, ‘He has the lands allotted to him, and is supported by the labour (of his people). He needs not to borrow the vessels or dresses for his sacrificial occasions.’ To the ? This would seem to imply that the king was still young. 12 116 THE Lf xt. BK. I. same question about an (ordinary) officer, the reply should be by giving the number of his carriages ; and to one about a common man, by telling the number of the animals that he keeps.
2This would seem to imply that the king was still young. 12 116 THE Lf xt. BK. I. same question about an (ordinary) officer, the reply should be by giving the number of his carriages ; and to one about a common man, by telling the number of the animals that he keeps. 4.6. The son of Heaven sacrifices (or presents oblations) to Heaven and Earth’; to the (spirits presiding over the) four quarters ; to (the spirits of) the hills and rivers; and offers the five sacrifices of the house,—all in the course of the year. The feudal princes present oblations, each to (the spirit presiding over) his own quarter; to (the spirits of) its hills and rivers; and offer the five sacrifices of the house,—all in the course of the year. Great officers present the oblations of the five sacrifices of the house,—all in the course of the year. (Other) officers present oblations to their ancestors?. 7. There should be no presuming to resume any sacrifice which has been abolished (by proper authority)*, nor to abolish any which has been so established. A sacrifice which it is not proper to offer, and which yet is offered, is called a licentious -sacrifice. A licentious sacrifice brings no blessing. 8. The son of Heaven uses an ox of one colour, pure and unmixed; a feudal prince, a fatted ox; a Great officer, an ox selected for the occasion ; an (ordinary) officer, a sheep or a pig. 9. The son of an inferior ' There were various sacrifices to Heaven and also to Earth. The great ones were—that to Heaven at the winter solstice, and that to Earth at the summer solstice. But all the sacrifices to Heaven and Earth were confined to the king. 2 The king offered all the sacrifices in this paragraph. The other parties only those here assigned to them, and the sacrifices allowed to others of inferior rank. The five sacrifices of the house will come before the reader in Book IV and elsewhere. ° The ‘ proper authority’ would be the statutes of each dynasty. SECT. IJ. PT. III. KHU uf. 117 member of the harem cannot offer the sacrifice (to his grandfather or father) ; if (for some reason) he have to do so, he must report it to the honoured son, (the head of the family). 10. According to the rules for all sacrifices in the ancestral temple, the ox is called ‘the creature with the large foot;’ the pig, ‘the hard bristles ;’ a sucking-pig, ‘the fatling;’ a sheep, ‘the soft hair;’ a cock, ‘the loud voice; a dog, ‘the soup offering;’ a pheasant, ‘the wide toes;’ a hare, ‘the clear seer;’ the stalks of dried flesh, ‘the exactly cut oblations;’ dried fish, ‘the well-considered oblation;’ fresh fish, ‘the straight oblation.’ Water is called ‘the pure cleanser;’ spirits, ‘the clear cup;’ millet, ‘the fragrant mass;’ the large-grained millet, ‘the fragrant (grain);’ the sacrificial millet, ‘the bright grain;’ paddy, ‘the admirable vegetable; scallions, ‘the rich roots;’ salt, ‘the saline, briny substance;’ jade, ‘the admirable jade;’ and silks, ‘the exact silks.’
35.11. The death of the son of Heaven is expressed by pang (has fallen); of a feudal prince, by hung (has crashed); of a Great officer, by 30 (has ended); of an (ordinary) officer, by pd 10 (is now unsalaried); and of a common man, by sze (has deceased). (The corpse) on the couch is called shih (the laid-out) ; when it is put into the coffin, that is called £i0 (being in the long home). 12. (The death of) a winged fowl is expressed by hsiang (has fallen down); that of a quadruped, by 3hze (is disorganised). Death from an enemy in fight is called ping (is slain by the sword). 6. 13. In sacrificing to them, a grandfather is 118 THE Li xt. BK. I. called ‘the sovereign grandfather;’ a grandmother, ‘the sovereign grandmother,’ a father, ‘the sovereign father;’ a mother, ‘the sovereign mother; a husband, ‘the sovereign pattern. 14. While (they are) alive, the names of father (ffi), mother (m4), and wife (£41) are used; when they are dead, those of ‘the completed one (kh4o),’ ‘the corresponding one (pi),’ and ‘the honoured one (pin).’ Death in old age is called ‘a finished course (30) ;’ an early death, ‘being unsalaried (pa 14).’ 7.15. The son of Heaven does not look at a person above his collar or below his girdle; the ruler of a state looks at him a little lower (than the collar); a Great officer, on a line with his heart; and an ordinary officer, not from beyond a distance of five paces. In all cases looks directed above to the face denote pride, and below the girdle grief; directed askance, they denote villainy. 8. 16. When the ruler orders (any special business) from a Great officer or (other) officer, he should assiduously discharge it; in their offices speaking (only) of the official business ; in the treasury, of treasury business; in the arsenals, of arsenal business ; and in the court, of court business. 17. At court there should be no speaking about dogs and horses. When the audience is over, and one looks about him, if he be not attracted by some strange thing, he must have strange thoughts in his mind. When one keeps looking about him after the business of the court is over, a superior man will pronounce him uncultivated. At court the conversation should be according to the rules of propriety ; SECT. Il. PT. 111. KHU Li. 11g every question should be so proposed, and every answer so returned. 9. 18. For great entertainments! there should be no consulting the tortoise-shell, and no great display of wealth.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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