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1He is dressed in the red robes, and wears the carnation gems. He eats beans and fowls. The vessels which he uses are tall, (to resemble) the large growth (of things). 6. They encourage the (continued) growth of what is strong and beautiful’. 7. In this month orders are given to the musicmasters to put in repair the hand-drums, smaller drums, and large drums; to adjust the lutes, large and small, the double flutes, and the pan-pipes; to teach the holding of the shields, pole-axes, lances, and plumes; to tune the organs, large and small, with their pipes and tongues ; and to put in order the bells, sonorous stones, the instrument to give the symbol for commencing, and the stopper’. 8. Orders are given to the (proper) officers to pray for the people and offer sacrifice to the (spirits of the) hills, streams, and all springs. (After that) comes the great summer sacrifice for rain to God, when all says it is the same as ‘the hundred Tongues;’ the Chinese mocking-bird. 1 K@ Hst would remove this paragraph to the thirteenth of the last Part. It seems to me to be in its proper place. * See vol. iii, p. 324. The stopper is represented thus :— It was made to sound by a metal rod drawn along the spinous back. I have seen a similar instrument, used for the same purpose, brought from Madras, [27] T 274 THE Lf gi. BK. IV. the instruments of music are employed. Then orders are given throughout all the districts to sacrifice to the various princes, high ministers, and officers who benefited the people; praying that there may be a good harvest of grain’. 9. The husbandmen present (the first-fruits of) their millet; and in this month the son of Heaven partakes of it along with pullets, and with cherries set forth beside them, first offering a portion in the apartment behind the ancestral temple. 10. The people are forbidden to cut down the indigo plant to use it in dyeing?, 11. Or to burn wood for charcoal, or to bleach cloth in the sun. 12. The gates of cities and villages should not be shut’, nor should vexatious inquiries be instituted at the barrier gates or in the markets.
210. The people are forbidden to cut down the indigo plant to use it in dyeing?, 11. Or to burn wood for charcoal, or to bleach cloth in the sun. 12. The gates of cities and villages should not be shut’, nor should vexatious inquiries be instituted at the barrier gates or in the markets. 1 The first and last of the three sacrificial services in the paragraph were subsidiary to the second, the great praying for rain to God by the sovereign; the motive is not mentioned in the text, but only he could conduct a service to God. Callery renders :— ‘En méme temps l’empereur invoque le ciel avec grand apparat (afin d’obtenir de la pluie), et cette cérémonie est accompagnée de grande musique.’ All Chinese commentators admit that the performer was the sovereign. Kang Khang-A#ang says: ‘For this sacrifice to God, they made an altar (or altars) by the side of the (grand altar in the) southern suburb, and sacrificed to the five essential (or elemental) gods with the former rulers as their assessors,’ But the K/ien-lung editors insist on the text’s having ‘ God,’ and not ‘five gods,’ and that the correct view is that the sacrifice was to the one God dwelling in the bright sky, or, as Williams renders the phrase, ‘the Shang Tt of the glorious heaven.’ * The plant would not yet be fully fit for use. ® Every facility should be afforded for the circulation of air during the summer heats. SECT. II. PT. I. THE YUEH LING. 275 13. Leniency should be shown to prisoners charged (even) with great crimes, and their allowance of food be increased}, 14. Impregnated mares are collected in herds by themselves, and the fiery stallions are tied up. The rules for the rearing of horses are given out. 15. In this month the longest day arrives. The influences in nature of darkness and decay and those of brightness and growth struggle together; the tendencies to death and life are divided*. Superior men give themselves to vigil and fasting. They keep retired in their houses, avoid all violent exercise, restrain their indulgence in music and beautiful sights, eschew the society of their wives, make their diet spare, use no piquant condiments, keep their desires under rule, and maintain their spirits free from excitement. The various magistrates keep things quiet and inflict no punishments *;—to bring about that state of settled quiet in which the influence of darkness and decay shall obtain its full development. 16. Deershedtheir horns. Cicadas begin to sing. The midsummer herb is produced. The tree hibiscus flowers‘, 17. In this month fires should not be lighted (out of doors) in the southern regions (of the country). 1 The leniency would be seen in the lightening of their fetters for one thing,—in consequence of the exhaustion produced by the season. * Decay begins to set in, while growth and vigour seek to maintain their hold. * The Kh’ien-lung editors approve a reading here, which means, instead of ‘no punishments,’ ‘no rash or hurried action.’
3* Decay begins to set in, while growth and vigour seek to maintain their hold. * The Kh’ien-lung editors approve a reading here, which means, instead of ‘no punishments,’ ‘no rash or hurried action.’ ‘ The ‘tree hibiscus’ is the ‘ hibiscus syriacus.’ The ‘ half-summer herb’ is medicinal. It is ‘white, with round seeds, and of a hot and pungent taste.’ T 2 276 THE Lf xt. BK. IY. 18. People may live in buildings high and bright. They may enjoy distant prospects. They may ascend hills and heights. They may occupy towers and lofty pavilions'. 19. If, in the second month of summer, the governmental proceedings of winter were observed, hail and cold would injure the grain; the roads would not be passable ; and violent assaults of war would come. If the proceedings proper to spring were observed, the grains would be late in ripening; all kinds of locusts would continually be appearing ; and there would be famine in the states. If those proper to autumn were observed, herbs and plants would drop their leaves ; fruits would ripen prematurely; and the people would be consumed by pestilence. Part III. 1. In the third month of summer the sun is in Lid, the constellation culminating at dusk being Kwo, and that culminating at dawn Khwei?* 2. Its days are ping and ting. Its divine ruler is Yen Tt, and the (assisting) spirit is A/d-yung. Its musical note is Kih, and its pitch-tube is Lin Kung’. ? At the beginning of this paragraph there should be—‘ In this month,’ * Lift comprehends 4, ¢, ¢, 7, 6, p, o, and » Hydre; Hwo is the same as Hsin, the fifth of the Chinese zodiacal constellations comprehending Antares, , r, and two c. 2584, 2587, Scorpio; Khwei (as stated above, p. 257) comprehends 8 (Mirac), , «, ¢, », », s of Andromeda, and some stars of Pisces. * The fourth of the tubes that give the six lower musical accords. SECT. I. PT. III. THE YUEH LING. 277 3. Its number is seven. Its taste is acrid. Its smell is that of things burning. Its sacrifice is that at the furnace ; and of the parts of the victim the lungs have the foremost place. 4. Gentle winds begin to blow. The cricket takes its place in the walls. (Young) hawks learn to practise (the ways of their parents). Decaying grass becomes fire-flies. 5. The son of Heaven occupies the apartment on the right of the Ming Thang (Fane); rides in the vermilion carriage, drawn by the red horses with black tails, and bearing the red flag. He is dressed in the red robes, and wears the carnation gems. He eats beans and fowls. The vessels which he uses are tall, (to resemble) the large growth (of things). 6. Orders are given to the master of the Fishermen to attack the alligator, to take the gavial, to present the tortoise, and to take the great turtle*. 7. Orders are given to the superintendent of the Meres to collect and send in the rushes available for use. 8. In this month orders are given to the four
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.
1He is dressed in the red robes, and wears the carnation gems. He eats beans and fowls. The vessels which he uses are tall, (to resemble) the large growth (of things). 6. They encourage the (continued) growth of what is strong and beautiful’. 7. In this month orders are given to the musicmasters to put in repair the hand-drums, smaller drums, and large drums; to adjust the lutes, large and small, the double flutes, and the pan-pipes; to teach the holding of the shields, pole-axes, lances, and plumes; to tune the organs, large and small, with their pipes and tongues ; and to put in order the bells, sonorous stones, the instrument to give the symbol for commencing, and the stopper’. 8. Orders are given to the (proper) officers to pray for the people and offer sacrifice to the (spirits of the) hills, streams, and all springs. (After that) comes the great summer sacrifice for rain to God, when all says it is the same as ‘the hundred Tongues;’ the Chinese mocking-bird. 1 K@ Hst would remove this paragraph to the thirteenth of the last Part. It seems to me to be in its proper place. * See vol. iii, p. 324. The stopper is represented thus :— It was made to sound by a metal rod drawn along the spinous back. I have seen a similar instrument, used for the same purpose, brought from Madras, [27] T 274 THE Lf gi. BK. IV. the instruments of music are employed. Then orders are given throughout all the districts to sacrifice to the various princes, high ministers, and officers who benefited the people; praying that there may be a good harvest of grain’. 9. The husbandmen present (the first-fruits of) their millet; and in this month the son of Heaven partakes of it along with pullets, and with cherries set forth beside them, first offering a portion in the apartment behind the ancestral temple. 10. The people are forbidden to cut down the indigo plant to use it in dyeing?, 11. Or to burn wood for charcoal, or to bleach cloth in the sun. 12. The gates of cities and villages should not be shut’, nor should vexatious inquiries be instituted at the barrier gates or in the markets.
210. The people are forbidden to cut down the indigo plant to use it in dyeing?, 11. Or to burn wood for charcoal, or to bleach cloth in the sun. 12. The gates of cities and villages should not be shut’, nor should vexatious inquiries be instituted at the barrier gates or in the markets. 1 The first and last of the three sacrificial services in the paragraph were subsidiary to the second, the great praying for rain to God by the sovereign; the motive is not mentioned in the text, but only he could conduct a service to God. Callery renders :— ‘En méme temps l’empereur invoque le ciel avec grand apparat (afin d’obtenir de la pluie), et cette cérémonie est accompagnée de grande musique.’ All Chinese commentators admit that the performer was the sovereign. Kang Khang-A#ang says: ‘For this sacrifice to God, they made an altar (or altars) by the side of the (grand altar in the) southern suburb, and sacrificed to the five essential (or elemental) gods with the former rulers as their assessors,’ But the K/ien-lung editors insist on the text’s having ‘ God,’ and not ‘five gods,’ and that the correct view is that the sacrifice was to the one God dwelling in the bright sky, or, as Williams renders the phrase, ‘the Shang Tt of the glorious heaven.’ * The plant would not yet be fully fit for use. ® Every facility should be afforded for the circulation of air during the summer heats. SECT. II. PT. I. THE YUEH LING. 275 13. Leniency should be shown to prisoners charged (even) with great crimes, and their allowance of food be increased}, 14. Impregnated mares are collected in herds by themselves, and the fiery stallions are tied up. The rules for the rearing of horses are given out. 15. In this month the longest day arrives. The influences in nature of darkness and decay and those of brightness and growth struggle together; the tendencies to death and life are divided*. Superior men give themselves to vigil and fasting. They keep retired in their houses, avoid all violent exercise, restrain their indulgence in music and beautiful sights, eschew the society of their wives, make their diet spare, use no piquant condiments, keep their desires under rule, and maintain their spirits free from excitement. The various magistrates keep things quiet and inflict no punishments *;—to bring about that state of settled quiet in which the influence of darkness and decay shall obtain its full development. 16. Deershedtheir horns. Cicadas begin to sing. The midsummer herb is produced. The tree hibiscus flowers‘, 17. In this month fires should not be lighted (out of doors) in the southern regions (of the country). 1 The leniency would be seen in the lightening of their fetters for one thing,—in consequence of the exhaustion produced by the season. * Decay begins to set in, while growth and vigour seek to maintain their hold. * The Kh’ien-lung editors approve a reading here, which means, instead of ‘no punishments,’ ‘no rash or hurried action.’
3* Decay begins to set in, while growth and vigour seek to maintain their hold. * The Kh’ien-lung editors approve a reading here, which means, instead of ‘no punishments,’ ‘no rash or hurried action.’ ‘ The ‘tree hibiscus’ is the ‘ hibiscus syriacus.’ The ‘ half-summer herb’ is medicinal. It is ‘white, with round seeds, and of a hot and pungent taste.’ T 2 276 THE Lf xt. BK. IY. 18. People may live in buildings high and bright. They may enjoy distant prospects. They may ascend hills and heights. They may occupy towers and lofty pavilions'. 19. If, in the second month of summer, the governmental proceedings of winter were observed, hail and cold would injure the grain; the roads would not be passable ; and violent assaults of war would come. If the proceedings proper to spring were observed, the grains would be late in ripening; all kinds of locusts would continually be appearing ; and there would be famine in the states. If those proper to autumn were observed, herbs and plants would drop their leaves ; fruits would ripen prematurely; and the people would be consumed by pestilence. Part III. 1. In the third month of summer the sun is in Lid, the constellation culminating at dusk being Kwo, and that culminating at dawn Khwei?* 2. Its days are ping and ting. Its divine ruler is Yen Tt, and the (assisting) spirit is A/d-yung. Its musical note is Kih, and its pitch-tube is Lin Kung’. ? At the beginning of this paragraph there should be—‘ In this month,’ * Lift comprehends 4, ¢, ¢, 7, 6, p, o, and » Hydre; Hwo is the same as Hsin, the fifth of the Chinese zodiacal constellations comprehending Antares, , r, and two c. 2584, 2587, Scorpio; Khwei (as stated above, p. 257) comprehends 8 (Mirac), , «, ¢, », », s of Andromeda, and some stars of Pisces. * The fourth of the tubes that give the six lower musical accords. SECT. I. PT. III. THE YUEH LING. 277 3. Its number is seven. Its taste is acrid. Its smell is that of things burning. Its sacrifice is that at the furnace ; and of the parts of the victim the lungs have the foremost place. 4. Gentle winds begin to blow. The cricket takes its place in the walls. (Young) hawks learn to practise (the ways of their parents). Decaying grass becomes fire-flies. 5. The son of Heaven occupies the apartment on the right of the Ming Thang (Fane); rides in the vermilion carriage, drawn by the red horses with black tails, and bearing the red flag. He is dressed in the red robes, and wears the carnation gems. He eats beans and fowls. The vessels which he uses are tall, (to resemble) the large growth (of things). 6. Orders are given to the master of the Fishermen to attack the alligator, to take the gavial, to present the tortoise, and to take the great turtle*. 7. Orders are given to the superintendent of the Meres to collect and send in the rushes available for use. 8. In this month orders are given to the four
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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