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115. In this month there should be no investing of princes, and no appointment of great ministers. There should be no dismemberment of any territory, no sending out on any great commission, and no issuing of great presents. 16. If, in this first month of autumn, the proceedings of government proper to winter were observed, then the dark and gloomy influence (of nature) would greatly prevail ; the shelly insects would destroy the grain; and warlike operations would be called for. If the proceedings proper to spring were observed, there would be droughts in the states ; the bright and growing influence would return; and the five kinds of grain would not yield their fruit. If the proceedings proper to summer were observed, there would be many calamities from fire in the states ; the cold and the heat would be subject to no rule; and there would be many fevers among the people. Part II, 1. In the second month of autumn the sun is in Kio, the constellation culminating at dusk being Khien-ni, and that culminating at dawn 3ze-hst’. 2. Its days are Aang and hsin. Its divine ruler 1 Kio corresponds to a (Spica) and ¢ of Virgo; Khien-nif (see on page 262) to certain stars in the neck of Aquila; and 3ze-hsf is said to be A Orion. SECT. Ill, PT. I. THE YUEH LING. 287 is ShAo HAo, and the (attending) spirit is Z0shAu. Its insects are the hairy. Its musical note is Shang, and its pitch-tube is Nan Lii'. 3. Its number is nine. Its taste is bitter. Its smell is rank. Its sacrifice is that of the gate; and of the parts of the victim the liver has the foremost place. 4 Sudden and violent winds come. The wild geese arrive’. The swallows return (whence they came)*. Tribes of birds store up provisions (for the future) ®. 5. The son of Heaven occupies the 3ung-#ang Grand Fane; rides in the war chariot, drawn by the white horses with black manes, and bearing the white flag. He is clothed in the white robes, and wears the white gems. He eats hemp-seed and dog’s flesh. The vessels which he uses are rectangular or cornered, and rather deep. 6. In this month they take especial care of the 1 Nan L4, ‘the southern spine,’ is the tube that gives the fifth of the lower musical accords. * The wild geese are now returning to their winter quarters, from which they had come in the first month of spring; see page 251. So with the swallows, who had appeared in the second month of spring ; see page 259. * This sentence is hardly translatable or intelligible. Some would read as in paragraph 95 of ‘the Brief Calendar of Hsia’
2So with the swallows, who had appeared in the second month of spring ; see page 259. * This sentence is hardly translatable or intelligible. Some would read as in paragraph 95 of ‘the Brief Calendar of Hsia’ (Ft B cA =| 8), translated by Professor Douglas: ‘The red birds (i.e. fire-flies) devour the white birds (i. e. mosquitoes),’ which he ingeniously supports by a reference to the habits of the fire-fly from Chambers’ Encyclopedia. But his translation of hsift by ‘devour’ is inadmissible. Wang Th4o says that this view is ‘chisseling.’ ‘Sparrows and other birds,’ he says, ‘now collect seeds of grapes and trees, and store them in their nests and holes against the time of rain and snow.’ 288 THE Lf xt. BK, Iv. decaying and old; give them stools and staves, and distribute supplies of congee for food. 7. Orders are given to the superintendent of robes to have ready the upper and lower dresses with their various ornaments. For the figures and embroidery on them there are fixed patterns. Their size, length, and dimensions must all be according to the old examples. For the caps and girdles (also) there are regular rules. 8. Orders are given to the proper officers to revise with strict accuracy (the laws about) the various punishments. Beheading*and (the other) capital executions must be according to (the crimes) without excess or defect. Excess or defect out of such proportion will bring on itself the judgment (of Heaven). 9. In this month orders are given to the officers of slaughter and prayer to go round among the victims for sacrifice, seeing that they are entire and complete, examining their fodder and grain, inspecting their condition as fat or thin, and judging of their looks. They must arrange them according to their classes. In measuring their size, and looking at the length (of their horns), they must have them according to the (assigned) measures. When all these points are as they ought to be, God will accept the sacrifices}. 10. The son of Heaven performs the ceremonies against pestilence, to secure development for the (healthy) airs of autumn. 11. He eats the hemp-seed (which is now pre- ' Kang says here: ‘And if God accept them, of course there is no other spirit that will not do so.’ SECT. Ill, PT. 11. THE YUEH LING. 289 sented) along with dog’s flesh, first offering some in the apartment at the back of the ancestral temple. 12, In this month it is allowable to rear city and suburban walls, to establish cities and towns, to dig underground passages and grain-pits, and to repair granaries, round and square. 13. Orders are given to the proper officers to be urgent with the people, and (to finish) receiving their contributions and storing them. They should do their best to accumulate (large) stores of vegetables and other things. 14. They should (also) stimulate the wheat-sowing. (The husbandmen) should not be allowed to miss the proper time for the operation. Any who do so shall be punished without fail.
3They should do their best to accumulate (large) stores of vegetables and other things. 14. They should (also) stimulate the wheat-sowing. (The husbandmen) should not be allowed to miss the proper time for the operation. Any who do so shall be punished without fail. 15. In this month day and night are equal. The ‘thunder begins to restrain its voice. Insects stop up the entrances to their burrows. The influence to decay and death gradually increases. That of brightness and growth daily diminishes. The waters begin to dry up. 16. At the equinox, they make uniform the measures of length and capacity; equalise the steelyards and their weights; rectify the weights of 30 and 120 catties; and adjust the pecks and bushels. 17. In this month they regulate and reduce the charges at the frontier gates and in the markets, to encourage the resort of both regular and travelling traders, and the receipt of goods and money ; for the convenience of the business of the people. When merchants and others collect from all quarters, and come from the most distant parts, then the resources (of the government) do not fail. There is no want (27] U 290 ' THE Lf xt. BK. IV. of means for its use; and all things proceed prosperously. 18. In commencing great undertakings, there should be no opposition to the great periods (for them) as defined (by the motion of the sun). They must be conformed to the times (as thereby marked out), and particular attention paid to the nature of each}, 19. If inthis second month of autumn the proceedings proper to spring were observed, the autumnal 1 Callery translates this paragraph by: ‘Toute personne ayant une chose importante 4 accomplir ne doit pas se mettre en opposition avec les grands principes (yin et yang); il doit se conformer au temps (propre & agir; mais il doit aussi) bien examiner la nature méme de I’entreprise.’ He appends to this the following note :—‘ Les deux principes yin et yang auxquels se rapportent tous les étres, ayant tour-d-tour la prédominance dans certaines époques de l’année, le temps convenable pour une chose quelconque est celui auquel prédomine le principe dont cette chose dépend par son affinité naturelle. Ainsi, par exemple, les travaux de terrassement et de construction conviennent en automne, parce que le principe yin dont ils dépendent est en progrés pendant Yautomne. Néanmoins, de ce que cette époque de l’année est favorable sous ce point de vue, il ne s’ensuit pas que toute entreprise de construction faite en automne soit avantageuse en elleméme; une foule de circonstances peuvent la rendre ruineuse, et c’est 4 l’entrepreneur de bien l’examiner, abstraction faite de la saison.’
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.
115. In this month there should be no investing of princes, and no appointment of great ministers. There should be no dismemberment of any territory, no sending out on any great commission, and no issuing of great presents. 16. If, in this first month of autumn, the proceedings of government proper to winter were observed, then the dark and gloomy influence (of nature) would greatly prevail ; the shelly insects would destroy the grain; and warlike operations would be called for. If the proceedings proper to spring were observed, there would be droughts in the states ; the bright and growing influence would return; and the five kinds of grain would not yield their fruit. If the proceedings proper to summer were observed, there would be many calamities from fire in the states ; the cold and the heat would be subject to no rule; and there would be many fevers among the people. Part II, 1. In the second month of autumn the sun is in Kio, the constellation culminating at dusk being Khien-ni, and that culminating at dawn 3ze-hst’. 2. Its days are Aang and hsin. Its divine ruler 1 Kio corresponds to a (Spica) and ¢ of Virgo; Khien-nif (see on page 262) to certain stars in the neck of Aquila; and 3ze-hsf is said to be A Orion. SECT. Ill, PT. I. THE YUEH LING. 287 is ShAo HAo, and the (attending) spirit is Z0shAu. Its insects are the hairy. Its musical note is Shang, and its pitch-tube is Nan Lii'. 3. Its number is nine. Its taste is bitter. Its smell is rank. Its sacrifice is that of the gate; and of the parts of the victim the liver has the foremost place. 4 Sudden and violent winds come. The wild geese arrive’. The swallows return (whence they came)*. Tribes of birds store up provisions (for the future) ®. 5. The son of Heaven occupies the 3ung-#ang Grand Fane; rides in the war chariot, drawn by the white horses with black manes, and bearing the white flag. He is clothed in the white robes, and wears the white gems. He eats hemp-seed and dog’s flesh. The vessels which he uses are rectangular or cornered, and rather deep. 6. In this month they take especial care of the 1 Nan L4, ‘the southern spine,’ is the tube that gives the fifth of the lower musical accords. * The wild geese are now returning to their winter quarters, from which they had come in the first month of spring; see page 251. So with the swallows, who had appeared in the second month of spring ; see page 259. * This sentence is hardly translatable or intelligible. Some would read as in paragraph 95 of ‘the Brief Calendar of Hsia’
2So with the swallows, who had appeared in the second month of spring ; see page 259. * This sentence is hardly translatable or intelligible. Some would read as in paragraph 95 of ‘the Brief Calendar of Hsia’ (Ft B cA =| 8), translated by Professor Douglas: ‘The red birds (i.e. fire-flies) devour the white birds (i. e. mosquitoes),’ which he ingeniously supports by a reference to the habits of the fire-fly from Chambers’ Encyclopedia. But his translation of hsift by ‘devour’ is inadmissible. Wang Th4o says that this view is ‘chisseling.’ ‘Sparrows and other birds,’ he says, ‘now collect seeds of grapes and trees, and store them in their nests and holes against the time of rain and snow.’ 288 THE Lf xt. BK, Iv. decaying and old; give them stools and staves, and distribute supplies of congee for food. 7. Orders are given to the superintendent of robes to have ready the upper and lower dresses with their various ornaments. For the figures and embroidery on them there are fixed patterns. Their size, length, and dimensions must all be according to the old examples. For the caps and girdles (also) there are regular rules. 8. Orders are given to the proper officers to revise with strict accuracy (the laws about) the various punishments. Beheading*and (the other) capital executions must be according to (the crimes) without excess or defect. Excess or defect out of such proportion will bring on itself the judgment (of Heaven). 9. In this month orders are given to the officers of slaughter and prayer to go round among the victims for sacrifice, seeing that they are entire and complete, examining their fodder and grain, inspecting their condition as fat or thin, and judging of their looks. They must arrange them according to their classes. In measuring their size, and looking at the length (of their horns), they must have them according to the (assigned) measures. When all these points are as they ought to be, God will accept the sacrifices}. 10. The son of Heaven performs the ceremonies against pestilence, to secure development for the (healthy) airs of autumn. 11. He eats the hemp-seed (which is now pre- ' Kang says here: ‘And if God accept them, of course there is no other spirit that will not do so.’ SECT. Ill, PT. 11. THE YUEH LING. 289 sented) along with dog’s flesh, first offering some in the apartment at the back of the ancestral temple. 12, In this month it is allowable to rear city and suburban walls, to establish cities and towns, to dig underground passages and grain-pits, and to repair granaries, round and square. 13. Orders are given to the proper officers to be urgent with the people, and (to finish) receiving their contributions and storing them. They should do their best to accumulate (large) stores of vegetables and other things. 14. They should (also) stimulate the wheat-sowing. (The husbandmen) should not be allowed to miss the proper time for the operation. Any who do so shall be punished without fail.
3They should do their best to accumulate (large) stores of vegetables and other things. 14. They should (also) stimulate the wheat-sowing. (The husbandmen) should not be allowed to miss the proper time for the operation. Any who do so shall be punished without fail. 15. In this month day and night are equal. The ‘thunder begins to restrain its voice. Insects stop up the entrances to their burrows. The influence to decay and death gradually increases. That of brightness and growth daily diminishes. The waters begin to dry up. 16. At the equinox, they make uniform the measures of length and capacity; equalise the steelyards and their weights; rectify the weights of 30 and 120 catties; and adjust the pecks and bushels. 17. In this month they regulate and reduce the charges at the frontier gates and in the markets, to encourage the resort of both regular and travelling traders, and the receipt of goods and money ; for the convenience of the business of the people. When merchants and others collect from all quarters, and come from the most distant parts, then the resources (of the government) do not fail. There is no want (27] U 290 ' THE Lf xt. BK. IV. of means for its use; and all things proceed prosperously. 18. In commencing great undertakings, there should be no opposition to the great periods (for them) as defined (by the motion of the sun). They must be conformed to the times (as thereby marked out), and particular attention paid to the nature of each}, 19. If inthis second month of autumn the proceedings proper to spring were observed, the autumnal 1 Callery translates this paragraph by: ‘Toute personne ayant une chose importante 4 accomplir ne doit pas se mettre en opposition avec les grands principes (yin et yang); il doit se conformer au temps (propre & agir; mais il doit aussi) bien examiner la nature méme de I’entreprise.’ He appends to this the following note :—‘ Les deux principes yin et yang auxquels se rapportent tous les étres, ayant tour-d-tour la prédominance dans certaines époques de l’année, le temps convenable pour une chose quelconque est celui auquel prédomine le principe dont cette chose dépend par son affinité naturelle. Ainsi, par exemple, les travaux de terrassement et de construction conviennent en automne, parce que le principe yin dont ils dépendent est en progrés pendant Yautomne. Néanmoins, de ce que cette époque de l’année est favorable sous ce point de vue, il ne s’ensuit pas que toute entreprise de construction faite en automne soit avantageuse en elleméme; une foule de circonstances peuvent la rendre ruineuse, et c’est 4 l’entrepreneur de bien l’examiner, abstraction faite de la saison.’
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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