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115. Then the son of Heaven, in his martial ornaments, with his bow in one hand, and the arrows under the armpit of the other, proceeds to hunt. (Finally), he gives orders to the superintendent of Sacrifices, to offer some of the captured game to (the spirits of) the four quarters. 16. In this month the plants and trees become yellow and their leaves fall, on which the branches are cut down to make charcoal. 17. Insects in their burrows all try to push deeper, and from within plaster up the entrances. In accordance with (the season), they hurry on the decision and punishment of criminal cases, wishing not to leave them any longer undealt with. They call in emoluments that have been assigned incorrectly, and minister to those whose means are insufficient for their wants. 18, In this month the son of Heaven eats dog’s flesh and rice, first presenting some in the apartment at the back of the ancestral temple. 1g. If, in this last month of autumn, the proceedings proper to summer were observed, there would be great floods in the states; the winter stores would be injured and damaged ; there would be many colds and catarrhs among the people. If those proper to winter were observed, there would be many thieves and robbers in the states ; the borders would be unquiet ; and portions of territory would be torn from the rest. If those proper to spring were observed, the warm airs would come; the energies of the people would be relaxed and languid; and the troops would be kept moving about. 2096 THE Li ai. BK. Iv. Section IV. Part I. 1. In the first month of winter the sun is in Wei, the constellation culminating at dusk being Wei, and the constellation culminating at dawn A4ihhsing?. 2. Its days are the zin and kwei., 3. Its divine ruler is Kwan-hsi, and the (attending) spirit is Hstian-ming*. 4. Its creatures are the shell-covered. 5. Its musical note is Yii, and its pitch-tube is Ying Kung’. 6. Its number is six. Its taste is salt. Its smell is that of things that are rotten. 7. Its sacrifice is that at (the altar of) the path, and 1 Wei (FR) comprehends ¢, » Scorpio; Wei (f& as on page 272) corresponds to stars in Aquarius and Pegasus. A‘ih Hsing (as on p. 262) corresponds to stars in Hydra. 2? Kwan-hstt is the dynastic designation of the grandson of Hwang Ti, the commencement of whose reign is assigned in B.C. 2510. He is known also by the personal designation of K 4oyang, from the name of his second capital. Among the elements his reign is assigned to water, and thence to the north; and hence the designation of his minister as Hstian-ming, ‘the dark and mysterious,’ who was called Hsit (fff) and Hst (8%), and is said to have been a son of Sh4o H4o. ® Yu is the fifth of the notes of the scale; and Ying Aung, ‘the responsive tube,’ the name of the last of the tubes giving the six lower musica] accords. SECT. IV. PT. I. THE YUEH LING. 297 among the parts of the victim the kidneys have the foremost place ?.
2® Yu is the fifth of the notes of the scale; and Ying Aung, ‘the responsive tube,’ the name of the last of the tubes giving the six lower musica] accords. SECT. IV. PT. I. THE YUEH LING. 297 among the parts of the victim the kidneys have the foremost place ?. 8. Water begins to congeal. The earth begins to be penetrated by the cold. Pheasants enter the great water and become large mollusks*. Rainbows are hidden and do not appear. 9. The son of Heaven occupies the apartment on the left of the Hsiian Thang (Fane); rides in the dark-coloured carriage, drawn by the iron black horses, and bearing the dark-coloured flag ; is dressed in the black robes, and wears the dark-coloured jade. He eats millet and sucking-pig. The vessels which he uses are large and rather deep. 10. In this month there takes place the inauguration of winter. Three days before this ceremony, the Grand recorder informs the son of Heaven, saying, ‘On such-and-such a day is the inauguration of winter. The character of the season is fully seen in 1 This altar was outside the gate leading to the ancestral temple, on the west of it. Many say that here was the ‘ well’ supplying the water used for the temple, and would read zang (Ff) for hsing ( 47). * The ‘great water’ here is said in the ‘ Narratives of the States’ (Book XV) to be the Hw4i. The £44n is said to be a large species of the £o, into which small birds are transformed (p. 292). Ofcourse the transmutation of the pheasants into these is absurd. Professor Douglas has found in a Chinese Enclyclopedia a statement that khin is sometimes an equivalent of phi 10 (635 jx) ‘sweet flags and rushes.’ The 1, however, is sometimes read 16, and said to have the same sound and meaning as i, ‘a spiral univalve ;’ but the great objection to Professor Douglas’ view is the meaning he puts on the By as pointed out on p. 292. The text cannot be construed as he proposes, 298 THE Lf xt. BK. IV. - water.’ On this the son of Heaven devotes himself to self-adjustment ; and on the day of the inauguration he leads in person the three ducal ministers, the nine high ministers, and his Great officers to meet the winter in the northern suburbs. On his return he rewards (the descendants of) those who died in the service (of the kingdom), and shows his compassion to orphans and widows. 11. In this month orders are given to the Grand recorder to smear with blood the tortoise-shells and divining stalks’, and by interpreting the indications of the former and examining the figures formed by the latter, to determine the good and evil of their intimations. (In this way) all flattery and partizanship in the interpretation of them (will become clear), and the crime of the operators be brought home. No concealment or deceit will be allowed. 12. In this month the son of Heaven sets the example of wearing furs.
3(In this way) all flattery and partizanship in the interpretation of them (will become clear), and the crime of the operators be brought home. No concealment or deceit will be allowed. 12. In this month the son of Heaven sets the example of wearing furs. 13. Orders are issued to the proper officers in the words :—‘ The airs of heaven are ascended on high, and those of earth have descended beneath. There is no intercommunion of heaven and earth. All is shut up and winter is completely formed.’ 14. Orders are given to all the officers to cover up carefully the stores (of their departments). The minister of Instruction is also ordered to go round (among the people and see) that they have formed their stores, and that nothing is left ungathered. 15. The city and suburban walls are put in good ' See in Mencius, I, 7, 4, on the consecration of a bell by smearing parts of it with blood. SECT. IV. PT. I. THE YUEH LING. 299 repair; the gates of towns and villages are looked after ; bolts and nuts are put to rights ; locks and keys are carefully attended to; the field-boundaries are strengthened ; the frontiers are well secured ; important defiles are thoroughly defended; passes and bridges are carefully seen after; and narrow ways and cross-paths are shut up. 16. The rules for mourning are revised ; the distinctions of the upper and lower garments are defined; the thickness of the inner.and outer coffins is decided on; with the size, height and other dimensions of graves. The measures for all these things are assigned, with the degrees and differences in them according to rank. 17. In this month orders are given to the chief Director of works to prepare a memorial on the work of the artificers; setting forth especially the sacrificial vessels with the measures and capacity (of them and all others), and seeing that there be no licentious ingenuity in the workmanship which might introduce an element of dissipation into the minds of superiors ; and making the suitability of the article the first consideration. Every article should have its maker's name engraved on it, for the determination of its genuineness. When the production is not what it ought to be, the artificer should be held guilty and an end be thus put to deception. 18, In this month there is the great festivity when they drink together, and each of the stands bears half its animal roasted’. 1 Wang Tho understands this paragraph as meaning that at this season all, both high and low, feast in expression and augmentation of their joy. The characters will bear this inter- 300 THE Lf xi. BK. IV.
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. Then the son of Heaven, in his martial ornaments, with his bow in one hand, and the arrows under the armpit of the other, proceeds to hunt. (Finally), he gives orders to the superintendent of Sacrifices, to offer some of the captured game to (the spirits of) the four quarters. 16. In this month the plants and trees become yellow and their leaves fall, on which the branches are cut down to make charcoal. 17. Insects in their burrows all try to push deeper, and from within plaster up the entrances. In accordance with (the season), they hurry on the decision and punishment of criminal cases, wishing not to leave them any longer undealt with. They call in emoluments that have been assigned incorrectly, and minister to those whose means are insufficient for their wants. 18, In this month the son of Heaven eats dog’s flesh and rice, first presenting some in the apartment at the back of the ancestral temple. 1g. If, in this last month of autumn, the proceedings proper to summer were observed, there would be great floods in the states; the winter stores would be injured and damaged ; there would be many colds and catarrhs among the people. If those proper to winter were observed, there would be many thieves and robbers in the states ; the borders would be unquiet ; and portions of territory would be torn from the rest. If those proper to spring were observed, the warm airs would come; the energies of the people would be relaxed and languid; and the troops would be kept moving about. 2096 THE Li ai. BK. Iv. Section IV. Part I. 1. In the first month of winter the sun is in Wei, the constellation culminating at dusk being Wei, and the constellation culminating at dawn A4ihhsing?. 2. Its days are the zin and kwei., 3. Its divine ruler is Kwan-hsi, and the (attending) spirit is Hstian-ming*. 4. Its creatures are the shell-covered. 5. Its musical note is Yii, and its pitch-tube is Ying Kung’. 6. Its number is six. Its taste is salt. Its smell is that of things that are rotten. 7. Its sacrifice is that at (the altar of) the path, and 1 Wei (FR) comprehends ¢, » Scorpio; Wei (f& as on page 272) corresponds to stars in Aquarius and Pegasus. A‘ih Hsing (as on p. 262) corresponds to stars in Hydra. 2? Kwan-hstt is the dynastic designation of the grandson of Hwang Ti, the commencement of whose reign is assigned in B.C. 2510. He is known also by the personal designation of K 4oyang, from the name of his second capital. Among the elements his reign is assigned to water, and thence to the north; and hence the designation of his minister as Hstian-ming, ‘the dark and mysterious,’ who was called Hsit (fff) and Hst (8%), and is said to have been a son of Sh4o H4o. ® Yu is the fifth of the notes of the scale; and Ying Aung, ‘the responsive tube,’ the name of the last of the tubes giving the six lower musica] accords. SECT. IV. PT. I. THE YUEH LING. 297 among the parts of the victim the kidneys have the foremost place ?.
2® Yu is the fifth of the notes of the scale; and Ying Aung, ‘the responsive tube,’ the name of the last of the tubes giving the six lower musica] accords. SECT. IV. PT. I. THE YUEH LING. 297 among the parts of the victim the kidneys have the foremost place ?. 8. Water begins to congeal. The earth begins to be penetrated by the cold. Pheasants enter the great water and become large mollusks*. Rainbows are hidden and do not appear. 9. The son of Heaven occupies the apartment on the left of the Hsiian Thang (Fane); rides in the dark-coloured carriage, drawn by the iron black horses, and bearing the dark-coloured flag ; is dressed in the black robes, and wears the dark-coloured jade. He eats millet and sucking-pig. The vessels which he uses are large and rather deep. 10. In this month there takes place the inauguration of winter. Three days before this ceremony, the Grand recorder informs the son of Heaven, saying, ‘On such-and-such a day is the inauguration of winter. The character of the season is fully seen in 1 This altar was outside the gate leading to the ancestral temple, on the west of it. Many say that here was the ‘ well’ supplying the water used for the temple, and would read zang (Ff) for hsing ( 47). * The ‘great water’ here is said in the ‘ Narratives of the States’ (Book XV) to be the Hw4i. The £44n is said to be a large species of the £o, into which small birds are transformed (p. 292). Ofcourse the transmutation of the pheasants into these is absurd. Professor Douglas has found in a Chinese Enclyclopedia a statement that khin is sometimes an equivalent of phi 10 (635 jx) ‘sweet flags and rushes.’ The 1, however, is sometimes read 16, and said to have the same sound and meaning as i, ‘a spiral univalve ;’ but the great objection to Professor Douglas’ view is the meaning he puts on the By as pointed out on p. 292. The text cannot be construed as he proposes, 298 THE Lf xt. BK. IV. - water.’ On this the son of Heaven devotes himself to self-adjustment ; and on the day of the inauguration he leads in person the three ducal ministers, the nine high ministers, and his Great officers to meet the winter in the northern suburbs. On his return he rewards (the descendants of) those who died in the service (of the kingdom), and shows his compassion to orphans and widows. 11. In this month orders are given to the Grand recorder to smear with blood the tortoise-shells and divining stalks’, and by interpreting the indications of the former and examining the figures formed by the latter, to determine the good and evil of their intimations. (In this way) all flattery and partizanship in the interpretation of them (will become clear), and the crime of the operators be brought home. No concealment or deceit will be allowed. 12. In this month the son of Heaven sets the example of wearing furs.
3(In this way) all flattery and partizanship in the interpretation of them (will become clear), and the crime of the operators be brought home. No concealment or deceit will be allowed. 12. In this month the son of Heaven sets the example of wearing furs. 13. Orders are issued to the proper officers in the words :—‘ The airs of heaven are ascended on high, and those of earth have descended beneath. There is no intercommunion of heaven and earth. All is shut up and winter is completely formed.’ 14. Orders are given to all the officers to cover up carefully the stores (of their departments). The minister of Instruction is also ordered to go round (among the people and see) that they have formed their stores, and that nothing is left ungathered. 15. The city and suburban walls are put in good ' See in Mencius, I, 7, 4, on the consecration of a bell by smearing parts of it with blood. SECT. IV. PT. I. THE YUEH LING. 299 repair; the gates of towns and villages are looked after ; bolts and nuts are put to rights ; locks and keys are carefully attended to; the field-boundaries are strengthened ; the frontiers are well secured ; important defiles are thoroughly defended; passes and bridges are carefully seen after; and narrow ways and cross-paths are shut up. 16. The rules for mourning are revised ; the distinctions of the upper and lower garments are defined; the thickness of the inner.and outer coffins is decided on; with the size, height and other dimensions of graves. The measures for all these things are assigned, with the degrees and differences in them according to rank. 17. In this month orders are given to the chief Director of works to prepare a memorial on the work of the artificers; setting forth especially the sacrificial vessels with the measures and capacity (of them and all others), and seeing that there be no licentious ingenuity in the workmanship which might introduce an element of dissipation into the minds of superiors ; and making the suitability of the article the first consideration. Every article should have its maker's name engraved on it, for the determination of its genuineness. When the production is not what it ought to be, the artificer should be held guilty and an end be thus put to deception. 18, In this month there is the great festivity when they drink together, and each of the stands bears half its animal roasted’. 1 Wang Tho understands this paragraph as meaning that at this season all, both high and low, feast in expression and augmentation of their joy. The characters will bear this inter- 300 THE Lf xi. BK. IV.
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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