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11 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. 19. The son of Heaven prays for (a blessing on) the coming year to the Honoured ones of heaven ; sacrifices with an ox, a ram, and a boar at the public altar to the spirits of the land, and at the gates of towns and villages; offers the sacrifice three days after the winter solstice with the spoils of the chase to all ancestors, and at the five (household) sacrifices ; —thus cheering the husbandmen and helping them to rest from their toils’. 20. The son of Heaven orders his leaders and commanders to give instruction on military opera- pretation. The 44ng, of the text however, has also the meaning which appears in the translation; though on that view the statement is not so general. See the ‘Narratives of the States,’ I, 1 The most common view seems to be that we have here the various parts of one sacrificial service, three days after the winter solstice, called Aa (iff), in the time of K4u, and 14 (fg), in that of Khin. While the son of Heaven performed these services, it must have been at different places in the capital I suppose, analogous and modified services were celebrated generally throughout the kingdom. There is no agreement as to who are intended by ‘ the Honoured ones of heaven.’ Many hold that they are ‘the six Honoured ones,’ to whom Shun is said to have sacrificed in the second part of the Shi King. But the Khien-lung editors contend that the want of ‘six’ is a fatal objection to this view. K4&o YQ, supposing the six Honoured ones to be meant, argued that ‘heaven, earth, and the four seasons’ were intended by them,—those seasons co-operating with heaven and earth in the production of all things; but the same editors show, from the passages in the Shf, that heaven can in no sense be included among the six Honoured ones. They do not say, however, who or what is intended by the designation in the text. The 14 in the paragraph is taken in a pregnant sense, as if it were lieh (7g, and not AS). meaning ‘to sacrifice with the spoils of the chase.’ SECT. IV. PT. Il. THE YUEH LING. 301 tions, and to exercise (the soldiers) in archery and chariot-driving, and in trials of strength. 21. In this month orders are given to the superintendent of waters and the master of fishermen to collect the revenues from rivers, springs, ponds, and meres, taking care not to encroach in any way on any among the myriads of the people, so as to awaken a feeling of dissatisfaction in them against the son of Heaven. If they do this, they shall be punished for their guilt without forgiveness.
2If they do this, they shall be punished for their guilt without forgiveness. 22. If, in the first month of winter, the proceedings of government’ proper to spring were observed, the cold that shuts up all beneath it would not do so tightly ; the vapours of the earth would rise up and go abroad; many of the people would wander away and disappear. If those proper to summer were observed, there would be many violent winds in the states ; winter itself would not be cold; and insects would come forth again from their burrows. If those proper to autumn were observed, the snow and hoarfrost would come unseasonably ; small military affairs would constantly be arising; and incursions and loss of territory would occur. Part II, 1. In the second month of winter the sun is in Tu, the constellation culminating at dusk being the eastern Pi, and that culminating at dawn Aan}. 1 Téu comprehends {¢, A, », o, 7, > of Sagittarius; the eastern Pi, the fourteenth of the Chinese constellations, consists of Algenib or y Pegasus, and a of Andromeda; Xan is the last of the constellations, and contains §, y, 8, and e of Corvus. 302 THE Lf xf. BK, IV. 2. Its days are zin and kwei. Its divine ruler is Awan-hsii, and the (attending) spirit is Hstian-ming. Its creatures are the shell-covered. Its musical note is Yii, and its pitch-tube is Hwang AKung!. 3. Its number is six. Its taste is salt. Its smell is that of things that are rotten. Its sacrifice is that at (the altar of) the path, and of the parts of the victim the kidneys have the foremost place. 4. The ice becomes more strong. The earth begins to crack or split. The night bird ceases to sing. Tigers begin to pair’. 5. The son of Heaven occupies the Grand Fane Hsiian Thang; rides in the dark-coloured carriage, drawn by the iron black horses, and bearing the darkcoloured flag. He is dressed in the black robes, and wears the dark-coloured gems of jade. He eats millet and sucking-pig. The vessels which he uses are large and rather deep. 6. All things relating to the dead are revised and regulated’, 7. Orders are given to the proper officer to the following effect*:—‘ There should nothing be done itt 1 See page 281, paragraph 5. 3 «The earth begins to crack;’ some say from the increasing intensity of the cold; others from the warmth which has begun to return, The returning warmth is indicated by the undivided line with which Fi, the hexagram of the eleventh month, commences— ‘The night bird’ sings during the night till the dawn; ‘a hill bird, like a fowl.’ ® See paragraph 16, page 299. The paragraph may be inadvertently introduced here. ‘ «The proper officer’ here is said to be ‘the minister of Instruction,’ or ‘ the officer of the People.’ SECT. IV. PT. II. THE YUEH LING. 303
3The paragraph may be inadvertently introduced here. ‘ «The proper officer’ here is said to be ‘the minister of Instruction,’ or ‘ the officer of the People.’ SECT. IV. PT. II. THE YUEH LING. 303 works of earth; care should be taken not to expose anything that is covered, nor to throw open apartments and houses, and rouse the masses to action; —that all may be kept securely shut up. (Otherwise) the genial influences of earth will find vent, which might be called a throwing open of the house of heaven and earth. In this case all insects would die ; and the people be sure to fall ill from pestilence, and various losses would ensue.’ This charge is said to be giving full development to the (idea of the) month. 8. In this month orders are given to the Director of the eunuchs to issue afresh the orders for the palace, to examine all the doors, inner and outer, and look carefully after all the apartments. They must be kept strictly shut. All woman’s-work must be diminished, and none of an extravagant nature permitted. Though noble and nearly related friends should come to visit the inmates, they must all be excluded. 9. Orders are given to the Grand superintendent of the preparation of liquors to see that the rice and other glutinous grains are all complete; that the leaven-cakes are in season; that the soaking and heating are cleanly conducted; that the water be fragrant; that the vessels of pottery be good; and ’ that the regulation of the fire be right. These six things have all to be attended to, and the Grand superintendent has the inspection of them, to secure that there be no error or mistake. 10. The son of Heaven issues orders to the proper officers to pray and sacrifice to (the spirits presiding over) the four seas, the great rivers (with 304 THE Lf xt. BK. IV. their) famous sources, the deep tarns, and the meres, (all) wells and springs’. 11. In this month, if the husbandmen have any productions in the fields, which they have not stored or collected, or if there be any horses, oxen or other animals, which have been left at large, any one may take them without its being inquired into. 12. If there be those who are able to take from the hills and forests, marshes and meres, edible fruits?, or to capture game by hunting, the wardens and foresters should give them the necessary information and guidance. If there be among them those who encroach on or rob the others, they should be punished without fail. 13. In this month the shortest day arrives. The principle of darkness and decay (in nature) struggles with that of brightness and growth®. The elements of life begin to move. Superior men give themselves to self-adjustment and fasting. They keep retired in their houses. They wish to be at rest in their
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.
11 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. 19. The son of Heaven prays for (a blessing on) the coming year to the Honoured ones of heaven ; sacrifices with an ox, a ram, and a boar at the public altar to the spirits of the land, and at the gates of towns and villages; offers the sacrifice three days after the winter solstice with the spoils of the chase to all ancestors, and at the five (household) sacrifices ; —thus cheering the husbandmen and helping them to rest from their toils’. 20. The son of Heaven orders his leaders and commanders to give instruction on military opera- pretation. The 44ng, of the text however, has also the meaning which appears in the translation; though on that view the statement is not so general. See the ‘Narratives of the States,’ I, 1 The most common view seems to be that we have here the various parts of one sacrificial service, three days after the winter solstice, called Aa (iff), in the time of K4u, and 14 (fg), in that of Khin. While the son of Heaven performed these services, it must have been at different places in the capital I suppose, analogous and modified services were celebrated generally throughout the kingdom. There is no agreement as to who are intended by ‘ the Honoured ones of heaven.’ Many hold that they are ‘the six Honoured ones,’ to whom Shun is said to have sacrificed in the second part of the Shi King. But the Khien-lung editors contend that the want of ‘six’ is a fatal objection to this view. K4&o YQ, supposing the six Honoured ones to be meant, argued that ‘heaven, earth, and the four seasons’ were intended by them,—those seasons co-operating with heaven and earth in the production of all things; but the same editors show, from the passages in the Shf, that heaven can in no sense be included among the six Honoured ones. They do not say, however, who or what is intended by the designation in the text. The 14 in the paragraph is taken in a pregnant sense, as if it were lieh (7g, and not AS). meaning ‘to sacrifice with the spoils of the chase.’ SECT. IV. PT. Il. THE YUEH LING. 301 tions, and to exercise (the soldiers) in archery and chariot-driving, and in trials of strength. 21. In this month orders are given to the superintendent of waters and the master of fishermen to collect the revenues from rivers, springs, ponds, and meres, taking care not to encroach in any way on any among the myriads of the people, so as to awaken a feeling of dissatisfaction in them against the son of Heaven. If they do this, they shall be punished for their guilt without forgiveness.
2If they do this, they shall be punished for their guilt without forgiveness. 22. If, in the first month of winter, the proceedings of government’ proper to spring were observed, the cold that shuts up all beneath it would not do so tightly ; the vapours of the earth would rise up and go abroad; many of the people would wander away and disappear. If those proper to summer were observed, there would be many violent winds in the states ; winter itself would not be cold; and insects would come forth again from their burrows. If those proper to autumn were observed, the snow and hoarfrost would come unseasonably ; small military affairs would constantly be arising; and incursions and loss of territory would occur. Part II, 1. In the second month of winter the sun is in Tu, the constellation culminating at dusk being the eastern Pi, and that culminating at dawn Aan}. 1 Téu comprehends {¢, A, », o, 7, > of Sagittarius; the eastern Pi, the fourteenth of the Chinese constellations, consists of Algenib or y Pegasus, and a of Andromeda; Xan is the last of the constellations, and contains §, y, 8, and e of Corvus. 302 THE Lf xf. BK, IV. 2. Its days are zin and kwei. Its divine ruler is Awan-hsii, and the (attending) spirit is Hstian-ming. Its creatures are the shell-covered. Its musical note is Yii, and its pitch-tube is Hwang AKung!. 3. Its number is six. Its taste is salt. Its smell is that of things that are rotten. Its sacrifice is that at (the altar of) the path, and of the parts of the victim the kidneys have the foremost place. 4. The ice becomes more strong. The earth begins to crack or split. The night bird ceases to sing. Tigers begin to pair’. 5. The son of Heaven occupies the Grand Fane Hsiian Thang; rides in the dark-coloured carriage, drawn by the iron black horses, and bearing the darkcoloured flag. He is dressed in the black robes, and wears the dark-coloured gems of jade. He eats millet and sucking-pig. The vessels which he uses are large and rather deep. 6. All things relating to the dead are revised and regulated’, 7. Orders are given to the proper officer to the following effect*:—‘ There should nothing be done itt 1 See page 281, paragraph 5. 3 «The earth begins to crack;’ some say from the increasing intensity of the cold; others from the warmth which has begun to return, The returning warmth is indicated by the undivided line with which Fi, the hexagram of the eleventh month, commences— ‘The night bird’ sings during the night till the dawn; ‘a hill bird, like a fowl.’ ® See paragraph 16, page 299. The paragraph may be inadvertently introduced here. ‘ «The proper officer’ here is said to be ‘the minister of Instruction,’ or ‘ the officer of the People.’ SECT. IV. PT. II. THE YUEH LING. 303
3The paragraph may be inadvertently introduced here. ‘ «The proper officer’ here is said to be ‘the minister of Instruction,’ or ‘ the officer of the People.’ SECT. IV. PT. II. THE YUEH LING. 303 works of earth; care should be taken not to expose anything that is covered, nor to throw open apartments and houses, and rouse the masses to action; —that all may be kept securely shut up. (Otherwise) the genial influences of earth will find vent, which might be called a throwing open of the house of heaven and earth. In this case all insects would die ; and the people be sure to fall ill from pestilence, and various losses would ensue.’ This charge is said to be giving full development to the (idea of the) month. 8. In this month orders are given to the Director of the eunuchs to issue afresh the orders for the palace, to examine all the doors, inner and outer, and look carefully after all the apartments. They must be kept strictly shut. All woman’s-work must be diminished, and none of an extravagant nature permitted. Though noble and nearly related friends should come to visit the inmates, they must all be excluded. 9. Orders are given to the Grand superintendent of the preparation of liquors to see that the rice and other glutinous grains are all complete; that the leaven-cakes are in season; that the soaking and heating are cleanly conducted; that the water be fragrant; that the vessels of pottery be good; and ’ that the regulation of the fire be right. These six things have all to be attended to, and the Grand superintendent has the inspection of them, to secure that there be no error or mistake. 10. The son of Heaven issues orders to the proper officers to pray and sacrifice to (the spirits presiding over) the four seas, the great rivers (with 304 THE Lf xt. BK. IV. their) famous sources, the deep tarns, and the meres, (all) wells and springs’. 11. In this month, if the husbandmen have any productions in the fields, which they have not stored or collected, or if there be any horses, oxen or other animals, which have been left at large, any one may take them without its being inquired into. 12. If there be those who are able to take from the hills and forests, marshes and meres, edible fruits?, or to capture game by hunting, the wardens and foresters should give them the necessary information and guidance. If there be among them those who encroach on or rob the others, they should be punished without fail. 13. In this month the shortest day arrives. The principle of darkness and decay (in nature) struggles with that of brightness and growth®. The elements of life begin to move. Superior men give themselves to self-adjustment and fasting. They keep retired in their houses. They wish to be at rest in their
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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