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1The 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 1 Winter is the season in which the element of water predominates, and it was in virtue of this that the dynasty of 3hin professed to rule. The Khw&n-lun mountains (Koulkun), between the desert of Gobi and Thibet, are the source of the Hwang Ho; Yiian-min, the source of the Xiang; Thung-po, that of the Hw4i; the Ai grew out of the Yen, rising from the hill of Wang-wd. See Chinese Classics, vol. iii, pp. 127-140. ? Hazel-nuts and chestnuts are given as examples of the former ; and the water-caltrops and Euryale ferox, or ‘cock’s head,’ of the latter. ’ This description of the month is well illustrated by the lines of Fj, the hexagram of it referred to above, — == =; the lowest line representing the principle of light and growth, which just found readmission in the year, and is seeking to develop itself. SECT. IV. PT. II. THE YUEH LING. 305 persons; put away all indulgence in music and beautiful sights ; repress their various desires ; give repose to their bodies and all mental excitements, They wish all affairs to be quiet, while they wait for the settlement of those principles of darkness and decay, and brightness and growth. 14. Rice begins to grow. The broom-sedge rises up vigorously. Worms curl? The moose-deer shed their horns*, The springs of water are (all) in movement. 15. When the shortest day has arrived, they fell trees, and carry away bamboos, (especially) the small species suitable for arrows. 16. In this month offices in which there is no business may be closed, and vessels for which there is no use may be removed. 17. They plaster (and repair) the pillars and gateways (of the palace), and the courtyard (within), and also doors and other gateways ; rebuilding (also all) prisons, to co-operate with the tendency of nature to shut up and secure (the genial influences at this season), 18. If in this second month of winter the proceedings of government proper to summer were observed, 1 This is called by Dr. Williams ‘a species of iris.’ The roots are made into brooms. ; 2 This is a fancy. The commentators say that the worms curl and twist, with their heads turned downwards, as if seeking to return to the warmth beneath the surface. * The shedding of the horns in winter shows that the mf here, , is a species of the elk or moose-deer, and different from the lf (EB), which sheds its horns in the sixth month. The mf is described as being fond of the water, and as Jarge as a small ox. (27) x 306 THE Lf xi. BK. Iv.
2* The shedding of the horns in winter shows that the mf here, , is a species of the elk or moose-deer, and different from the lf (EB), which sheds its horns in the sixth month. The mf is described as being fond of the water, and as Jarge as a small ox. (27) x 306 THE Lf xi. BK. Iv. there would be droughts in the states; vapours and fogs would shed abroad their gloom, and thunder would utter its voice. If those proper to autumn were observed, the weather would be rainy and slushy; melons and gourds would not attain their full growth; and there would be great wars in the states. If those proper to spring were observed, locusts would work their harm ; the springs would all become dry; and many of the people would suffer from leprosy and foul ulcers. ° Part III. 1. In the third month of winter the sun is in W4ni, the constellation culminating at dusk being Lau, and that culminating at dawn Tt’. 2. Its days are zin and kwei. Its divine ruler is Kwan-hsii, and the (attendant) spirit is Hstianming. Its creatures are the shell-covered. Its musical note is Yii, and its pitch-tube is Ta Lii*. 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 the part of the victim occupying the foremost place is the kidneys. 4. The wild geese go northwards. The magpie begins to build. The (cock) pheasant crows*. Hens hatch. 1 WA-ni, as in paragraph 1, page 268. Lu corresponds to a, 8, y, © in the head of Aries; Tt, to a, 8, 8, «, », » Libra, * T4 Lu is the first of the tubes giving the six lower musical accords. ® As is said in the Shih, II, v, 3, 5 :— ‘Crows the pheasant at the dawn, And his mate is to him drawn.’ SECT. IV. PT. III. THE YUEH LING. 307 5. The son of Heaven occupies the apartment on the right of the Hstian Thang (Fane); rides in the dark-coloured carriage, drawn by the iron-black horses, and bearing the dark-coloured 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. He issues orders to the proper officers to institute on a great scale all ceremonies against pestilence, to have (animals) torn in pieces on all sides, and (then) to send forth the ox of earth, to escort away the (injurious) airs of the cold’. 7. Birds of prey fly high and rapidly*. 8. They now offer sacrifices all round to (the spirits of) the hills and rivers, to the great ministers of the (ancient) deified sovereigns, and to the spirits of heaven (and earth)*. 9. Inthis month orders are given to the master of the Fishermen to commence the fishers’ work. The son of Heaven goes in person (to look on). He partakes of the fish caught, first presenting some in the apartment at the back of the ancestral temple‘. 1 Compare par. 16, p. 266. The ‘ox of earth’ is still seen in China.
3The son of Heaven goes in person (to look on). He partakes of the fish caught, first presenting some in the apartment at the back of the ancestral temple‘. 1 Compare par. 16, p. 266. The ‘ox of earth’ is still seen in China. * This evidently is one of the natural phenomena of the season, and should belong to paragraph 4. The translation of the first two characters by ‘ Birds of prey’ is sufficiently close and exact. * The Xhien-lung editors point out the difficulties in explaining the three sacrifices here referred to, and seem to think they were practices of Khin, about which we have little information. ‘The great ministers of the Tf’ in the second member were probably those mentioned at the commencement of each season. They supplement the concluding member, as I have done, from Lt'’s Khun Khif. “ Compare paragraphs 7, p. 263; 17, p.271. In paragraph 7, xX 2 308 THE ui xt. BK, IV. 10. The ice is now abundant; thick and strong to the bottom of the waters and meres. Orders are given to collect it, which is done, and it is carried into (the ice-houses). 13. Orders are given to make announcement to the people to bring forth their seed of the five grains. The husbandmen are ordered to reckon up the pairs which they can furnish for the ploughing; to repair the handles and shares of their ploughs; and to provide all the other instruments for the fields. 12. Orders are given to the chief director of Music to institute a grand concert of wind instruments ; and with this (the music of the year) is closed +. 13. Orders are given to the four Inspectors? to collect and arrange the faggots to supply the wood and torches for the suburban sacrifices, those in the ancestral temple, and all others. 14. In this month the sun has gone through all his mansions; the moon has completed the number of her conjunctions; the stars return to (their places) in the heavens. The exact length (of the year) is nearly completed, and the year will soon begin again. (It is said), ‘ Attend to the business of your husbandmen. Let them not be employed on anything else.’ 15. The son of Heaven, along with his ducal and p. 263, the sovereign gets himself into a boat, a thing now impossible through the ice. Fish are in their prime condition in winter and spring. 1 Compare paragraph 16, p. 261, et al. Wind instruments were supposed to suit the quiet and meditativeness of autumn and winter, better than the drums and dances of the other seasons. 2 ¢The four Inspectors.’ Compare paragraph 8, p. 277. Some read thien (Hf) for sze (J), ‘Inspectors of the fields,’ SECT. IV. PT. III. THE YUEH LING. 309 other high ministers and his Great officers, revises the statutes for the states, and discusses the proceedings of the different seasons; to be prepared with what is suitable for the ensuing year.
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.
1The 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 1 Winter is the season in which the element of water predominates, and it was in virtue of this that the dynasty of 3hin professed to rule. The Khw&n-lun mountains (Koulkun), between the desert of Gobi and Thibet, are the source of the Hwang Ho; Yiian-min, the source of the Xiang; Thung-po, that of the Hw4i; the Ai grew out of the Yen, rising from the hill of Wang-wd. See Chinese Classics, vol. iii, pp. 127-140. ? Hazel-nuts and chestnuts are given as examples of the former ; and the water-caltrops and Euryale ferox, or ‘cock’s head,’ of the latter. ’ This description of the month is well illustrated by the lines of Fj, the hexagram of it referred to above, — == =; the lowest line representing the principle of light and growth, which just found readmission in the year, and is seeking to develop itself. SECT. IV. PT. II. THE YUEH LING. 305 persons; put away all indulgence in music and beautiful sights ; repress their various desires ; give repose to their bodies and all mental excitements, They wish all affairs to be quiet, while they wait for the settlement of those principles of darkness and decay, and brightness and growth. 14. Rice begins to grow. The broom-sedge rises up vigorously. Worms curl? The moose-deer shed their horns*, The springs of water are (all) in movement. 15. When the shortest day has arrived, they fell trees, and carry away bamboos, (especially) the small species suitable for arrows. 16. In this month offices in which there is no business may be closed, and vessels for which there is no use may be removed. 17. They plaster (and repair) the pillars and gateways (of the palace), and the courtyard (within), and also doors and other gateways ; rebuilding (also all) prisons, to co-operate with the tendency of nature to shut up and secure (the genial influences at this season), 18. If in this second month of winter the proceedings of government proper to summer were observed, 1 This is called by Dr. Williams ‘a species of iris.’ The roots are made into brooms. ; 2 This is a fancy. The commentators say that the worms curl and twist, with their heads turned downwards, as if seeking to return to the warmth beneath the surface. * The shedding of the horns in winter shows that the mf here, , is a species of the elk or moose-deer, and different from the lf (EB), which sheds its horns in the sixth month. The mf is described as being fond of the water, and as Jarge as a small ox. (27) x 306 THE Lf xi. BK. Iv.
2* The shedding of the horns in winter shows that the mf here, , is a species of the elk or moose-deer, and different from the lf (EB), which sheds its horns in the sixth month. The mf is described as being fond of the water, and as Jarge as a small ox. (27) x 306 THE Lf xi. BK. Iv. there would be droughts in the states; vapours and fogs would shed abroad their gloom, and thunder would utter its voice. If those proper to autumn were observed, the weather would be rainy and slushy; melons and gourds would not attain their full growth; and there would be great wars in the states. If those proper to spring were observed, locusts would work their harm ; the springs would all become dry; and many of the people would suffer from leprosy and foul ulcers. ° Part III. 1. In the third month of winter the sun is in W4ni, the constellation culminating at dusk being Lau, and that culminating at dawn Tt’. 2. Its days are zin and kwei. Its divine ruler is Kwan-hsii, and the (attendant) spirit is Hstianming. Its creatures are the shell-covered. Its musical note is Yii, and its pitch-tube is Ta Lii*. 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 the part of the victim occupying the foremost place is the kidneys. 4. The wild geese go northwards. The magpie begins to build. The (cock) pheasant crows*. Hens hatch. 1 WA-ni, as in paragraph 1, page 268. Lu corresponds to a, 8, y, © in the head of Aries; Tt, to a, 8, 8, «, », » Libra, * T4 Lu is the first of the tubes giving the six lower musical accords. ® As is said in the Shih, II, v, 3, 5 :— ‘Crows the pheasant at the dawn, And his mate is to him drawn.’ SECT. IV. PT. III. THE YUEH LING. 307 5. The son of Heaven occupies the apartment on the right of the Hstian Thang (Fane); rides in the dark-coloured carriage, drawn by the iron-black horses, and bearing the dark-coloured 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. He issues orders to the proper officers to institute on a great scale all ceremonies against pestilence, to have (animals) torn in pieces on all sides, and (then) to send forth the ox of earth, to escort away the (injurious) airs of the cold’. 7. Birds of prey fly high and rapidly*. 8. They now offer sacrifices all round to (the spirits of) the hills and rivers, to the great ministers of the (ancient) deified sovereigns, and to the spirits of heaven (and earth)*. 9. Inthis month orders are given to the master of the Fishermen to commence the fishers’ work. The son of Heaven goes in person (to look on). He partakes of the fish caught, first presenting some in the apartment at the back of the ancestral temple‘. 1 Compare par. 16, p. 266. The ‘ox of earth’ is still seen in China.
3The son of Heaven goes in person (to look on). He partakes of the fish caught, first presenting some in the apartment at the back of the ancestral temple‘. 1 Compare par. 16, p. 266. The ‘ox of earth’ is still seen in China. * This evidently is one of the natural phenomena of the season, and should belong to paragraph 4. The translation of the first two characters by ‘ Birds of prey’ is sufficiently close and exact. * The Xhien-lung editors point out the difficulties in explaining the three sacrifices here referred to, and seem to think they were practices of Khin, about which we have little information. ‘The great ministers of the Tf’ in the second member were probably those mentioned at the commencement of each season. They supplement the concluding member, as I have done, from Lt'’s Khun Khif. “ Compare paragraphs 7, p. 263; 17, p.271. In paragraph 7, xX 2 308 THE ui xt. BK, IV. 10. The ice is now abundant; thick and strong to the bottom of the waters and meres. Orders are given to collect it, which is done, and it is carried into (the ice-houses). 13. Orders are given to make announcement to the people to bring forth their seed of the five grains. The husbandmen are ordered to reckon up the pairs which they can furnish for the ploughing; to repair the handles and shares of their ploughs; and to provide all the other instruments for the fields. 12. Orders are given to the chief director of Music to institute a grand concert of wind instruments ; and with this (the music of the year) is closed +. 13. Orders are given to the four Inspectors? to collect and arrange the faggots to supply the wood and torches for the suburban sacrifices, those in the ancestral temple, and all others. 14. In this month the sun has gone through all his mansions; the moon has completed the number of her conjunctions; the stars return to (their places) in the heavens. The exact length (of the year) is nearly completed, and the year will soon begin again. (It is said), ‘ Attend to the business of your husbandmen. Let them not be employed on anything else.’ 15. The son of Heaven, along with his ducal and p. 263, the sovereign gets himself into a boat, a thing now impossible through the ice. Fish are in their prime condition in winter and spring. 1 Compare paragraph 16, p. 261, et al. Wind instruments were supposed to suit the quiet and meditativeness of autumn and winter, better than the drums and dances of the other seasons. 2 ¢The four Inspectors.’ Compare paragraph 8, p. 277. Some read thien (Hf) for sze (J), ‘Inspectors of the fields,’ SECT. IV. PT. III. THE YUEH LING. 309 other high ministers and his Great officers, revises the statutes for the states, and discusses the proceedings of the different seasons; to be prepared with what is suitable for the ensuing year.
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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