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The Lî Kî, Books XI–XLVI — Sacred Books of China Part IV, SBE Vol. 28 (trans. James Legge, 1885)

Open to allEdited by F. Max Müller; translated by Müller, Legge, Bühler, West, Darmesteter, Palmer, Telang, Thibaut, Jolly, Rhys Davids, Oldenberg, Jacobi, Bloomfield and others323 segments · 109 pp

The text is shown on its own: no facing layer is held for this issue.

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The translator’s English as printed (James Legge). The original-language text is not held; names are romanised as the translator printed them.

. . . . . . . 365°

XXXII. WAN SANG OR QUESTIONS ABOUT MouRNING RITES. 375

XXXII. FO WAN oR SUBJECTS FOR QUESTIONING ABOUT
THE MOURNING Dress . . o 8 « 380s

XXXIV. Kren KwAN or TREATISE ON SUBSIDIARY POINTS IN

MOourRNING USAGES . . . . . - 385)
XXXV. San NIEN WAN OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MOURNING

p. 391

  • XXXVI. Sukn f orn THE Lonc DreSsSIN ONE PIECE . . 395
  • XXXVII. THAu HO or THE GAME OF PITCH-POT . . - 397
  • XXXVIII. ZO Hstnc (HANG) ORTHE CONDUCT OF THE SCHOLAR 402
  • XXXIX. TA Hsio or THE GREAT LEARNING . . . 4tr
  • XL. Kwan! or THE MEANING OF THE CEREMONY OF CAPPING 42 5.
  • XLI. Hwân f orn THE MEANING OF THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY 428

XLII. Hsrane Yin X10 f oR THE MEANING OF THE DRINKING
FESTIVITY IN THE DISTRICTS . . . - 435

XLII. Su f oR THE MEANING OF THE CEREMONY OF
ARCHERY . - . . . . « 446

XLIV. Yen f ok THE MEANING OF THE BANQUET .. + 454

XLV. Puinc f oR THE MEANING OF THE INTERCHANGE OF MISSIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT COURTS . - 458

XLVI. Sanco FO Sze KiH oR THE Four PRINCIPLES UNDER- LYING THE DRESS OF MOURNING . . . - 465° InDEX To Parts I, II, HI, 1V (Wors. THT, XVI, XXVII, XXVIII). Index of Subjects . . . : . . . . 470 Index of Proper Names... . se we 485

Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East . : . . . + 493

A COLLECTION OF TREATISES ON THE RULES
OF PROPRIETY OR CEREMONIAL USAGES.

BOOK XI. YU 3A0
OR

THE JADE-BEAD PENDANTS OF THE ROYAL CAP".

Section I.

1. The son of Heaven, when sacrificing *, wore (the cap) with the twelve long pendants of beads of jade hanging down from its top before and behind, and the robe embroidered with dragons.

2. When saluting the appearance of the sun ®* outside the eastern gate‘, he wore the dark-coloured square-cut robes; and (also) when listening to the notification of the first day of the month ® outside the southern gate.

1 See introductory notice, vol. xxvii, pp. 27, 28.

* Probably,to Heaven; A%ng thought it was to the former kings. Many try to unite both views.

* At the vernal equinox. Callery has ‘Quand de bon matin il sacrifie au soleil.’ Probably there was a sacrifice on the occasion ; but the text does not say so. The character By (Akifo) means ‘to appear at audience.’

* Probably, of the city; many say, of the Hall of Distinction.

* This announcement was to the spirits of his royal ancestors in the first place. Compare Analects III, 16.

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2 THE Li xt. BK, XI.

3. If the month were intercalary, he caused the left leaf of the door to be shut, and stood in the middle of that (which remained open).

4. He wore the skin cap at the daily audience in the court, after which he proceeded to take the morning meal in it. At midday he partook of what was left in the morning. He had music at his meals. Every day a sheep and a pig were killed and cooked; and on the first day of the month an ox in addition. There were five beverages :—water, which was the principal; _rice-water, spirits, must, and millet-water.

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