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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1Great officers and other officers bowed to ministers and Great officers in their respective places. In the case of (the three grades of) officers, they received three side-bows', one for each grade. The ruler’s wife also bowed to the wife of a refugee 1 The side-bows were somehow made, without the ruler’s turning directly towards the officers, [28] N 178 THE Li xt. BK, XIX. lord, above in the hall. With regard to the wives of Great officers and of other officers, she bowed specially to each whose position had received the official appointment; to the others she gave a general _bow;—all above in the hall. 14. When the mourner had gone to his own place (after bowing to his visitors), he closed the robe which was drawn on one side, covering his breast, put on his girdle and head-band, and leapt. When the mourning was for his mother, he went to his place, and tied up his hair, after which he put down the offerings by the body. The visitors who had come to condole, covered their fur robes, put the roll at the back of their caps, assumed their girdles and head-bands, and leapt in correspondence with the mourner. 15. Atthe funeral rites for a ruler, the chief forester supplied wood and horns; the chief of the salvagemen supplied the vases for water; the chief of the slaughtering department supplied boilers; and (an officer from the department of) the minister of War (saw to the) hanging of these. Thus they secured the succession of wailers. Some of those in the department took their part in the wailing. If they did not hang up the vases, and the Great officers were sufficient to take the wailing in turns, then they did not use those others}. In the hall of the ruler there were two lights above and two below; for that of a Great officer, one above 1 The object of the arrangements in this obscure paragraph was evidently to maintain the wailing uninterrupted, and to provide, by means of the clepsydra, a regular marking of the time for that purpose. See, in the K4u Kwan XXX, 51-52, the duties of the officer of the department of the minister of War who had charge of the vase. SECT. I. SANG TA Rf. 179 and two below; for that of an ordinary officer, one above and one below'. 16. When the guests went out, the curtain was removed 3, 17. When they were wailing the corpse above in the hall, the principal mourner was at the east; visitors coming from without, took their place at the west, and the women stood facing the south. 18. The wife (presiding), in receiving guests and escorting them, did not go down from the hall with them. If she did go down (as with the wife of the ruler), she bowed to her, but did not wail. If the son (presiding), had occasion to go outside the door of the apartment, and saw the guest (whom he so went to meet), he did not wail.
2If she did go down (as with the wife of the ruler), she bowed to her, but did not wail. If the son (presiding), had occasion to go outside the door of the apartment, and saw the guest (whom he so went to meet), he did not wail. When there was no female to preside, a son did so, and bowed to the female visitors inside the door of the apartment. If there were no son to preside, a daughter did so, and bowed to the male visitors at the foot of the steps on the east. If the son were a child, then he was carried in his sackcloth in the arms, and his bearer bowed for him. If the successor of the deceased were not present, and was a man of rank, an apology was made to the guests; if he were not a man of rank, some other one bowed to them for him. If he were anywhere in the state, they waited for him; if he had gone beyond it, the encoffining and burial might goon. The funeral rites might proceed without the presence of the successor of the deceased, but not without one to preside over them. 1 This must have been towards morning. During the night torches were kept burning. * This should be at the end of paragraph 14. N2 180 THE Li xt. BK. XIX. 19. At the mourning rites for a ruler, on the third day his sons and his wife assumed the staff. On the fifth day, when the corpse was put into the coffin, his daughters who had become the wives of Great officers were allowed to use it. His (eldest) son and Great officers used it outside the door of the apartment (where the coffin was); inside the door they carried it in their hands (but did not use it). The wife and his daughters, the wives of Great officers, used the staff in their rooms; when they went to their places (in the apartment where the coffin was), people were employed to hold it for them. When a message came from the king, (the son presiding) put away his staff; when one came from the ruler of another state, he only held it in his hand. When attending to any consultation of the tortoise-shell about the corpse, he put away his staff. A Great officer, in the place of the ruler, carried his staff in his hand; at another Great officer's, he used it. 20. At the mourning rites for a Great officer, on the morning of the third day, when the body was put into the coffin, his son presiding, his wife presiding, and the steward of the House, all assumed the staff. Ona message from the ruler, the (new) Great officer put away his staff; on a message from another Great officer, he carried it in hishand. His wife, on a message from the wife of the ruler, put her staff away ; on a message from the confirmed wife (of another Great officer), she gave it to some one to hold for her. 21. At the mourning rites for an officer, the body on the second day was put into the coffin. On the morning of the third day, the presiding mourner SECT. I. SANG TA kf. 181
321. At the mourning rites for an officer, the body on the second day was put into the coffin. On the morning of the third day, the presiding mourner SECT. I. SANG TA kf. 181 assumed the staff, and his wife also. The same observances as in the rites for a Great officer were observed on messages arriving from the ruler or his wife, or from a Great officer and his confirmed wife. 22. All the sons assumed the staff, but only the eldest son used it when they were going to their places (in the apartment where the coffin was). Great officers and other officers, when wailing by the coffin, used the staff; when wailing by the bier, they carried it in their hands. When the staff (used in mourning) was thrown away, it was broken and thrown away in secret. 23. As soon as death took place, the corpse was transferred to the couch’, and covered with a large sheet. The clothes in which the deceased had died were removed. A servant plugged the mouth open with the spoon of horn; and to keep the feet from/ contracting, an easy stool was employed*. These observances were the same for a ruler, a Great officer, and an ordinary officer *. 24. The servant in charge of the apartments drew the water, and without removing the well-rope from the bucket gathered it up, and carried the whole up to the top of the steps. There, without going on the hall, he gave it to the attendants in waiting on the body. These then went in to wash the corpse, four 2 When death seemed to be imminent, the body was removed from the couch and laid on the ground ;—if, perhaps, contact with ‘mother’ earth might revive it. When death had taken place, it was replaced on the couch. 2 I do not quite understand how this stool was applied so as to accomplish its purpose. * This paragraph is the 24th in the XKhien-lung edition. See below, paragraph 26, 182 THE Li &t. BK. XIX. lower servants holding up the sheet, and two performing the washing ; having put the water in basins, to which they took it with ladles. In washing they used napkins of fine linen, and in drying the body the ordinary bathing clothes. Another servant then pared the nails of the feet, after which they threw away the rest of the water into the pit. At the funeral rites for a mother (or other female), the female attendants in waiting in the inner room held up the sheet and washed the body.
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.
1Great officers and other officers bowed to ministers and Great officers in their respective places. In the case of (the three grades of) officers, they received three side-bows', one for each grade. The ruler’s wife also bowed to the wife of a refugee 1 The side-bows were somehow made, without the ruler’s turning directly towards the officers, [28] N 178 THE Li xt. BK, XIX. lord, above in the hall. With regard to the wives of Great officers and of other officers, she bowed specially to each whose position had received the official appointment; to the others she gave a general _bow;—all above in the hall. 14. When the mourner had gone to his own place (after bowing to his visitors), he closed the robe which was drawn on one side, covering his breast, put on his girdle and head-band, and leapt. When the mourning was for his mother, he went to his place, and tied up his hair, after which he put down the offerings by the body. The visitors who had come to condole, covered their fur robes, put the roll at the back of their caps, assumed their girdles and head-bands, and leapt in correspondence with the mourner. 15. Atthe funeral rites for a ruler, the chief forester supplied wood and horns; the chief of the salvagemen supplied the vases for water; the chief of the slaughtering department supplied boilers; and (an officer from the department of) the minister of War (saw to the) hanging of these. Thus they secured the succession of wailers. Some of those in the department took their part in the wailing. If they did not hang up the vases, and the Great officers were sufficient to take the wailing in turns, then they did not use those others}. In the hall of the ruler there were two lights above and two below; for that of a Great officer, one above 1 The object of the arrangements in this obscure paragraph was evidently to maintain the wailing uninterrupted, and to provide, by means of the clepsydra, a regular marking of the time for that purpose. See, in the K4u Kwan XXX, 51-52, the duties of the officer of the department of the minister of War who had charge of the vase. SECT. I. SANG TA Rf. 179 and two below; for that of an ordinary officer, one above and one below'. 16. When the guests went out, the curtain was removed 3, 17. When they were wailing the corpse above in the hall, the principal mourner was at the east; visitors coming from without, took their place at the west, and the women stood facing the south. 18. The wife (presiding), in receiving guests and escorting them, did not go down from the hall with them. If she did go down (as with the wife of the ruler), she bowed to her, but did not wail. If the son (presiding), had occasion to go outside the door of the apartment, and saw the guest (whom he so went to meet), he did not wail.
2If she did go down (as with the wife of the ruler), she bowed to her, but did not wail. If the son (presiding), had occasion to go outside the door of the apartment, and saw the guest (whom he so went to meet), he did not wail. When there was no female to preside, a son did so, and bowed to the female visitors inside the door of the apartment. If there were no son to preside, a daughter did so, and bowed to the male visitors at the foot of the steps on the east. If the son were a child, then he was carried in his sackcloth in the arms, and his bearer bowed for him. If the successor of the deceased were not present, and was a man of rank, an apology was made to the guests; if he were not a man of rank, some other one bowed to them for him. If he were anywhere in the state, they waited for him; if he had gone beyond it, the encoffining and burial might goon. The funeral rites might proceed without the presence of the successor of the deceased, but not without one to preside over them. 1 This must have been towards morning. During the night torches were kept burning. * This should be at the end of paragraph 14. N2 180 THE Li xt. BK. XIX. 19. At the mourning rites for a ruler, on the third day his sons and his wife assumed the staff. On the fifth day, when the corpse was put into the coffin, his daughters who had become the wives of Great officers were allowed to use it. His (eldest) son and Great officers used it outside the door of the apartment (where the coffin was); inside the door they carried it in their hands (but did not use it). The wife and his daughters, the wives of Great officers, used the staff in their rooms; when they went to their places (in the apartment where the coffin was), people were employed to hold it for them. When a message came from the king, (the son presiding) put away his staff; when one came from the ruler of another state, he only held it in his hand. When attending to any consultation of the tortoise-shell about the corpse, he put away his staff. A Great officer, in the place of the ruler, carried his staff in his hand; at another Great officer's, he used it. 20. At the mourning rites for a Great officer, on the morning of the third day, when the body was put into the coffin, his son presiding, his wife presiding, and the steward of the House, all assumed the staff. Ona message from the ruler, the (new) Great officer put away his staff; on a message from another Great officer, he carried it in hishand. His wife, on a message from the wife of the ruler, put her staff away ; on a message from the confirmed wife (of another Great officer), she gave it to some one to hold for her. 21. At the mourning rites for an officer, the body on the second day was put into the coffin. On the morning of the third day, the presiding mourner SECT. I. SANG TA kf. 181
321. At the mourning rites for an officer, the body on the second day was put into the coffin. On the morning of the third day, the presiding mourner SECT. I. SANG TA kf. 181 assumed the staff, and his wife also. The same observances as in the rites for a Great officer were observed on messages arriving from the ruler or his wife, or from a Great officer and his confirmed wife. 22. All the sons assumed the staff, but only the eldest son used it when they were going to their places (in the apartment where the coffin was). Great officers and other officers, when wailing by the coffin, used the staff; when wailing by the bier, they carried it in their hands. When the staff (used in mourning) was thrown away, it was broken and thrown away in secret. 23. As soon as death took place, the corpse was transferred to the couch’, and covered with a large sheet. The clothes in which the deceased had died were removed. A servant plugged the mouth open with the spoon of horn; and to keep the feet from/ contracting, an easy stool was employed*. These observances were the same for a ruler, a Great officer, and an ordinary officer *. 24. The servant in charge of the apartments drew the water, and without removing the well-rope from the bucket gathered it up, and carried the whole up to the top of the steps. There, without going on the hall, he gave it to the attendants in waiting on the body. These then went in to wash the corpse, four 2 When death seemed to be imminent, the body was removed from the couch and laid on the ground ;—if, perhaps, contact with ‘mother’ earth might revive it. When death had taken place, it was replaced on the couch. 2 I do not quite understand how this stool was applied so as to accomplish its purpose. * This paragraph is the 24th in the XKhien-lung edition. See below, paragraph 26, 182 THE Li &t. BK. XIX. lower servants holding up the sheet, and two performing the washing ; having put the water in basins, to which they took it with ladles. In washing they used napkins of fine linen, and in drying the body the ordinary bathing clothes. Another servant then pared the nails of the feet, after which they threw away the rest of the water into the pit. At the funeral rites for a mother (or other female), the female attendants in waiting in the inner room held up the sheet and washed the body.
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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