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1Another 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. 25. The servant in charge of the apartments, having drawn water and given it to the attendants in waiting on the body, these prepared the wash for the head, above in the hall :—for a ruler, made from maize-water ; for a Great officer, from that of the glutinous millet; and for an ordinary officer, that from maize-water. After this, some of the forester’s department made a sort of furnace at the foot of the wall on the west ; and the potter brought out a large boiler, in which the servant in charge of the apartments should boil the water. The servants of the forester’s department brought the fuel which he had removed from the crypt in the north-west of the apartment, now converted into a shrine, to use for that purpose. When the water was heated, he gave it to the attendants, who proceeded to wash the head, and poured the water into an earthenware basin, using the napkin as on ordinary occasions to. dry the head. Another servant then clipped the nails of the fingers, and wiped the beard. The water was then thrown into the pit. 26. Fora ruler they put down a large vessel, full of ice; for a Great officer, a middle-sized one, full of ice ; and for an ordinary officer, only one of earthen- SECT. I, SANG TA Rf. 183 ware, without any ice in it. Over these they placed the couch with a single sheet and pillow on it; another couch on which the jade should be put into the mouth; and another still, where the fuller dressing should be done. Then the corpse was removed to a couch in the hall, on which was a pillow and mat. The same forms were observed for a ruler, a Great officer, and an ordinary officer 1. 27. At the mourning rites for a ruler, his (eldest) son, Great officers, his other sons, and all the (other) officers (employed about the court), ate nothing for three days, but confined themselves to gruel. (Afterwards) for their consumption they received in the morning a handful of rice, and another in the evening; which they ate without any observance of stated times. Officers (at a distance) were restricted to coarse rice and water for their drink, without regard to any stated times. The wife (of the new ruler), the confirmed wives (of the Great officers), and all the members of their harems, had coarse rice and drank water, having no regard in their eating to stated times. 28. At the mourning rites for a Great officer, the presiding mourner, the steward, and grandsons, all were confined to gruel. All the inferior officers were restricted to coarse rice, and water to drink. Wives and concubines took coarse rice, and water to drink. At the rites for an ordinary officer the same rules were observed. .
2All the inferior officers were restricted to coarse rice, and water to drink. Wives and concubines took coarse rice, and water to drink. At the rites for an ordinary officer the same rules were observed. . 29. After the burial, the presiding mourner had (only) coarse rice and water to drink ;—he did not 1 This paragraph is the 23rd in the KAien-lung edition, confessedly out of place. 184 THE Lf gf. BK. XIX. eat vegetables or fruits. His wife observed the same rule. So it was in the case of rulers, Great officers, and other officers. After the change of mourning, towards the end of the year, they ate vegetables and fruit; and after the subsequent sacrifice, they ate flesh. 30. They took their gruel in bowls, and did not wash their hands (before doing so). When they took their rice from the basket, they washed their hands. They ate their vegetables along with pickles and sauces. When they first ate flesh, it was dry flesh; when they first drank liquor, it was that newly made. 31. During the mourning of a year, on three occasions they abstained from eating. When eating coarse rice, with water to drink, they did not eat vegetables or fruits. After the burial, at the end of three months, they ate flesh and drank liquor. When the year’s mourning was ended, they did not eat flesh nor drink liquor. When the father was alive, in the mourning of nine months, the rules were the same as in that for a year, on account of the mother or of the wife. Though they ate flesh and drank liquor, they could not take the enjoyment of these things in company with others?. 32. During the mourning for five months, and that for three months, it was allowable to abstain from eating once or twice. Between the coffining and burial*, when eating flesh and drinking liquor, 1 The statements in this paragraph, and those in the next, might certainly be stated more distinctly. 5 Such is the meaning of the text here, as fully defined by a Fang Pao (fy i) :— Lk HH EB PATS Hh EF HE th. SECT. Il. SANG TA xf. 185 they did not take the enjoyment of these things in company with others. While mourning for an aunt, the confirmed wife of an uncle, one’s old ruler, or the head of a clan, they ate flesh and drank liquor. If a mourner could not eat the gruel, he might eat soup of vegetables. If he were ill, he might eat flesh and drink liquor. At fifty, one did not go through all the observances of mourning. At seventy, he simply wore the sackcloth on his person. 33. After the burial, if his ruler feasted a mourner, he partook of the viands; if a Great officer or a friend of his father did so, he partook in ‘the same way. He did not even decline the grain and flesh that might be set before him, but wine and new wine he declined. Section II.
333. After the burial, if his ruler feasted a mourner, he partook of the viands; if a Great officer or a friend of his father did so, he partook in ‘the same way. He did not even decline the grain and flesh that might be set before him, but wine and new wine he declined. Section II. 1. The slighter dressing was performed inside the door (of the apartment where the body was); the fuller dressing (at the top of) the steps (leading up to the reception hall) on the east. The body of a ruler was laid on a mat of fine bamboo; of a Great officer, on one of typha grass; and of an ordinary officer, on one of phragmites grass. 2, At the slighter dressing one band of cloth was laid straight, and there were three bands laid cross-wise. The sheet for a ruler’s body was embroidered; for a Great officer’s, white; for an ordinary officer’s, black :—each had one sheet. There were nineteen suits of clothes’; those for 1 So in all our dictionaries ; as in Medhurst, K —_ Ai, ‘a suit of clothes.’ But why nineteen suits? Aang and Ying-ta say, ‘ To make up ten, the concluding number of heaven; and nine, that of 186 THE Lf xt. BK. XIX. the ruler, displayed in the corridor on the east ; and those for a Great officer, or a common officer, inside the apartments :—all with their collars towards the west, those in the north being the best. The sash and sheet were not reckoned among them. 3. At the fuller dressing there were three bands of cloth laid straight, and five laid cross-wise. There were (also) strings of cloth, and two sheets :— equally for a ruler, a Great officer, and a common officer. The clothes for a ruler consisted of one hundred suits, displayed in the courtyard, having their collars towards the north, those on the west being the best; those of a Great officer were fifty suits, displayed in the corridor on the east, having the collars towards the west, those on the south being the best; those of a common officer were thirty suits, displayed also in the corridor on the east, with their collars towards the west, the best on the south. The bands and strings were of the same quality as the court robes. One strip of the band-cloth was divided into three, but at the ends was not further divided. The sheets were made of five pieces, without strings or buttons. 4. Among the clothes at the slighter dressing, the sacrificial robes were not placed below the others. For the ruler no clothes were used that were presented. For a Great officer and a common officer, the sacrificial (and other) robes belonging to the principal mourner were all used, and then they used those ‘contributed by their relatives; but these were not displayed along with the others. earth.’ But how shall we account for the hundred, fifty, and thirty suits at the greater dressing, in next paragraph? These suits were set forth, I suppose, for display ; they could hardly be for use. SECT. II. SANG TA Rf. 187
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1Another 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. 25. The servant in charge of the apartments, having drawn water and given it to the attendants in waiting on the body, these prepared the wash for the head, above in the hall :—for a ruler, made from maize-water ; for a Great officer, from that of the glutinous millet; and for an ordinary officer, that from maize-water. After this, some of the forester’s department made a sort of furnace at the foot of the wall on the west ; and the potter brought out a large boiler, in which the servant in charge of the apartments should boil the water. The servants of the forester’s department brought the fuel which he had removed from the crypt in the north-west of the apartment, now converted into a shrine, to use for that purpose. When the water was heated, he gave it to the attendants, who proceeded to wash the head, and poured the water into an earthenware basin, using the napkin as on ordinary occasions to. dry the head. Another servant then clipped the nails of the fingers, and wiped the beard. The water was then thrown into the pit. 26. Fora ruler they put down a large vessel, full of ice; for a Great officer, a middle-sized one, full of ice ; and for an ordinary officer, only one of earthen- SECT. I, SANG TA Rf. 183 ware, without any ice in it. Over these they placed the couch with a single sheet and pillow on it; another couch on which the jade should be put into the mouth; and another still, where the fuller dressing should be done. Then the corpse was removed to a couch in the hall, on which was a pillow and mat. The same forms were observed for a ruler, a Great officer, and an ordinary officer 1. 27. At the mourning rites for a ruler, his (eldest) son, Great officers, his other sons, and all the (other) officers (employed about the court), ate nothing for three days, but confined themselves to gruel. (Afterwards) for their consumption they received in the morning a handful of rice, and another in the evening; which they ate without any observance of stated times. Officers (at a distance) were restricted to coarse rice and water for their drink, without regard to any stated times. The wife (of the new ruler), the confirmed wives (of the Great officers), and all the members of their harems, had coarse rice and drank water, having no regard in their eating to stated times. 28. At the mourning rites for a Great officer, the presiding mourner, the steward, and grandsons, all were confined to gruel. All the inferior officers were restricted to coarse rice, and water to drink. Wives and concubines took coarse rice, and water to drink. At the rites for an ordinary officer the same rules were observed. .
2All the inferior officers were restricted to coarse rice, and water to drink. Wives and concubines took coarse rice, and water to drink. At the rites for an ordinary officer the same rules were observed. . 29. After the burial, the presiding mourner had (only) coarse rice and water to drink ;—he did not 1 This paragraph is the 23rd in the KAien-lung edition, confessedly out of place. 184 THE Lf gf. BK. XIX. eat vegetables or fruits. His wife observed the same rule. So it was in the case of rulers, Great officers, and other officers. After the change of mourning, towards the end of the year, they ate vegetables and fruit; and after the subsequent sacrifice, they ate flesh. 30. They took their gruel in bowls, and did not wash their hands (before doing so). When they took their rice from the basket, they washed their hands. They ate their vegetables along with pickles and sauces. When they first ate flesh, it was dry flesh; when they first drank liquor, it was that newly made. 31. During the mourning of a year, on three occasions they abstained from eating. When eating coarse rice, with water to drink, they did not eat vegetables or fruits. After the burial, at the end of three months, they ate flesh and drank liquor. When the year’s mourning was ended, they did not eat flesh nor drink liquor. When the father was alive, in the mourning of nine months, the rules were the same as in that for a year, on account of the mother or of the wife. Though they ate flesh and drank liquor, they could not take the enjoyment of these things in company with others?. 32. During the mourning for five months, and that for three months, it was allowable to abstain from eating once or twice. Between the coffining and burial*, when eating flesh and drinking liquor, 1 The statements in this paragraph, and those in the next, might certainly be stated more distinctly. 5 Such is the meaning of the text here, as fully defined by a Fang Pao (fy i) :— Lk HH EB PATS Hh EF HE th. SECT. Il. SANG TA xf. 185 they did not take the enjoyment of these things in company with others. While mourning for an aunt, the confirmed wife of an uncle, one’s old ruler, or the head of a clan, they ate flesh and drank liquor. If a mourner could not eat the gruel, he might eat soup of vegetables. If he were ill, he might eat flesh and drink liquor. At fifty, one did not go through all the observances of mourning. At seventy, he simply wore the sackcloth on his person. 33. After the burial, if his ruler feasted a mourner, he partook of the viands; if a Great officer or a friend of his father did so, he partook in ‘the same way. He did not even decline the grain and flesh that might be set before him, but wine and new wine he declined. Section II.
333. After the burial, if his ruler feasted a mourner, he partook of the viands; if a Great officer or a friend of his father did so, he partook in ‘the same way. He did not even decline the grain and flesh that might be set before him, but wine and new wine he declined. Section II. 1. The slighter dressing was performed inside the door (of the apartment where the body was); the fuller dressing (at the top of) the steps (leading up to the reception hall) on the east. The body of a ruler was laid on a mat of fine bamboo; of a Great officer, on one of typha grass; and of an ordinary officer, on one of phragmites grass. 2, At the slighter dressing one band of cloth was laid straight, and there were three bands laid cross-wise. The sheet for a ruler’s body was embroidered; for a Great officer’s, white; for an ordinary officer’s, black :—each had one sheet. There were nineteen suits of clothes’; those for 1 So in all our dictionaries ; as in Medhurst, K —_ Ai, ‘a suit of clothes.’ But why nineteen suits? Aang and Ying-ta say, ‘ To make up ten, the concluding number of heaven; and nine, that of 186 THE Lf xt. BK. XIX. the ruler, displayed in the corridor on the east ; and those for a Great officer, or a common officer, inside the apartments :—all with their collars towards the west, those in the north being the best. The sash and sheet were not reckoned among them. 3. At the fuller dressing there were three bands of cloth laid straight, and five laid cross-wise. There were (also) strings of cloth, and two sheets :— equally for a ruler, a Great officer, and a common officer. The clothes for a ruler consisted of one hundred suits, displayed in the courtyard, having their collars towards the north, those on the west being the best; those of a Great officer were fifty suits, displayed in the corridor on the east, having the collars towards the west, those on the south being the best; those of a common officer were thirty suits, displayed also in the corridor on the east, with their collars towards the west, the best on the south. The bands and strings were of the same quality as the court robes. One strip of the band-cloth was divided into three, but at the ends was not further divided. The sheets were made of five pieces, without strings or buttons. 4. Among the clothes at the slighter dressing, the sacrificial robes were not placed below the others. For the ruler no clothes were used that were presented. For a Great officer and a common officer, the sacrificial (and other) robes belonging to the principal mourner were all used, and then they used those ‘contributed by their relatives; but these were not displayed along with the others. earth.’ But how shall we account for the hundred, fifty, and thirty suits at the greater dressing, in next paragraph? These suits were set forth, I suppose, for display ; they could hardly be for use. SECT. II. SANG TA Rf. 187
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