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116 THE Li xt. © BK, XI. be 3 cubits; for one discharging a special service, 24. 3ze-yti said, ‘ Divide all below the girdle into three parts, and the sash will be equal to two of them. The sash, the knee-covers, and the ties are all of equal length.’ 28. (The wife of a count or baron) who had received a degree of honour from the ruler? wore a pheasant cut out in silk on her robe ; (the wife of the Great officer of a count or baron), who had received two degrees, wore a robe of fresh yellow; (the wife of a Great officer), who had received one degree, a robe of white; and the wife of an ordinary officer, a robe of black. 29. Only the ladies of honour® received their degree of appointment, when they presented their cocoons. The others all wore the dresses proper to them as the wives of their husbands. 1 Kh&n Héo says, ‘Man’s length is 8 cubits; below the waist 4% (= 45 inches). A third of this is 15 inches. 2x15 = 30 or 3 cubits, the length of the sash, and of the covers in par. 22.’ The cubit must have been shorter than the name now indicates. I do not know what the ‘ ties’ were. * K&ng Hsitan took the ruler here to be feminine, and to mean ‘the queen;’ and, notwithstanding the protest of the KAien-lung editors, I think he was right. This paragraph and the next speak of the queen and ladies who were brought around her by their work in silk. Why may we not suppose that in her department she could confer distinction on the deserving as the king did in his? This passage seems to show that she did so. 5 These ladies—‘ hereditary wives’—occuralsoin Bk. I, ii, Part ii, 1. It is commonly said that there were twenty-seven members of theroyal harem, who had each that title; but there is much vagueness and uncertainty about all such statements. ‘The others’ must refer to the ladies, wives of the feudal lords and Great officers, whose rank gave them the privilege to co-operate with the queen in her direction of the nourishing of the silkworms and preparation of silk. SECT. III. yU 8Ao. Section ITI. 1. All (officers) in attendance on the ruler let the sash hang down till their feet seemed to tread on the lower edge (of their skirt), Their chins projected like the eaves of a house, and their hands were clasped before them low down. Their eyes were directed downwards, and their ears were higher than the eyes. They saw (the ruler) from his girdle up to his collar. They listened to him with their ears turned to the left *. 2. When the ruler called (an officer) to his presence, he might send three tokens. If two of them came to him, he ran (to answer the message); if (only) one, he yet walked quickly. If in his office, he did not wait for his shoes; if he were outside elsewhere, he did not wait for his carriage.
22. When the ruler called (an officer) to his presence, he might send three tokens. If two of them came to him, he ran (to answer the message); if (only) one, he yet walked quickly. If in his office, he did not wait for his shoes; if he were outside elsewhere, he did not wait for his carriage. 3. When an officer received a visit from a Great officer, he did not venture to bow (when he went) to meet him*; but he did so when escorting him on his departure. When he went to visit one of higher rank than himself, he first bowed (at the gate) and then went into his presence. If the other bowed to him in replying, he hurried on one side to avoid (the honour). 4. When an officer was speaking before the ruler, if he had occasion to speak of a Great officer who was dead, he called him by his posthumous epithet, or by the designation of his maturity ; if of an officer 1 See vol. xxvii, page 100, note 1. 2 They were on the right of the ruler, and turned their ears to the left to hear him. * That the more honourable visitor might not have the trouble of responding with a bow. [28] Cc 18 THE Lt xf. BK. XI. (who was similarly dead), he called him by his name. When speaking with a Great officer, he mentioned officers by their name, and (other) Great officers by their designation. 5. In speaking at a Great officer’s, he avoided using the name of the (former) ruler, but not that of any of his own dead. At all sacrifices and in the ancestral temple, there was no avoiding of names. In school there was no avoiding of any character in the text. 6. Anciently, men of rank did not fail to wear their girdle-pendants with their precious stones, those on the right giving the notes Kih and Kio, and those on the left Kung and Yii'. When (the king or ruler) was walking quickly (to the court of audience), he did so to the music of the 3hA4i Ai; when walking more quickly (back to the reception-hall), they played the Sze hsia*% When turning round, he made a complete circle; when turning in another direction, he did so at a right angle. When advancing, he inclined forward a little; he held himself up straight; and in all these movements, the pieces of jade emitted their tinklings. So also the man of rank, when in his carriage, heard the harmonious sounds of its bells; © and, when walking, those of his pendant jade-stones; and in this way evil and depraved thoughts found no entrance into his mind. 7. When the ruler was present, (his son and heir) 1 Kih and Xio were the fourth and third notes of the musical scale, corresponding to ourDand B; Kung and Yi, the first and fifth, corresponding toG and E. See the Chinese Classics, vol.iii, p.84, note. 2 Bhai XAiis taken as another name for the Khfi 3hze, Chinese Classics, vol. iii, pp. 317-318. SECT, III. “yt BAo. 19
3See the Chinese Classics, vol.iii, p.84, note. 2 Bhai XAiis taken as another name for the Khfi 3hze, Chinese Classics, vol. iii, pp. 317-318. SECT, III. “yt BAo. 19 did not wear the pendant of jade-stones. He tied it up on the left of his girdle, and left free the pendant (of useful things) on the right. When seated at ease, he wore the (jade) pendant ; but in court, he tied it up?. In fasting and vigil they wore it, but the strings were turned round, and fastened at the girdle. They wore then the purple knee-covers '. ,8. All wore the jade-stone pendant at the girdle, excepting during the mourning rites. (At the end of the middle string) in it was the tooth-like piece, colliding with the others. A man of rank was never without this pendant, excepting for some sufficient reason ; he regarded the pieces of jade as emblematic of the virtues (which he should cultivate). g. The son of Heaven had his pendant composed of beads of white jade, hung on dark-coloured strings; a duke or marquis, his of jade-beads of hillazure, on vermilion strings; a Great officer, his of beads of aqua-marine, on black strings; an heir-son, his of beads of Yii jade, on variegated strings; an ordinary officer, his of beads of jade-like quartz, on orange-coloured strings. Confucius wore at his pendant balls of ivory?, five inches (round), on gray strings. 1o. According to the regulations for (the dress of) a lad’, his upper garment was of black linen, 1 There were three pendants from the girdle :—the jade-stone in the middle, called the pendant of ‘virtue ;’ and two others of useful things on the left and right, of which we shall read by and by. The subject of the first two sentences is said, correctly as I think, to be the heir-son of a ruler; while the last two have a more general application. ? Or ‘an ivory ring.’ 5 One who had not yet been capped. C2 20 THE Lf xf. BK. XI. with an embroidered edging. His sash was embroidered, and (also) the strings for the button-loops (of his girdle). With such a string he bound up his hair. The embroidered border and strings were all red. 11. When the ends of fastening strings reached to the girdle, if they had any toilsome business to do, they put them aside. If they were running, they thrust them in the breast!. 12. A lad did not wear furs, nor silk, nor the ornamental points on his shoes, He did not wear the three months’ mourning. He did not wear the hempen band, when receiving any orders. When he had nothing to do (in mourning rites), he stood on the north of the principal mourner, with his face to the south. When going to see a teacher, he followed in the suite of others, and entered his apartment.
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.
116 THE Li xt. © BK, XI. be 3 cubits; for one discharging a special service, 24. 3ze-yti said, ‘ Divide all below the girdle into three parts, and the sash will be equal to two of them. The sash, the knee-covers, and the ties are all of equal length.’ 28. (The wife of a count or baron) who had received a degree of honour from the ruler? wore a pheasant cut out in silk on her robe ; (the wife of the Great officer of a count or baron), who had received two degrees, wore a robe of fresh yellow; (the wife of a Great officer), who had received one degree, a robe of white; and the wife of an ordinary officer, a robe of black. 29. Only the ladies of honour® received their degree of appointment, when they presented their cocoons. The others all wore the dresses proper to them as the wives of their husbands. 1 Kh&n Héo says, ‘Man’s length is 8 cubits; below the waist 4% (= 45 inches). A third of this is 15 inches. 2x15 = 30 or 3 cubits, the length of the sash, and of the covers in par. 22.’ The cubit must have been shorter than the name now indicates. I do not know what the ‘ ties’ were. * K&ng Hsitan took the ruler here to be feminine, and to mean ‘the queen;’ and, notwithstanding the protest of the KAien-lung editors, I think he was right. This paragraph and the next speak of the queen and ladies who were brought around her by their work in silk. Why may we not suppose that in her department she could confer distinction on the deserving as the king did in his? This passage seems to show that she did so. 5 These ladies—‘ hereditary wives’—occuralsoin Bk. I, ii, Part ii, 1. It is commonly said that there were twenty-seven members of theroyal harem, who had each that title; but there is much vagueness and uncertainty about all such statements. ‘The others’ must refer to the ladies, wives of the feudal lords and Great officers, whose rank gave them the privilege to co-operate with the queen in her direction of the nourishing of the silkworms and preparation of silk. SECT. III. yU 8Ao. Section ITI. 1. All (officers) in attendance on the ruler let the sash hang down till their feet seemed to tread on the lower edge (of their skirt), Their chins projected like the eaves of a house, and their hands were clasped before them low down. Their eyes were directed downwards, and their ears were higher than the eyes. They saw (the ruler) from his girdle up to his collar. They listened to him with their ears turned to the left *. 2. When the ruler called (an officer) to his presence, he might send three tokens. If two of them came to him, he ran (to answer the message); if (only) one, he yet walked quickly. If in his office, he did not wait for his shoes; if he were outside elsewhere, he did not wait for his carriage.
22. When the ruler called (an officer) to his presence, he might send three tokens. If two of them came to him, he ran (to answer the message); if (only) one, he yet walked quickly. If in his office, he did not wait for his shoes; if he were outside elsewhere, he did not wait for his carriage. 3. When an officer received a visit from a Great officer, he did not venture to bow (when he went) to meet him*; but he did so when escorting him on his departure. When he went to visit one of higher rank than himself, he first bowed (at the gate) and then went into his presence. If the other bowed to him in replying, he hurried on one side to avoid (the honour). 4. When an officer was speaking before the ruler, if he had occasion to speak of a Great officer who was dead, he called him by his posthumous epithet, or by the designation of his maturity ; if of an officer 1 See vol. xxvii, page 100, note 1. 2 They were on the right of the ruler, and turned their ears to the left to hear him. * That the more honourable visitor might not have the trouble of responding with a bow. [28] Cc 18 THE Lt xf. BK. XI. (who was similarly dead), he called him by his name. When speaking with a Great officer, he mentioned officers by their name, and (other) Great officers by their designation. 5. In speaking at a Great officer’s, he avoided using the name of the (former) ruler, but not that of any of his own dead. At all sacrifices and in the ancestral temple, there was no avoiding of names. In school there was no avoiding of any character in the text. 6. Anciently, men of rank did not fail to wear their girdle-pendants with their precious stones, those on the right giving the notes Kih and Kio, and those on the left Kung and Yii'. When (the king or ruler) was walking quickly (to the court of audience), he did so to the music of the 3hA4i Ai; when walking more quickly (back to the reception-hall), they played the Sze hsia*% When turning round, he made a complete circle; when turning in another direction, he did so at a right angle. When advancing, he inclined forward a little; he held himself up straight; and in all these movements, the pieces of jade emitted their tinklings. So also the man of rank, when in his carriage, heard the harmonious sounds of its bells; © and, when walking, those of his pendant jade-stones; and in this way evil and depraved thoughts found no entrance into his mind. 7. When the ruler was present, (his son and heir) 1 Kih and Xio were the fourth and third notes of the musical scale, corresponding to ourDand B; Kung and Yi, the first and fifth, corresponding toG and E. See the Chinese Classics, vol.iii, p.84, note. 2 Bhai XAiis taken as another name for the Khfi 3hze, Chinese Classics, vol. iii, pp. 317-318. SECT, III. “yt BAo. 19
3See the Chinese Classics, vol.iii, p.84, note. 2 Bhai XAiis taken as another name for the Khfi 3hze, Chinese Classics, vol. iii, pp. 317-318. SECT, III. “yt BAo. 19 did not wear the pendant of jade-stones. He tied it up on the left of his girdle, and left free the pendant (of useful things) on the right. When seated at ease, he wore the (jade) pendant ; but in court, he tied it up?. In fasting and vigil they wore it, but the strings were turned round, and fastened at the girdle. They wore then the purple knee-covers '. ,8. All wore the jade-stone pendant at the girdle, excepting during the mourning rites. (At the end of the middle string) in it was the tooth-like piece, colliding with the others. A man of rank was never without this pendant, excepting for some sufficient reason ; he regarded the pieces of jade as emblematic of the virtues (which he should cultivate). g. The son of Heaven had his pendant composed of beads of white jade, hung on dark-coloured strings; a duke or marquis, his of jade-beads of hillazure, on vermilion strings; a Great officer, his of beads of aqua-marine, on black strings; an heir-son, his of beads of Yii jade, on variegated strings; an ordinary officer, his of beads of jade-like quartz, on orange-coloured strings. Confucius wore at his pendant balls of ivory?, five inches (round), on gray strings. 1o. According to the regulations for (the dress of) a lad’, his upper garment was of black linen, 1 There were three pendants from the girdle :—the jade-stone in the middle, called the pendant of ‘virtue ;’ and two others of useful things on the left and right, of which we shall read by and by. The subject of the first two sentences is said, correctly as I think, to be the heir-son of a ruler; while the last two have a more general application. ? Or ‘an ivory ring.’ 5 One who had not yet been capped. C2 20 THE Lf xf. BK. XI. with an embroidered edging. His sash was embroidered, and (also) the strings for the button-loops (of his girdle). With such a string he bound up his hair. The embroidered border and strings were all red. 11. When the ends of fastening strings reached to the girdle, if they had any toilsome business to do, they put them aside. If they were running, they thrust them in the breast!. 12. A lad did not wear furs, nor silk, nor the ornamental points on his shoes, He did not wear the three months’ mourning. He did not wear the hempen band, when receiving any orders. When he had nothing to do (in mourning rites), he stood on the north of the principal mourner, with his face to the south. When going to see a teacher, he followed in the suite of others, and entered his apartment.
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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