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135 17. They had the white horses of the sovereign of Hsi4, with their black manes; the white horses of Yin, with their black heads; and the bay horses of K4u, with red manes. The sovereigns of Hsia preferred black victims ; those of Yin, white; and those of A4u, victims which were red and strong. 18. Of jugs for liquor, they had the earthenware jug of the lord of Yi; the jug of Hsi4, with clouds and hills figured on it; the £0 of Yin, with no base, which rested directly on the ground; and the jugs of Au, with a victim-bull or an elephant on them. 19. For bowls or cups they had the £4n! of Hsia; the Zia of Yin?; and the Zio of Kau’. 20. For libations they had the jug of Hsia, with a cock on it; the 414 of Yin; and that of Au, with gilt eyes on it. For ladles they had that of Hsia, with the handle ending in a dragon's head; that of Yin, slightly carved all over; and that of K4Au, with the handle like plaited rushes. 21. They had the earthen drum, with clods for the drumstick and the reed pipe,—producing the music of {-44t4; the pillow-like bundles of chaff, 1 Made of-jade, or adorned with it. * With plants of grain figured on it. * Also made of, or adorned with, jade. « f-kat is said by Kang to be ‘the dynastic title of an ancient son of Heaven.’ Many identify him with Shin N&ng, who generally follows Ff-hst in the chronology, and who cannot be placed later than the thirty-first century B.c., if we can speak at all of so distant dates. Evidently the compiler is putting down the names of the most ancient instruments which he had heard of. There is in the Xhien-lung edition of our collection, chapter 81, page 5, a representation of the drum and its handle; with a collection of the views about them, contradictory and fantastical, D2 36 THE Lf xf. BK. XII, which were struck!; the sounding stone of jade; the instruments rubbed or struck, (to regulate the commencement and close of the music)?; the great lute and great cithern; the medium lute and little cithern’: —the musical instruments of the four dynasties. 22. The temple of the duke of Ld was maintained from generation to generation like that of (king) W4n (in the capital of Xu), and the temple of duke Wd in the same way like that of (king) Wa‘. 23. They had the hsiang (school) of the lord of Yii, in connexion with which were kept the stores of (sacrificial) rice*; the hsii school of the sovereign of Hsia; the school of Yin, in which the blind were so that it is not worth while to reproduce them here. There is a figure also of the reed pipe, which can only have been something a little superior to the early ‘ oaten pipe’ of the west. 1 This also is represented in the X/ien-lung edition; but how anything like music could be brought from the pillows I do not know. The two characters, supposed to give the name, are found, perhaps, in the Shu, II, iv, 9, used with verbal force of playing on the lute. * The Xfi and Yi; see vol. xxvii, pages 219 and 273.
2The two characters, supposed to give the name, are found, perhaps, in the Shu, II, iv, 9, used with verbal force of playing on the lute. * The Xfi and Yi; see vol. xxvii, pages 219 and 273. 8 The invention of the lute and cithern is ascribed to Fé-hst. They are represented thus— “ The duke of Lf here is the first duke, Po-44in (B.c. 1115— 1063). Duke Wd was the ninth duke (s.c. 826-817). _* Asa lesson, it is said, of filial duty. BK. XII. MING THANG WEI. 37 honoured’; and the college of Ku, with its semicircle of water. 24. They had the tripods of Kung? and Kwan?; the great jade hemisphere; and the tortoise-shell of Fang-fa*:—all articles (properly) belonging to the son of Heaven. They (also) had the lance of Yiieh*; and the great bow,—military weapons of the son of Heaven. 25. They had the drum. of Hsid supported on four legs ; that of Yin supported on a single pillar ; the drums of 4u, pendent from a stand; the peal of bells of Sui‘; the differently toned £4ing (sonorous stones) of Shi’; and the organ of Niikw °, with its tongues. 26. They had the music-stand of Hsi4, with its face-board and posts, on which dragons were carved; that of Yin, with the high-toothed face-board; and that of Kau, with its round ornaments of jade, and feathers (hung from the corners). 1 The father of Music, it is said, was here sacrificed to, or had offerings presented to him. All this is very uncertain. Blind men were used as musicians. 2 These are names of states mentioned in the Sh, with which we find king W4n at war. , S Fang-ff must also be the name of an ancient | state; but where it was I do not know. Yteh was a great state, south of WA, on the seaboard. * See the Shf, II, i, 21, and note. * Shi was also called Wa-kéu (ffE 4J). * Ni-kw4 is placed between Ff-hsi and Shan Nang. Various fabulous marvels are related of him or her (for many hold the name to be that of a female) in the account of the five Tis, prefixed to Sze-m4 Khien’s histories. The organ is represented thus— 38 THE Lf xf. BK. XII. 27. They had the two tui of the lord of Yu (for holding the grain at sacrifices); the four lien of Hsia; the six hd of Yin; and the eight kwei of Kaul. 28. They had for stands (on which to set forth the flesh of the victims), the khwan of Shun; the Riieh of Hsia; the 4 of Yin; and the room-like stand of Kau. For the tall supports of the dishes, they used those of Hsia of unadorned wood; those of Yin, adorned with jade; and those of A4u, with feathers carved on them. 29. They had the plain leather knee-covers of Shun; those of Hsi4, with hills represented on them ; those of -Yin, with flames; and those of A4u, with dragons. 30. They used for their sacrificial offerings (to the father of Cookery), like the lord of Yii, (portions of) the head; like the sovereigns of Hsia, (portions of) the heart; as they did under Yin, (portions of) the liver ; and as they did under ‘4u, (portions of) the lungs?.
330. They used for their sacrificial offerings (to the father of Cookery), like the lord of Yii, (portions of) the head; like the sovereigns of Hsia, (portions of) the heart; as they did under Yin, (portions of) the liver ; and as they did under ‘4u, (portions of) the lungs?. 31. They used the bright water preferred by Hsi4; the unfermented liquor preferred by Yin; and the completed liquor preferred by Kau’. _ 3 Figures of all these are given. The number of the vessels in the different dynasties is thought to have been regulated by the number of the kinds of grain; but most of this is conjecture. * Kang Hstian, in explanation of these practices, has only three characters, which I confess I do not fully comprehend. Khung Ying-t4 says nothing about them, nor the X/ien-lung editors. Fang Xtieh writes, on the relation between the five elements and the five colours, and the symbolical colours adopted by the different dynasties, and of the different members of the victims; very mystically and darkly, and failing to elucidate the passage. 5 There have been various references to these points already, and there will be more hereafter. BK. XII. MING THANG WEI. 39 32. They used (the names) of the 50 officers of the lord of Yii; of the 100 of the sovereigns of Hsia; of the 200 of Yin; and of the 300 of K4u’. 33. (At their funerals) they used the feathery ornaments of the lord of Yui; the wrappings of white silk (about the flag-staffs) of the sovereigns of Hsia; (the flags) with their toothed edges of Yin; and the round pieces of jade and plumes of AAéu*. 34. Lf (thus) used the robes, vessels and officers of all the four dynasties, and so it observed the royal ceremonies. It long transmitted them everywhere. Its rulers and ministers never killed one another. Its rites, music, punishments, laws, governmental proceedings, manners and customs never changed. Throughout the kingdom it was considered the state which exhibited the right ways; and therefore dependence was placed on it in the matters of ceremonies and music*. 1 Compare the Shi, V, xx, 3. Various attempts are made to "reconcile the statements there and those of this paragraph ; ‘all,’ says Khan HAo, ‘mere conjectures.’ * Compare paragraph 22, page 139, vol. xxvii. ? Much of what is said here is glaringly false ; and justifies what is said of the Book in the introduction, page 29. a en, Yo? aN Tay a vr tesocer nN 4 LT ORS? J BOOK XIII. SANG FU HSIAO At OR RECORD OF SMALLER MATTERS IN THE DRESS OF MOURNING}. Section I. 1. When wearing the unhemmed sackcloth (for a father), (the son) tied up his hair with a hempen (band), and also when wearing it for a mother. When he exchanged this band for the cincture (in the case of mourning for his mother)?, this was . made of linen cloth. (A wife) 8, when wearing the (one year's mourning) of sackcloth with the edges even, had the girdle (of the same), and the inferior hair-pin (of hazel-wood), and wore these to the end of the mourning.
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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
135 17. They had the white horses of the sovereign of Hsi4, with their black manes; the white horses of Yin, with their black heads; and the bay horses of K4u, with red manes. The sovereigns of Hsia preferred black victims ; those of Yin, white; and those of A4u, victims which were red and strong. 18. Of jugs for liquor, they had the earthenware jug of the lord of Yi; the jug of Hsi4, with clouds and hills figured on it; the £0 of Yin, with no base, which rested directly on the ground; and the jugs of Au, with a victim-bull or an elephant on them. 19. For bowls or cups they had the £4n! of Hsia; the Zia of Yin?; and the Zio of Kau’. 20. For libations they had the jug of Hsia, with a cock on it; the 414 of Yin; and that of Au, with gilt eyes on it. For ladles they had that of Hsia, with the handle ending in a dragon's head; that of Yin, slightly carved all over; and that of K4Au, with the handle like plaited rushes. 21. They had the earthen drum, with clods for the drumstick and the reed pipe,—producing the music of {-44t4; the pillow-like bundles of chaff, 1 Made of-jade, or adorned with it. * With plants of grain figured on it. * Also made of, or adorned with, jade. « f-kat is said by Kang to be ‘the dynastic title of an ancient son of Heaven.’ Many identify him with Shin N&ng, who generally follows Ff-hst in the chronology, and who cannot be placed later than the thirty-first century B.c., if we can speak at all of so distant dates. Evidently the compiler is putting down the names of the most ancient instruments which he had heard of. There is in the Xhien-lung edition of our collection, chapter 81, page 5, a representation of the drum and its handle; with a collection of the views about them, contradictory and fantastical, D2 36 THE Lf xf. BK. XII, which were struck!; the sounding stone of jade; the instruments rubbed or struck, (to regulate the commencement and close of the music)?; the great lute and great cithern; the medium lute and little cithern’: —the musical instruments of the four dynasties. 22. The temple of the duke of Ld was maintained from generation to generation like that of (king) W4n (in the capital of Xu), and the temple of duke Wd in the same way like that of (king) Wa‘. 23. They had the hsiang (school) of the lord of Yii, in connexion with which were kept the stores of (sacrificial) rice*; the hsii school of the sovereign of Hsia; the school of Yin, in which the blind were so that it is not worth while to reproduce them here. There is a figure also of the reed pipe, which can only have been something a little superior to the early ‘ oaten pipe’ of the west. 1 This also is represented in the X/ien-lung edition; but how anything like music could be brought from the pillows I do not know. The two characters, supposed to give the name, are found, perhaps, in the Shu, II, iv, 9, used with verbal force of playing on the lute. * The Xfi and Yi; see vol. xxvii, pages 219 and 273.
2The two characters, supposed to give the name, are found, perhaps, in the Shu, II, iv, 9, used with verbal force of playing on the lute. * The Xfi and Yi; see vol. xxvii, pages 219 and 273. 8 The invention of the lute and cithern is ascribed to Fé-hst. They are represented thus— “ The duke of Lf here is the first duke, Po-44in (B.c. 1115— 1063). Duke Wd was the ninth duke (s.c. 826-817). _* Asa lesson, it is said, of filial duty. BK. XII. MING THANG WEI. 37 honoured’; and the college of Ku, with its semicircle of water. 24. They had the tripods of Kung? and Kwan?; the great jade hemisphere; and the tortoise-shell of Fang-fa*:—all articles (properly) belonging to the son of Heaven. They (also) had the lance of Yiieh*; and the great bow,—military weapons of the son of Heaven. 25. They had the drum. of Hsid supported on four legs ; that of Yin supported on a single pillar ; the drums of 4u, pendent from a stand; the peal of bells of Sui‘; the differently toned £4ing (sonorous stones) of Shi’; and the organ of Niikw °, with its tongues. 26. They had the music-stand of Hsi4, with its face-board and posts, on which dragons were carved; that of Yin, with the high-toothed face-board; and that of Kau, with its round ornaments of jade, and feathers (hung from the corners). 1 The father of Music, it is said, was here sacrificed to, or had offerings presented to him. All this is very uncertain. Blind men were used as musicians. 2 These are names of states mentioned in the Sh, with which we find king W4n at war. , S Fang-ff must also be the name of an ancient | state; but where it was I do not know. Yteh was a great state, south of WA, on the seaboard. * See the Shf, II, i, 21, and note. * Shi was also called Wa-kéu (ffE 4J). * Ni-kw4 is placed between Ff-hsi and Shan Nang. Various fabulous marvels are related of him or her (for many hold the name to be that of a female) in the account of the five Tis, prefixed to Sze-m4 Khien’s histories. The organ is represented thus— 38 THE Lf xf. BK. XII. 27. They had the two tui of the lord of Yu (for holding the grain at sacrifices); the four lien of Hsia; the six hd of Yin; and the eight kwei of Kaul. 28. They had for stands (on which to set forth the flesh of the victims), the khwan of Shun; the Riieh of Hsia; the 4 of Yin; and the room-like stand of Kau. For the tall supports of the dishes, they used those of Hsia of unadorned wood; those of Yin, adorned with jade; and those of A4u, with feathers carved on them. 29. They had the plain leather knee-covers of Shun; those of Hsi4, with hills represented on them ; those of -Yin, with flames; and those of A4u, with dragons. 30. They used for their sacrificial offerings (to the father of Cookery), like the lord of Yii, (portions of) the head; like the sovereigns of Hsia, (portions of) the heart; as they did under Yin, (portions of) the liver ; and as they did under ‘4u, (portions of) the lungs?.
330. They used for their sacrificial offerings (to the father of Cookery), like the lord of Yii, (portions of) the head; like the sovereigns of Hsia, (portions of) the heart; as they did under Yin, (portions of) the liver ; and as they did under ‘4u, (portions of) the lungs?. 31. They used the bright water preferred by Hsi4; the unfermented liquor preferred by Yin; and the completed liquor preferred by Kau’. _ 3 Figures of all these are given. The number of the vessels in the different dynasties is thought to have been regulated by the number of the kinds of grain; but most of this is conjecture. * Kang Hstian, in explanation of these practices, has only three characters, which I confess I do not fully comprehend. Khung Ying-t4 says nothing about them, nor the X/ien-lung editors. Fang Xtieh writes, on the relation between the five elements and the five colours, and the symbolical colours adopted by the different dynasties, and of the different members of the victims; very mystically and darkly, and failing to elucidate the passage. 5 There have been various references to these points already, and there will be more hereafter. BK. XII. MING THANG WEI. 39 32. They used (the names) of the 50 officers of the lord of Yii; of the 100 of the sovereigns of Hsia; of the 200 of Yin; and of the 300 of K4u’. 33. (At their funerals) they used the feathery ornaments of the lord of Yui; the wrappings of white silk (about the flag-staffs) of the sovereigns of Hsia; (the flags) with their toothed edges of Yin; and the round pieces of jade and plumes of AAéu*. 34. Lf (thus) used the robes, vessels and officers of all the four dynasties, and so it observed the royal ceremonies. It long transmitted them everywhere. Its rulers and ministers never killed one another. Its rites, music, punishments, laws, governmental proceedings, manners and customs never changed. Throughout the kingdom it was considered the state which exhibited the right ways; and therefore dependence was placed on it in the matters of ceremonies and music*. 1 Compare the Shi, V, xx, 3. Various attempts are made to "reconcile the statements there and those of this paragraph ; ‘all,’ says Khan HAo, ‘mere conjectures.’ * Compare paragraph 22, page 139, vol. xxvii. ? Much of what is said here is glaringly false ; and justifies what is said of the Book in the introduction, page 29. a en, Yo? aN Tay a vr tesocer nN 4 LT ORS? J BOOK XIII. SANG FU HSIAO At OR RECORD OF SMALLER MATTERS IN THE DRESS OF MOURNING}. Section I. 1. When wearing the unhemmed sackcloth (for a father), (the son) tied up his hair with a hempen (band), and also when wearing it for a mother. When he exchanged this band for the cincture (in the case of mourning for his mother)?, this was . made of linen cloth. (A wife) 8, when wearing the (one year's mourning) of sackcloth with the edges even, had the girdle (of the same), and the inferior hair-pin (of hazel-wood), and wore these to the end of the mourning.
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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