written with fire 炷. Preceded by heaven, 天主 t'ien chu, it forms the term used by the Roman Catholics for God.
Li see line 32.
Chi see line 118. [These last two characters form the title of the work, by the Younger Tai, included among the Five Classics of modern times (lines 136, 138). It is called Chi and not 經 Ching (see title) because it was not the actual work of any of the great Sages of old, but merely a compilation based upon their utterances.]
| 153. | 述 | 聖 | 言 | They published the holy words, | |
| Shu4 | shêng4 | yen2 | |||
| Publish | holy | words |
Shu is composed of the walking radical and a phonetic said to
have formerly meant a kind of millet. It originally signified to
follow, and in its later sense was expressly distinguished by
Confucius from 作 (line 123), the former being simply the act of transmitting the sayings of others.
Shêng is composed of 耳 êrh ear as radical and 呈 chêng level, to offer to a superior, a common phonetic. It originally meant keen of apprehension, and is now almost the equivalent of inspired, being applied only to Confucius, Mencius, the great Sages of antiquity, and the Emperor. It is also employed by missionaries in Christian terminology. See line 269.
Yen see line 118.
| 154. | 禮 | 樂 | 備 | and Ceremonies and Music were set in order. | |
| Li2 | yo4 | pei4 | |||
| Ceremony | music | prepare |
Li see line 32.
Yo or yüeh was originally the picture of drums on a stand (note the 木 mu wood) as used at an ancient orchestral performance.
