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A COLLECTION OF TREATISES ON THE RULES OF PROPRIETY OR CEREMONIAL USAGES.
BOOK XL YO 3AO
OR THE JADE-BEAD PENDANTS OF THE ROYAL CAP 1 .
Section I.
i. The son of Heaven, when sacrificing 2 , wore (the cap) with the twelve long pendants of beads of jade hanging down from its top before and behind, and the robe embroidered with dragons.
2. When saluting the appearance of the sun 3 outside the eastern gate 4 , he wore the dark-coloured square-cut robes ; and (also) when listening to the notification of the first day of the month 5 outside the southern gate.
1 See introductory notice, vol. xxvii, pp. 27, 28.
9 Probably, to Heaven ; AUng thought it was to the former kings. Many try to unite both views.
8 At the vernal equinox. Callery has ' Quand de bon matin il sacrifie au soleuY Probably there was a sacrifice on the occasion ; but the text does not say so. The character jjljj (khxio) means
- to appear at audience/ ,
4 Probably, of the city ; many say, of the Hall of Distinction.
- This announcement was to the spirits of his royal ancestors in
the first place. Compare Analects III, 16. [28] ; b
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