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In the modern days of Cuju

Longevity is called death, and premature death is called misfortune.

Jade Hand

When Wang Pingzi was fourteen or fifteen years old, he saw that Wang Yifu's wife, Guo, was greedy and asked her maid to collect dung on the road. Pingzi advised him against it, but he said it was not possible. Guo was furious and said to Pingzi, "When the lady was dying, she entrusted the young man to her new wife, not the new wife to the young man!" He quickly grabbed the hem of his clothes and was about to hit him with a stick. Pingzi struggled hard and managed to break free, then escaped through the window.

Sweet marriage till old age

I won 500 million

Zhang Zhan liked to plant pine and cypress trees in front of his study. Whenever Yuan Shansong went out for a trip, he would always ask his attendants to compose elegies. People at that time said, "The body was laid out under Zhang's house, and the funeral was held on Yuan's road."

Samsara

The emperor's jade moss has twelve tassels, which extend from front to back and are used for offering sacrifices. When the sun rises, he looks at it outside the east gate. When the sun rises, he looks at it outside the south gate. In the intercalary month, he closes the left door and stands in the middle. He wears a leather hat and looks at the sun. Then he eats. At noon, he eats. He plays music and eats. On the day, there is a small amount of food, on the first month, there is a big amount of food; five drinks: water, syrup, wine, sweet wine, and wine. At the end of the meal, the emperor sits in a dark posture. When he moves, the left historian records it, and when he speaks, the right historian records it, and the blind man drives the blind table up and down. If the year is not auspicious, the emperor will wear plain clothes, ride a plain car, and eat without music. The princes will wear a dark posture to offer sacrifices, wear a small crown to attend court, and wear a leather hat to listen to the first month of the month in the Grand Temple. They will wear court clothes to watch the sun at the inner court. At court, they will enter the court after distinguishing colors. The king will watch it when the sun rises, and then retreat to the roadside bedroom to listen to government affairs. He will send people to watch the officials. When the officials retreat, they will go to the small bedroom to sleep and take off their clothes. Also, the king will wear morning clothes to eat, and three special lungs will be offered as sacrifices. In the evening, he will wear deep clothes and offer meat as sacrifices. On the first month, there will be a small amount of food, five sacrificial dishes and four gui. The sons and the sons will eat vegetable soup, and the ladies will cook with the king.

These small county officials

The Master said, “If there is a car, you must see its rails; if there is a garment, you must see its wear; if someone talks about it, you must hear its sound; if someone walks about it, you must see its completion. The Ge Tan says, ‘If you wear it, you must shoot it.’” The Master said, “If you follow what you say, then your words cannot be embellished; if you follow what you say, then your actions cannot be embellished. Therefore, a gentleman speaks little, but walks to establish his credibility, so that the people cannot exaggerate his virtues and minimize his faults. The Book of Songs says, ‘The stain on the jade tablet can still be polished; the stain on this speech cannot be made.’ The Xiaoya says, ‘The gentleman is sincere, and the development is great.’ The Jun Shi says, ‘In the past, when the God of Heaven was in power, Zhou Tian observed the virtue of King Wen, and he gathered the great destiny in his body.’” The Master said, “The southerners have a saying, ‘If a man is not constant, he cannot be used for divination.’ Is this the saying left by the ancients? Even the tortoise shells cannot tell, let alone people? The Book of Songs says: ‘My tortoise is tired, but I still don’t tell it.’ The Book of Changes says: ‘The title is not equal to the bad virtue. The people stand up and do the right things. They are pure and offer sacrifices. This is disrespectful; things are complicated and chaotic, and serving the gods is difficult.’ The Book of Changes says: ‘If you don’t keep your virtue, you may suffer shame. If you keep your virtue, it will be auspicious for women and bad for men.’”