Salamander

The Unfinished Dynasty

A good student, the teacher is relaxed and the work is twice as good, and then he follows the mediocre; a bad student, the teacher is diligent and the work is half, and then he follows and complains. A good questioner is like attacking a hard wood, first the easy part, then the hard part, and when it takes a long time, they talk to each other to understand; a bad questioner is the opposite. A good questioner is like striking a bell, if you strike it with a small sound, it will ring softly, and if you strike it with a big sound, it will ring loudly, wait until it is calm, and then it will sound its full sound; a bad questioner is the opposite. These are all ways to advance learning.

Don't leave, don't abandon

In this month, the emperor ordered the musicians to repair the drums, harps, zithers, flutes, pipes, and flutes, to play the halberds, spears, spears, and feathers, to tune the 竽, 笙, 篧, and 韷镔. He ordered the officials to pray to the mountains, rivers, and springs for the people, and to perform the Great Rain God with great music. He ordered all the counties to perform the Rain God and all the ministers who were beneficial to the people, to pray for a good harvest. The farmers harvested millet.

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When Emperor Cheng was in Shitou, Ren Rang killed the Palace Attendant Zhong Ya and the Right Guard General Liu Chao in front of the emperor. The emperor cried and said, "Give me back my ministers!" Rang disobeyed the order, so Chao and Ya were executed. After the matter was settled, Tao Gong had an old relationship with Rang and wanted to pardon him. Xu Liu'er's longing for her mother-in-law is the best, and you gentlemen want to help her. If he thought of his mother-in-law, he would have no choice but to give in to Tao Quan, so he wanted to pardon them both. When the matter was reported to the emperor, he said, "Rang was the one who killed my minister and he cannot be forgiven!" The officials believed that the young master should not be disobeyed, so they executed both men.

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〔There are ten relationships in sacrifice〕Spreading the banquet and setting up the same table is to rely on the gods; calling the gods in the room and leaving the temple is the way to communicate with the gods. The ruler welcomes the sacrifice but not the corpse, which is to separate suspicion. If the corpse is outside the temple gate, it will be suspected by the minister, but if it is inside the temple, it will be safe for the ruler; if the ruler is outside the temple gate, it will be suspected by the ruler, but if it is inside the temple, it will be safe for the minister and the son. Therefore, those who do not leave the temple are clear about the righteousness between the ruler and the minister. In the way of sacrifice, the grandson serves the king's father's corpse. The one who serves the corpse is the son of the one who offers sacrifice; the father faces north to serve it, so as to clarify the way for the son to serve the father. This is the relationship between father and son. On the fifth day of the funeral, the king washes the jade cup and offers it to the nobles; on the seventh day of the funeral, the king offers the jade cup to the great officials; on the ninth day of the funeral, the king offers the scattered cup to the scholars and the officials, all in order of seniority. This is to clarify the order of superiority and inferiority.

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The small burial is inside the house, and the big burial is in the east. The king uses bamboo mats, the senior officials use cattail mats, and the scholars use reed mats. Small burial: cloth twisted, one shrunken and three horizontal. The king has a brocade quilt, the senior officials have a white quilt, and the scholars have a black quilt, all one. The clothes are nineteen pieces, the king displays the clothes in the east of the order; the senior officials and scholars display the clothes in the room; all have the west collar and the north. Twisted and spun silk are not in the list. Big burial: cloth twisted, three shrunken and five horizontal, cloth and spun silk quilts. The king, the senior officials and scholars have one. The king displays his clothes in the courtyard, with a hundred pieces, and the north collar goes up to the west; the senior officials display their clothes in the east of the order, with fifty pieces, and the west collar goes up to the south; the scholars display their clothes in the east of the order, with thirty pieces, and the west collar goes up to the south. The twisted silk is like the court dress, twisted into three pieces, without opening, and silk is five pieces, without tucks. The clothes for the small burial are not turned upside down. The king has no tucks, and the senior officials and scholars finish the sacrificial clothes of the host; the clothes of relatives are not displayed immediately after receiving them. For the small burial, the king, the senior officials and scholars all use double clothes and double quilts; for the large burial, the king, the senior officials and scholars have no number of sacrificial clothes. The king has pleated clothes and pleated quilts, and the senior officials and scholars are the same as the small burial. The robe must have a cover, not a fold, and the clothes must have a skirt, which is called a one-piece. All clothes are filled in the box, and those who take the clothes also go up with the box, and those who go down from the west steps. All clothes are displayed without bending, and they are not allowed to be put in unless they are arranged in a row, and silk and linen are not allowed to be put in.