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The Ugly Concubine

Stealing time for you

Zi Gan met Shi Yi and asked him, "I heard that each song has its own merits. What should I sing?" Shi Yi said, "I am a lowly worker, so why should I ask what is appropriate? Please recite what I heard, and I will stick to it: Those who are broad-minded and calm, gentle and upright should sing Song. Those who are broad-minded and calm, open-minded and trustworthy should sing Da Ya. Those who are respectful and frugal and like etiquette should sing Xiao Ya. Those who are upright and calm, honest and modest should sing Feng. Those who are unrestrained and kind should sing Shang; those who are gentle and decisive should sing Qi. Singing is to be upright and to show virtue. When you move yourself, the heaven and earth respond, the four seasons are harmonious, the stars are in order, and all things are nurtured. Therefore, Shang is the legacy of the Five Emperors. The business people know Qi is the sound left over from the Three Dynasties, and the people of Qi know it, so they call it Qi. Those who know the sound of Shang are often decisive in dealing with things, and those who know the sound of Qi are yielding when seeing benefits. Being often decisive in dealing with things is courage; yielding when seeing benefits is righteousness. Who can guarantee courage and righteousness except singing? Therefore, the singer is like a resistance above, a team below, a bend like a bend, a stop like a dead wood, a square in the middle, a hook in the sentence, and a string of pearls. Therefore, singing is a long speech. It is said because it pleases; it is not enough, so it is said for a long time; it is not enough because it is not enough, so it is sighed; sighing is not enough, so it does not know how to dance with hands and feet. "Zi Gong asked about music.

Twin Flowers Blooming Love

Zeng Zi asked, “The ministers and officials will prepare the corpse for the Duke, and they will receive the funeral rites overnight, but there is mourning in the mourning clothes. What should we do?” Confucius said, “When the corpse is taken out, it should be kept in the palace to wait for the funeral. This is the etiquette.” Confucius said, “When the corpse is taken out with a hat and a crown, the ministers, officials, and scholars should all get out of the way. The corpse must be arranged in a proper manner and must be led in front.” Zixia asked, “Is it the etiquette that the mourning period of three years is over and there is no need to avoid the funeral rites? Was there a supervisor at the beginning?” Confucius said, “The three-year mourning period of the Xia Dynasty was over, and the funeral rites were held after the funeral. The Yin people held the funeral rites after the burial. The Records says, ‘A gentleman does not deprive others of their relatives, and one should not deprive them of their relatives.’ Is this what it means?” Zixia said, “There is no need to avoid the funeral rites, is it not? Confucius said, "I heard Lao Dan say that Duke Boqin of Lu did it for a purpose. I don't know who is following the benefit of the three-year mourning period now!"

The Invincible Dad

At first, there were dozens of people who annotated Zhuangzi, but none of them could understand its main points. Xiang Xiu explained the meaning beyond the old annotations, with wonderful and unique analysis, and promoted the mysterious style. Only the two poems "Autumn Water" and "Supreme Joy" were not completed when Xiu died. When Xiuzi was young, Yi died, but there is still another copy. Guo Xiang was a man of mean conduct but with great talent. Seeing that Hideyoshi's work was not passed down to the world, I secretly took it as my own. He added his own annotations to the two chapters "Autumn Water" and "Supreme Joy", and changed the chapter "Horse's Hoof". As for the rest of the chapters, he only added some fixed sentences. Later, Xiu Yi wrote a different version, so now there are two Zhuangs, Xiang and Guo, but the meaning is the same.

Infinite Power

The emperor's wife is called the queen, the princes are called the lady, the great officials are called the young lady, the scholars are called the woman, and the common people are called the wife.

The Judge of the Six Realms of the City

Why do people wear mourning clothes and wear hemp clothes? Hemp means an ugly appearance, so that the head is covered inside and can be seen outside. The appearance of mourning clothes is like hemp, the appearance of mourning clothes is like hemp, the appearance of mourning clothes for the great merit is like stopping, and the appearance of mourning clothes for the small merit and the mourning clothes is acceptable. This is the expression of sorrow in the face and body.