Text of Confucianism Part 01

SR No.: 007675
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Legge
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1879
Total Pages: 2829
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 50 MB

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BK. XV.
SHẢO Ý.
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bar on the right and left (to the father of charioteering), and then drank off the cup.
47. Of all viands which were placed on the stands, the offering was put down inside the stand.
A gentleman did not eat the entrails of grain-fed animals?
A boy ran, but did not walk quickly with measured steps. When he took up his cup, he knelt in offering (some of the contents) in sacrifice, and then stood up and drank (the rest). Before rinsing a cup, they washed their hands. In separating the lungs of oxen and sheep, they did not cut out the central portion of them *; when viands were served up with sauce, they did not add condiments to it.
In selecting an onion or scallion for a gentleman, they cut off both the root and top.
When the head was presented among the viands, the snout was put forward, to be used as the offering.
48. He who set forth the jugs considered the left of the cup-bearer to be the place for the topmost one. The jugs and jars were placed with their spouts towards the arranger.
The drinkers at the ceremonies of washing the head and cupping, in presence of the stand with the divided victims on it, did not kneel. Before the common cup had gone round, they did not taste the viands.
? Dogs (bred to be eaten) and pigs. The reason for not eating their entrails can hardly be stated.
* A waiting-boy.
• That it might easily be taken in hand and put down as an offering of thanksgiving.
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