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CONTENTS.
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PAGE 43. The distance at which the fire can be addressed, the use
of a lamp, and the proper order of the propitiatory
dedications, when consecrating a sacred cake . . 141 44. Whether a skilful priest who is employed to perform
ceremonies, but is not officially the priest of the dis
trict, should be paid a regular stipend . . . 145 45. The separate duties of priests and disciples . . 46. When a priest can abandon the priesthood to obtain a
livelihood . . . . . . . . 47. Whether a priest who knows the A vesta, or one who
understands the commentary, be more entitled to the
foremost place at a sacred feast . . . : 155 48. The advantage and proper mode of celebrating the ceremonial .
. . . . . . 159 + 49. Whether it be lawful to buy corn and keep it long, so as
to raise the price for the sake of profit . . . 174 50. Whether it be lawful to sell wine to foreigners and infidels 176 51. The sin of drunkenness, and what constitutes immoderate
drinking . . . . . . . . 178 52. Whether a man who bargains to deliver wheat in a month,
and takes a deposit, is bound to deliver the wheat if its market-price has risen enormously
. . 180 53. Whether it be lawful to sell cattle to those of a different religion . . . . .
. . . 182 54. Whether a man without a son can give away his pro
perty to one daughter on his death-bed; the laws of inheritance, and when an adopted son must be ap
pointed, in such a case . . . . . . 183 55. Whose duty it is to order the ceremonies after a death. 187 56. The laws of adoption and family-guardianship . . 188 57. Those who are fit, or unfit, for adoption . . . 190 58. The three kinds of adoption . . . . . 191 59. The least amount of property that requires the appoint
ment of an adopted son . . . . . 192 60. The sin of not appointing an adopted son, or of appoint
ing a dishonest one . . . . . . 192 61. The merit and demerit of family-guardianship . . 193 62. The laws of inheritance . . .
. 194 63. Whether it be lawful to seize property from foreigners
and infidels. . . . . . . . 190
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| SR No. | 007676 |
| Book Title | Text of Confucianism Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Legge |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1882 |
| Total Pages | 2405 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 43 MB |