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INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
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313-15, 373, 385, 439, 468, 474 ; iv, a (recorders of Left and
Right), 4, 6, 135, 246-7. Remonstrances, with parents and
rulers, on, iii, 114, 239, 456-7; iv, 73, 228, 290, 345-6; of the people should not be suppressed,
i, 1o5. Respect for one's self, iv, 266-7. Reverence in ceremonies generally,
see Ceremonies; in marriage,
iv, 264-5. Rise of new families or clans within
the same surname, iv, 43-4, 63 ; rules for sacrifice in connexion with them, iii, 458.
Sacrifices, the laws of, iv, 200-9;
the meaning of, iv, 210-35; a summary account of, iv, 236-54; were for the purposes of prayer, thanksgiving, and deprecation, iii, 448; were especially expressions of gratitude to God, and the reverent commemoration of ancestors and benefactors of men, iv, 201 (and note), 307-8; were preceded by vigil and purification, see Purification; were performed with selected victims and other offerings, in the proper robes, at the proper altars, with the prescribed ceremonies and music, iii, 107, 112, 326,343-3,288; iv, 201-7,214-5, 213-4, 237, 245-6. Most anciently, water was the only liquid used at them, and afterwards had the most honoured place, iii, 370-1; iv, 8 (and note). They lie at the founda
tion of all teaching, iv, 245. Sacrifices of the king, wherein they
exceeded and differed from those of others, iii, 116, 225-7; iv, 204-6. The border sacrifices, presented on the border or suburbs of the capital to God or Heaven and Earth (iv, 311), were peculiar to him. There was but a single victim (Book IX, and note 2, iii, 416) in them, and the offerings of grain, and the robes were the product of the king's ploughing and the queen's work in silk; they
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were the deepest expression of reverence' and greatest act of thanksgiving,' iii, 373, 309, 398, 413, 426-31; iv, 1, 202-3. The sacrifice at the Great She altar, iii, 425; sacrifices to the sun, moon, and other material objects, iii, 427 (and note); iv, 209. Sacrifices to ancestors, see Ancestral temple; to the spirits of the land and grain, to seas, hills, rivers, and streams, iii, 373, 303, 307, 309. Sacrifices of the house, with the parts of the victims made prominent in them, iii, 116,251, 258, 262, 269, 272, 277, 281, 283, 287, 296-7, 302, 306; iv, 38. The Kà sacrifice, iji, 364, 431-4; iv, 333, 167. Sacrifices of Ld, iv, 31-4. That for driving away pestilence, iii, 423 (and note); to the kings of two preceding dynasties, iii, 421-3; on tours of inspection, i, 39-40;
iii, 417, 426,-compare iii, 218. Sacrifices connected with the mourn
ing rites:- That of Repose, iii, 137, 170 (and note), 189-90, 316; iv, 46-7,48 (and note), 50, 55, 58, 139, 142, 155-6, 159-60, 164, 387-9; at the end of the Ist year (hsiao hsiang) and of the and (tâ hsiang), iii, 129-30 (and note), 317-8; iv, 9, 52, 138, 159, 153-3, 184, 192, 387; and at the end of the mourning (than), iii, 129-30 (and note); iv, 192, 388. The same names are employed of services at the end of shorter periods of mourning,
iv, 158, 160. Sacrifices, expense of, were a tenth
of all expenditure, iii, 213. The robes at them were the most prized of all, iv, 186, 308; they and vessels were burnt or buried,
when worn out, iii, 92. Scholar, the, and his character and
course, iv, 403-10. Seven was the number of the
months of summer, iii, 268, 272,
377. Seven directors, the (in astronomy),
i, 39; days' fasting, case of, i 133; all in royal domain as
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