Book of Rites Qulishang 1 1

Sacrifice is not laziness. Sacrificial clothes were burned, sacrificial vessels were buried, turtles were buried, and sacrifices were buried. Anyone who sacrifices the public will be self-defeating.

You can't be lazy at the ceremony. If the sacrificial clothing is broken, it will be burned; If the ritual vessel is broken, it will be buried with it; If the turtle recorded in Oracle Bone Inscriptions is broken, it should be buried; Animal sacrifices used for sacrifice should also be buried if they die. Anyone who takes part in the sacrifice in public must take the meat he has given home.

It is taboo to cry when you die. The ceremony is rude, and the two are not biased. If you catch your parents, you will be afraid of them. If you don't catch your parents, you will be blunt with them. You are selfless and taboo, and doctors are public and taboo. "Poetry" and "book" are outspoken, and they are outspoken in literature and temples. Lady's taboo, although in front of the king, I am outspoken. Women are afraid to go out. Great achievements, small achievements, outspoken. Entry is forbidden, entry is vulgar, and entry is taboo.

After the mourning ceremony, the names of the deceased can no longer be called directly, but according to the requirements of the ceremony, names with the same pronunciation as the names of the deceased cannot be avoided. If there is a difference between these two words, you don't have to avoid them. If you still have time to serve your parents, you should avoid the names of your grandparents. Otherwise, there is no need to avoid the names of grandparents. Don't pay attention to your taboos in front of the monarch, but pay attention to the taboos of the monarch in front of the doctor. There is no need to be shy when reading poetry books, writing articles and offering sacrifices in temples. The monarch's wife is a family taboo, even if it is discussed in front of the monarch, courtiers don't have to avoid it. What women are afraid of is confined to the house, and they don't have to be afraid of their family members who have made great or small contributions. When you arrive at a new place, you must first understand the local taboos. To enter other countries, we must first understand the customs of this country. To go to other people's homes, we must first understand the host's family taboos.

Diplomacy should be hard and internal affairs should be soft. When predicting the date, say "a distant day" outside the ten-day cycle and "a near day" within the ten-day cycle. The funeral is far away, Ji recently. It is said that "for Japan, two fake turtles are common, and so are two fake turtles." There are no more than three divinations, and divination does not attack each other. Turtle is divination, glutinous rice is glutinous rice. It is predicted that the reason why the holy king makes people believe in time, respect ghosts and gods and fear the law is that he decides to be suspicious and determined not to move. Therefore, it is wrong to doubt; You must practice acting in the future.

Mountains, rivers, land and other sacrifices. It is advisable to worship the temple on a single (just) day outside and on a double (soft) day inside. When choosing a day for divination, those outside these ten days are called "a distant day" and those within these ten days are called "a near day". When choosing the date of funeral, we should first choose the distant date, and the date of auspicious events such as sacrifice and enjoyment should choose the nearest one. When divining, you should say, "Choose a day and borrow a Thai turtle for divination, which is always effective, and borrowing a Thai turtle for divination is also effective." The number of consecutive divinations should not exceed three. Divination and divination methods can only be selected, and they cannot be mixed. Tortoise shell divination, yarrow divination. The use of divination is a way for ancient kings to make people believe in auspicious days, worship ghosts and gods, and respect the law. It is also a way to make people decide to doubt and hesitate. Therefore, if you have doubts, you can go to divination, through divination, but with the result, you can no longer doubt; Once the date of action is set, it must be carried out.

(sacrificial vessels or sacrifices are buried with the people, which is an ancient ritual system, not original by Confucius. Although there were just days and gentle days in ancient times, I think they are still related to Yi Li. The distinction between yin and yang is not entirely superficial, but more important is the internal yin and yang. )