From the time the son returned to his own country, the monarch had to provide grain, grass, livestock, and labor three times, and the number of living sacrifices provided was compared with the number of sacrifices made during the meal. When the monarch makes a salute, he offers jerky. There are 24 beans for all kinds of delicious food, 6 簋 (guǐ) for rice and Liang rice, 24 beans for various pickles and pickles, 18 kinds of meat soup, 24 pots of wine, 12 pieces of Ding for livestock meat, 12 for rice and 18 pieces of fresh meat, all of which are on display.

There are 5 prisons for the gluttonous gifts given by the monarch, among which the slaughtered animals are displayed in the same way as the animals supplied by the food ceremony, and there are 2 prisons of live animals, 80 flutes of rice, and 80 urns of vinegar sauce, all of which must be displayed; There are 20 carts of rice, 30 carts of grass, twice as much forage and firewood as grass, all on display. Birds that live in pairs and in groups are fed 50 pairs per day. Until the guests return to their own country, the monarch will hold 1 feast, 1 food ceremony, and 1 swallow ceremony for the guests.

All the officials who accompanied the guests, such as the intermediary, pedestrians, zai, and shi, were also given food and gluttonous gifts, and the amount of prison gifts was determined according to the rank of their titles, among which only the deputy envoy or the senior assistant of the military and political chief would be provided with a pair of birds. The gifts given by the monarch's wife to the guests are: six pots, six beans, and six wattles, and the meal is the same as the gift, and no other gift is given. When the host country comes to meet the guest in person, he must give the guest a cow for meal.

When the princes, doctors, and scholars come to the bride ceremony as guests of the state, the king will receive them with the same number of courtesies as when they are envoys to the king. Where courtesy is used to receive guests, if the state establishes a new system of etiquette, then it can be simplified; When there is a great famine, the etiquette needs to be simple; When there is a great plague, the rites need to be simple; When suffering from military aggression or fire and water disasters, etiquette needs to be simple; In the wilderness, outside the country, etiquette needs to be simple.

If a guest dies while in the host country, the host country is required to give gifts for the funeral. When a guest enters the host country and smells of a funeral, he or she needs to receive only the fodder and grain provided by the host country. If a guest enters the host country and suffers a funeral in the host country, he will not accept the rituals and food of the host country, but only the raw meat.

Zhangqi, who is in charge of the etiquette level of the vassal states, receives guests according to the book. If there are guests from the vassal states who are about to arrive, the commander will warn the relevant officials to prepare grain and grass, and go to the territory to greet the guests with the scholars, and then enter the country. After the guests stayed at home, the palm of the house would order the Yelu clan to gather the people to knock on the bangzi to patrol the night guards. When it was time to give food and grass to the guests, they would be given to the guests in the name of the king.

When guests arrive in the national capital, guests will stay in the building, and the palm will set up a tent outside the door of the hotel to wait for the guests to help deal with things when they have something. When the guests are about to go up to the court to give the king a jade court, the palm will be the guide for the guests. When the guests arrived at the court, they would be told where they should be, and then go in and report to the king. When the guests leave, the palm also leads the way. If the guest has something to report, he will tell the palm, and the palmer will report to the court and then handle it.

When the guests come and go, the official will send someone to take the lead. When the guests return to their home countries, the etiquette of sending off the guests is the same as when they greet them. On the day when the guests arrive at the wedding ceremony, the king will send a palm to the hotel to greet them: if the guest is a prince, the secretary will be the prince, the guest will be the doctor, and if the guest is a doctor, someone will be the master. As soon as the guests arrive, they will go to the hotel to tell and assist the guests in performing the etiquette, and be responsible for handling the relevant matters.

He carried the princely kingdoms and the great cities where the people of all countries lived, and proclaimed the king's virtues, intentions, aspirations, and thoughts, so that the people could understand the king's likes and dislikes, and avoid doing the things that the king hated. At the same time, the palm is responsible for making peace and friendship between the princes. He was responsible for telling the king or the prince about the things that the people liked, and was responsible for the pilgrimage and appointment of the princes, so as to conclude friendship between the princes and the king, as well as between the princes. Zhangjiao is responsible for publicizing the benefits of the nine-tax system to the vassal states, the friendly effect of the nine-rite system on the vassal states, the maintenance role of the nine-animal husbandry system on the vassal states, the prohibition of the law of the nine prohibitions, and the power of the law of the nine laws.

He was responsible for administering the estates in accordance with the kingdom's decrees and instructions. Every day, the court listened to the political affairs of the kingdom and reported to the monarch and the prince who had collected it. If there is a decree of the host country that is specifically applied to the estate, the monarch will issue it to the court doctor who is the estate. If there is a political matter to ask the kingdom for advice, it must be conveyed through the court, and then the dynasty will accept it, and only major matters can be conveyed to the kingdom without being conveyed by the court, but send a special envoy to ask the kingdom for instructions. The monarch will punish the court doctor if there is a delay in the political affairs of the mining and not handle it in time, and if a similar situation occurs in the army, the monarch will punish the relevant officials of the mining estate.

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"Zhou Li" is coming to an end, after appreciating "Autumn Lawsuit", let's learn about the last "Winter Official Examination Record".

"Winter Official Examination Record"

The "Winter Official Examination Record" is a document describing the specifications and manufacturing processes of various types of work in the government's handicraft industry during the Warring States period. The book retains a large number of handicraft production technology and arts and crafts materials in the pre-Qin period, and records a series of production management and construction systems, which reflect the ideology of the time to a certain extent.

"Examination of the Gongji" is the earliest handicraft technology literature in China, this book occupies an important position in the history of Chinese science and technology, the history of arts and crafts and the history of culture, and is unique in the world. The "Examination of Work" describes the content of 30 types of work in six categories, including wood, metalworking, leather, dyeing, scraping, and ceramics, reflecting the level of science and technology and craftsmanship reached in China at that time. In addition, there is also a summary of knowledge and experience in mathematics, geography, mechanics, acoustics, architecture and other aspects.

In the Western Han Dynasty, the "Zhou Li Winter Official" was missing, so Liu De, the king of Hejian, added the "Examination of Work Records" with the same nature as part of the "Zhou Li". The length of "Examination of Work" is not long, but the content of scientific and technological information in it is very large.

Below, let's take a good look at "Winter Official Examination Record"!