Section 486 Guan Zhong and Yan Zi

Confucius said: Guan Zhong is a doctor, but he uses a food utensil (gui) inlaid with carved flowers and jade, ties a vermilion hat belt, sets up a screen in the gate, sets up an earthen platform for returning empty wine cups in the hall, and the capital announcement in the living room is engraved with a mountain-shaped pattern, and the short pillar on the beam is carved with ~щww~~lā↖, it cannot be said that Guan Zhong is not a virtuous doctor, but judging from his Shangshu behavior, it is not easy to be his monarch. Yan Zi is a doctor, but when he worships his ancestors, he only uses a small pig's trotter, and he is not even satisfied with the bowl. It can't be said that Yan Zi is not Dr. Ge Xian, but judging from his self-denial, it is not easy to be his subordinate. A gentleman's behavior should be commensurate with his status, and he should neither be arrogant nor forced.

If it were not for the death of their parents, they would not cross the border to another country to mourn. If your parents die, even if you are a monarch, you will have to go back to your country to mourn. The etiquette specifications for a woman's return to her home for funeral are the same as those for the princes to hang themselves themselves. The kingdom of the lord shall receive the women as he receives the princes. When the woman came to the kingdom of the lord, she entered through the small gate by the side of the palace, and ascended the side steps, and the king of the lord kingdom stood on the east steps and waited, and did not go down the steps to greet her. All other etiquette is the same as a funeral. When the brother-in-law dies, the sister-in-law can't touch the corpse and cry; When the sister-in-law dies, the brother-in-law can't touch the corpse and cry.

A gentleman has three kinds of worries: what he has not heard, he cannot hear; What has been heard, worry will not be able to learn; What has been learned, worry about not being able to put it into practice. There are five things that a gentleman is ashamed of: being in his position and not seeking his own government, a gentleman is ashamed; If you seek to govern and fail to put it into practice, the gentleman is ashamed; The gentleman is ashamed of having put it into practice and giving up halfway; The land is vast and the people are sparse, and the gentleman is ashamed; A gentleman is ashamed of having the same population as other countries and having twice as much wealth as himself.

Confucius said: In the years of ferociousness, horses that cannot run fast should be used for chariots, and the specifications for sacrificial sacrifices should be lowered compared with usual. When he died, Lu Aigong sent Ru Bei to Confucius to learn the funeral rites of the scholars, so the "Funeral Rites of the Scholars" was recorded. Zigong watched the wax sacrifice at the end of the year, and Confucius asked him: "O Ci, do you see the great joy that the wax sacrifice brings to people?" Zigong replied: The whole country seems to be drunk, and I can't see where the students are happy.

Confucius said: People work hard for a year, and it is not easy to have such a day to enjoy, which you can't realize. Let the people be nervous and not have a day of ease, even King Wen and King Wu cannot govern the world well; Let the people be relaxed without a day of nervousness, and King Wen and King Wu will not do this. Be nervous when you should be nervous, and be relaxed when you should be relaxed, this is the way King Wen and King Wu govern the world.

Meng Xianzi said: On the day of the winter solstice of the first lunar month, you can sacrifice to God. On the day of the summer solstice, you can sacrifice to your ancestors. In July, the festival of the Tsui (di) was held from Meng Xianzi. The monarch's wife no longer has the approval of the Son of Heaven, starting with Lu Zhaogong. The outer sect mourns the monarch and the woman, and the specifications are the same as those of the inner sect.

When Confucius expressed his gratitude, he thanked the scholar once, thanked the doctor twice, and used the number of courtesies to thank the hangers. Confucius said: Guan Zhong encountered a gang of thieves, selected two of them, recommended them to the Duke of Qi Huan as ministers, and said: These two people broke the law because they made friends with bandits, but in fact they were both talents who could make wine. Guan Zhong died, and Duke Qi Huan ordered the two people to mourn Guan Zhong. A person appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of a doctor to mourn the doctor when he dies begins with Guan Zhong. This is because there is a royal order.

If the king's name is called by a momentary negligence, he should stand to show that he knows that he wants to change it. As a courtier, if he has the same name as the king, then the courtier should take the character as his own title. There is a rebellion in the country, and if you are unable to stop it, you must at least not participate. As for foreign aggression, although they go to the soup and fire, they will not hesitate.

The gui used to meet the Son of Heaven is nine inches long, Hou and Uncle are seven inches long, and Zi and Men are five inches long; The width is three inches, and the upper end of the gui is cut off by one and a half inches left and right, and these guis are made of jade. Six circles were drawn horizontally in three colors on the mat. Lu Aigong asked the lamb and said: When did your ancestor start to be an official, and how much was it? Zi Lamb replied: Since the time of Wen Gong, he has been a low-level worker.

The new temple is to hold a blood sacrifice, and its practice is: Zhu, Zongren, Zaifu, Yongren all wear Jueben, wearing silk auspicious clothes, and the Yong people wipe the sheep to be killed, and the Zongren check it, and then the Zaifu faces north and stands on the first place in the south and east of the stele. The Yong people carried the sheep from the middle of the front eaves to the roof, stood in the middle of the ridge, facing south, killed the sheep, and waited for the blood of the sheep to flow to the front eaves, and then came down. Chickens are used for both the temple gate and the house, and the order is the temple gate first and then the house. The rituals are performed under the house. When killing chickens for blood sacrifices, if it is a sacrifice door, kill chickens against the door; If it is a sacrificial room, the chicken is killed in the center of the house.

When the blood sacrifice is carried out in the family room, the Zaifu, Zhu, and Zongren all stand facing the mezzanine room. When the blood sacrifice temple gate is made, the Zaifu, Zhu, and Zongren all face the door, facing north. After all these things had been done, the sect members reported to the Zaifu that the service was over, so they all withdrew and went to report to the king that the service of a certain temple had been completed. The report was made at the king's bed, facing south, standing inside the door of the bed, dressed in court clothes. After reporting to the king, everyone withdrew. If it is the completion of the road bed, then only one inauguration ceremony will be held and no blood sacrifice will be held. The reason why I want to build a temple is because the temple is a place to deal with the gods. All the utensils used in the temple are made with a small boar for blood sacrifice after they are made in an important way.