(8) Xingfu/Chao Dafu

Xingfu is responsible for taking a light car to the vassal states to convey small things, conveying some things about Fuqing or the funeral of his subordinates and famine years, and the messenger does not need to pay attention to etiquette. Whoever goes on an envoy must have a good temperament, and even if he cannot arrive on time on the way to the mission, he must convey the king's order. If the traveler follows the envoy and needs to stay in the envoy country, the traveler will be responsible for obeying the instructions of the envoy and doing some complicated and lowly things, and the traveler will act as a guide for the envoy.

Huanren is responsible for welcoming and sending off the guests of the vassal states with ordinary affairs, and sending them festivals to the guests, so that they can pass through the four directions in Wangji. When guests stayed, the Huanren was responsible for arranging the building, and at the same time ordered the Yelu clan to gather the people to knock on the bangzi to patrol the night guards. If the guest has an object, the ringman will order others to patrol around it to guard against thieves. Guests who are greeted by a ring person will not be checked when they pass through the door. When sending off and greeting guests, the people around the ring need to arrive in Kijiang.

Xiang Xu, the messenger who was in charge of the envoys of the barbarian, Yi, Fujian, raccoon dog, Rong, and Di kingdoms, was responsible for conveying the king's words to them, and letting them know about it, and came to make peace with them. If the new king of Fanguo ascended the throne and came to the court as a guest on time, Xiangxu would coordinate their etiquette, convey their words to the king, and tell them what the king had said.

All the greeting and send-off rites, coin offerings, speeches and so on related to the arrival and departure of the monarch of the country, Xiangxu must serve as a greeter to assist them in saluting. Whenever there is a great mourning in the kingdom, Xiangxu is responsible for telling and assisting the envoys who come to mourn in the country to perform the funeral, so as to correct their mourning. Whenever the kingdom has a conquest or a meeting, Xiangxu will accept the coins and silks presented by the envoys who come to the country to offer condolences, and treat them with courtesy. Xiangxu is also responsible for sending people to do a certain thing, the king's great history will let the princes do it, let the Qing do the second-class things, let the doctor do the first-class things again, let the envoys do the first-class things again, and let the concubines do the small things.

The guest is in charge of the different levels of etiquette that should be provided for the reception of guests from all over the world, such as livestock, food, poultry and food, as well as the principles of etiquette. The king and the princes held a feast together, and they needed to prepare 12 prisons, cattle, sheep, and pigs, and 100 kinds of delicacies. During the feast, the king had to offer 12 wine offerings to the elders of the princes. When the king went about the world or received many of the princes who came to the court in the neighboring princely states, the king of the kingdom was to offer food to the king with a calf, and he commanded that the many animals used to feed the king's officials should be sufficient.

For the king's retinue officials, the three princes were treated with the courtesy of the princes, the secretary was received by the courtesy of the princes, the doctors were received by the courtesy of the princes, the scholars were received by the princes, and the concubines were received by the princes. When the prince received the princes of the court, the king was to provide grain, grass and cattle five times until he returned to his own country, and the number of live animals offered was equal to the number of animals that were used for the ceremony.

Each of the king's three greetings was to offer jerky, 5 baskets of rice to eat, 40 baskets of various delicious foods, 10 baskets of rice and liang rice, 40 baskets of various zū vegetables and sauces, 32 pieces of various meat soups, 40 pots of wine, 12 baskets of rice and rice for livestock, and 36 tripods of fresh meat, all of which were to be displayed. There are 9 great gifts given by the king, and the way in which the animal labor is presented is the same as that provided by the food ceremony. There are also 4 prisons of live animals, 120 flutes of rice, and 120 urns of vinegar sauce, all of which must be displayed.

The number of trucks carrying rice is compared with the number of prisons for live animals, 10 cars per prison, 16 Hu and 5 sarsamine per truck, and the number of trucks carrying He is compared with the number of prisons for dead animals, 10 cars per prison, and 1200 trucks of He. There are twice as many fodder and firewood as there are grass, and they are to be displayed. Birds that live in pairs and in groups are fed 90 pairs a day, and they are given a meal in between. Until the guests return to their own country, the monarch will hold 3 feasts, 3 food ceremonies, and 3 swallow ceremonies for the guests.

If the monarch is unable to personally participate in the feast, food ceremony, and swallow ceremony to pour wine to the guests, the monarch will send someone to present a bundle of silk to give a speech in place of the monarch, and then give the wine and food to the guests. All the attendants, pedestrians, governors, and historians who accompanied the guests were also to be given food and feasts, and the number of prison gifts displayed was determined according to the rank of their knighthood, and only the deputy envoys or the senior assistants of the military and political officials were offered pairs of birds.

The gifts given by the monarch's wife to the guests are: eight pots, eight beans, eight grains, meals with too fast, gifts with too fast, food with too fast. The ministers of the host state would come to meet the guests, and the lamb would be used as a greeting gift, and at the same time the taigao would be given as a meal.

From the time he returned to his own country, he had to be provided with grain and grass four times, and the number of live animals provided was the same as the number of sacrifices sacrificed during the feasting. On the two occasions of the monarch's greetings, he offered jerky. There are 4 prisons of food provided by the monarch, as well as 40 beans of various delicious foods, 8 baskets of rice and rice, 32 beans of various sauerkraut and sauces, 24 guillotines of various meat soups, 32 pots of wine, 12 dings of livestock meat, 12 utensils for rice and millet rice, and 27 tripods of fresh meat, all of which must be displayed.

There are 7 prisons of gluttony gifts given by the monarch, of which the number of sacrifices that have been killed is the same as that of the cattle served during the feasting ceremony, and there are 3 prisons of live animals, 100 flutes of rice, and 100 urns of vinegar sauce, all of which must be displayed; There are 30 carts of rice, 40 carts of grass, and twice as much forage and firewood as grass, all of which must be displayed. Birds that live in pairs and in groups are fed 70 pairs a day, and are fed too hard as a meal in between. Until the guests return to their own country, they will hold 2 feasts, 2 food ceremonies, and 2 swallow ceremonies for the guests.

All the attendants, pedestrians, governors, and historians who accompanied the guests were also given food and feasts, and the number of prison rites displayed was determined according to the rank of their titles, and only the deputy envoys or the senior assistants of the military and political officials were supplied with birds that lived in pairs and flocks. The gifts given by the sovereign's wife to the guests were: eight pots, eight beans, eight stalks, a meal with a taijiao, and a gift with a banquet. The host of the state would come to meet the guests, and give a lamb as a greeting gift, and a cow to feed on.