Section 207 Officials in charge of the affairs of the queen

The palm skins were collected in the autumn and offered to the king in the spring, and then the skins were distributed to the workers according to the old practice. The palm skin is also responsible for supplying the soft fur of the animal, which is used to make felt for the time of trouble in the kingdom. At the end of the summer calendar year, the palm skin is responsible for the number of hides and skins collected and in the inventory, as well as the amount of leather allocated to the hundred workers.

The inner ruler is in charge of the registration of the palace personnel and the rules for drawing up the map of the palace government, and implements the decrees related to the contents. At the same time, according to the roster, the food of the officials of the inner palace was reasonably distributed, and the places of residence of the children of the officials of the inner palace were reasonably distributed to serve as the guards. Neizai is responsible for teaching the queen with the Yin Rite and the Nine Concubines with the Yin Rite, which refers to the etiquette that women should follow. Teach the Nine Emperors the laws of women's ministry, so that each of them belongs to the nine concubines, so that they can do a good job in the ministry of silk and linen, correct their clothing, prohibit them from wearing strange clothes, and record their achievements in women's ministry.

When the Jongmyo Festival is held, when the queen makes naked rituals to the corpse and offers the flesh of the animals, the inner jae needs to assist the queen in carrying out the sacrifice. When the queen poured wine into the corpse with a wine vessel decorated with beautiful stones, the inner ruler also assisted the queen in doing so. At the same time, the inner ruler is responsible for regulating the queen's dress and the position where she should be when she salutes, telling the queen how to cooperate with the etiquette, and assisting the nine concubines to help the queen perform the ceremony. When entertaining guests, the queen succeeds the king and offers fragrant wine to the guests, and in the banquet of the guests, it is necessary to offer wine to the guests, and to use wine vessels decorated with beautiful stones to serve the guests. At the same time, Nejae is responsible for giving gifts to the queen's guests.

In the event of a funeral, the inner ruler ordered the sergeant to assist the queen in managing the outer and inner wives, and to regulate the clothes they should wear and the position they should be in. At the time of the establishment of the royal capital, the inner ruler was required to assist the queen in establishing the market, setting up the offices of the market officials, arranging the shops reasonably, sorting and displaying the goods sold, and showing the standard units of length, capacity, width of the cloth, and length of the cloth. At the same time, Uchizai was also responsible for assisting the queen in worshipping the shrine gods in the city with the Yin Ritual.

In the middle of spring, the inner ruler needs to tell the queen to lead the outer and inner women to start raising silkworms in the northern suburbs to make the ceremonial clothes used in the sacrifice. At the end of the summer, the inner ruler needed to eat a total of the nine concubines and other insiders, inspect their achievements, assist the queen in accepting the cloth and other cloth presented by them, and compare the quantity and quality of the cloth, and reward and punish them. At the same time, Neizai is responsible for settling the expenses of the inner palace.

In the first month of the summer calendar, Neizai is responsible for the reasonable distribution of food for the insiders and gives them the tasks that should be completed. Hang the ban in the king's north palace and arrange for guards to maintain law and order. During the spring season, Neizai would tell the queen to lead the people of the six palaces to select various types of grains that could be reproduced, so as to present them to the king.

The courtiers were responsible for issuing orders to the queen and to regulate what the queen should wear and where she should be. When the queen goes in and out, the inner ministers need to open the way for the queen in front. When encountering sacrifices, receiving guests and funerals, the inner ministers need to send instructions to the queen, tell the queen the etiquette to be performed, assist the nine concubines in performing the etiquette, and regulate the etiquette of the insider. After the ceremony is completed, the ritual vessels in front of the mat need to be removed for the queen. When the queen had a favor on the princes of the four directions, he sent his ministers there. There was an order to show favor to the prince, and he also sent the ministers to go. The inner ministers were in charge of arranging the concubines for the king, and conveyed orders about the tailors and weaving.

阍 (hūn) people, who guarded, picketed, and forbade the middle gates of the royal palace. Those who wear mourning clothes and carry murder weapons are not allowed to enter the palace, those who wear armor inside and carry the equipment used by thieves to hurt people are not allowed to enter the palace, and those who wear strange clothes and those who are mentally disturbed are not allowed to enter the palace. Insiders, people with official utensils, and guests are to be checked if there is no one to guide them. The Yan people are responsible for closing the palace gate on time, and all the outer and inner husbands, as well as the outer and inner women entering and leaving the palace gate, the Yan people need to clear the idle people for them. The Yan people are responsible for sweeping the palace gate and courtyard, and when there is a big sacrifice and a big funeral, they should set up torches on the ground in front of the palace gate, and at the same time, the palace gate and the temple gate are forbidden to pass. When entertaining guests, the people also need to do the same.

The temple people, who were in charge of the king's inner people and the precepts of the female slaves in the palace, were responsible for admonishing and guiding them in and out of the court, and for picketing. If there is a funeral, entertaining guests, or sacrificial events, the temple people will lead the female slaves in the palace to the officials in charge for their servants. The temple people assist the women in handling the rituals, and at the same time take charge of the injunctions related to the insiders. Whenever the inner people go outside to mourn, the temple people are responsible for leading them, standing in front of them to tell and assist them in the prayer salute.

The inner erection is responsible for conveying the small things about the king, as well as the orders inside and outside the palace, and in some small things, the inner erection is for the servants. If there are sacrifices, entertaining guests, and funerals, the inner erection will be used as a guard for the insiders who follow the concubines in the temple, and others will be forbidden to pass. The queen's coffin will be moved to the Jongmyo Temple for temple worship, and the inner coffin will be responsible for clearing the way in front of it and prohibiting others from passing. When it was time to go out of the funeral, the inner shaft would follow behind the funeral cart with the washing utensils.