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The elders of the five senses are called Bo, and they are the great officials in charge of one aspect of the state. When they enter the Son of Heaven, the person in charge of reporting is to be called "the Son of Heaven's officials." If they have the same surname as the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven will call him "uncle". If they are different surnames of the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven will call them "uncles". For the princes of the world, they call themselves "the elders of the Son of Heaven". Outside their fiefdoms, they call themselves "dukes"; Within the feudal state, he called himself "Jun".

The head of the princes of Kyushu, entered the Son of Heaven's Kinai. If they are the same surname as the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven will call him "uncle"; If it is a different surname of the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven will call him "uncle". To foreign countries, he calls himself Hou; In the country, he calls himself Jun. If the leaders of the princes scattered around the four kingdoms come to see the Son of Heaven, the person in charge of reporting them is called "Zi". They are in the country and call themselves "Bugu"; In foreign countries, he called himself "Wang Lao". As for the small princes scattered in Siyi, they entered the Son of Heaven's Kinai and called themselves "people from a certain country". In foreign countries, they call themselves "sons"; In China, it calls itself "Lonely".

The Son of Heaven stood with his back against a screen embroidered with axes, facing south, and the princes facing north to meet the Son of Heaven, which was called "Hajj". The Son of Heaven stands between the temple gate and the screen, facing south, the princes facing east, and the princes facing west to greet the Son of Heaven, which is called "court". When the princes meet before the agreed date, it is called "encounter". The princes met at the junction of the two countries, and it was called "hui". The princes sent doctors to visit each other, which was called "hiring". Making a treaty that must be kept by each other is called an "oath". Treaty in writing; Offering blood in front of the gods is called covenant.

The princes met the Son of Heaven and called themselves "ministers and marquis". The princes spoke to their own people, calling themselves "widows." The mourning clothes of the princes have not been removed, and the people who praise the salutes call the princes "solitary sons" to the guests who come to mourn. The princes presided over the sacrifice, and if it was the ancestors and ancestors in the temple, they called themselves "filial sons and marquis"; If it is a sacrifice to the gods and the earth, he will call himself "great-grandson and Hou".

When the princes died, they should be recorded as "薨" in the history. When summoning spirits, call his name and shout "Come back!" After the burial, the princes who succeeded to the throne met the Son of Heaven during the mourning period, which was called "class meeting". The succeeding princes asked for the names of the deceased princes, called "classes". The princes sent envoys to visit the other princes, and the envoys called themselves "the old widows".

The demeanor of the Son of Heaven is profound, the demeanor of the princes is prominent, the demeanor of the doctor is solemn, the demeanor of the scholar is comfortable and complacent, and the demeanor of the ordinary people is hairy and childish.

The spouse of the Son of Heaven is called the queen, the spouse of the princes is called the lady, the spouse of the doctor is called the widow, the spouse of the scholar is called the woman, and the spouse of the concubine is called the wife. The harem of the fifth-class princes had women, wives, wives, and concubines. The wives of the princes called themselves "old women" in front of the Son of Heaven, "widowed princes" in front of the princes of other countries, and "little children" in front of their own kings. From the world to the woman, because of her humble status, she calls herself a "servant".

Children refer to their parents by their own names. When the princes' doctors visited the Son of Heaven, the official in charge of reporting called him "a man of a certain country", and this doctor called himself "a courtier" to the Son of Heaven. People from other countries respectfully call this doctor "son", and their own people call him "the old man of the widow". All the princes who went on missions to other nations called themselves by their own names.

The history books record the activities of the Son of Heaven, and the word "out" cannot be used, otherwise it means that he has committed the great evil of losing the world; Historical records record the activities of the princes during their lifetimes, and they cannot be called by their names, otherwise it means that he has committed some great evil. For these great evils, the gentleman was merciless when he recorded them in Shi Ce. If a prince loses his land, it is a great evil, and his name is to be called in the history books; It is also a great evil for the princes to destroy the country with the same surname, and his name must be called in the history books.

When admonishing the monarch to make mistakes, he should pay attention to the method and occasion, so as not to damage his majesty, and if the monarch still does not wake up after many persuasions, the courtier can leave him. If the father of the son has made a mistake and does not listen to the son's repeated admonitions, he should continue with a wail and cry, hoping to move the father and make him wake up and make amends. When the king is sick and takes medicine, the courtiers must taste it first. When the father is sick and takes medicine, the son wants to taste it first. It is not a doctor who has been passed down from generation to generation, and because of his poor medical skills, he does not take his medicine.

When comparing people to others, we must pay attention to the fact that only people of the same kind can be compared. If someone asks the age of the Son of Heaven, he should reply: I heard how long he began to wear. If you ask the monarch about his age, if he is older, he will reply, "I can preside over the sacrifice of the Jongmyo shrine." If he was young, he replied that he could not preside over the sacrifice of the temple shrine yet. If you ask the doctor's son about his age, if he is older, he will answer: "I can drive the carriage." If he was young, he replied, "Not yet able to drive a carriage."

If you ask the age of the son, if he is older, he will answer, "I am able to receive and deliver messages." If he is young, he will reply, "I can't answer the message yet." If you ask the age of your son, if he is older, he will answer, "I can pay a salary." If he is young, he will answer, "Not yet paid." If someone asks about the wealth of the king, he can answer the total area of the country first, and then the various products of the mountains.

If you ask about the wealth of the doctor, you can answer: there is a certain amount of land to be quarried, and there is a certain amount of taxes provided by the people who collect the land, and the sacrificial vessels cannot be borrowed. If you ask about the wealth of a taxi, you can answer the number of cars owned by the taxi. If you ask about the wealth of a commoner, you can answer the number of cattle he has.

The Son of Heaven sacrifices to the gods of heaven and earth, to the gods of the four directions and five mountains, to the gods of mountains and rivers, to the gods of households, to the gods of the stove, to the gods of the middle and the gods, to the gods of the door, and to the gods of the line, and once a year. The princes worship the gods of the place where they are located, the mountains and rivers within their borders, and the gods of households, stoves, clouds, doors, and lines are sacrificed once a year. The doctor sacrifices to the household god, the stove god, the middle glow god, the door god, and the line god, and sacrifices once a year. Scholars only worship their ancestors.

There is a routine for sacrificing those gods, some gods have been abolished by previous generations, and future generations do not dare to restore them, and some gods have been worshiped by previous generations, and future generations do not dare to abolish them casually. Sacrificing to a god who should not be sacrificed is called "obscenity." Obscenity is not blessed by God. The sacrifices used in the sacrifice were that the Son of Heaven was a cow with a pure coat, the princes were carefully raised, the doctors were selected oxen, and the scholars were sheep or pigs. Any concubine, in other words, not the eldest son, can not preside over the sacrifice, if he encounters special circumstances that require him to preside over the sacrifice, he must also report to the eldest son first.

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