Section 259 Etiquette between the monarch and the guests

When the next day is about to officially perform the court ceremony to give the monarch jade, the master of ceremonies will be in front of the gate, and the master of ceremonies of the guests will pass the words to each other, and the monarch will express the meaning of resignation three times, and then take the car out of the gate to greet the guests, get off the car and thank the guests for their presence. Guests come in and get out of the car to thank you. Then the guest and host enter the gate, and every time they enter the door, the monarch has to ask the guest to enter first, and the guest will push and give in three times.

Every time you pass through 1 gate, only 1 prime minister salutes, and when you arrive at the gate of Taizu Temple, only the prime minister enters the temple. After entering the temple, the guest host makes three bows and three concessions, and then climbs the steps to enter the main hall. The monarch needs to bow again and then accept the gyokyu. After the guests awarded Wang Guiyu, they bowed and sent each other off. Guests present gifts to the monarch, or have state affairs to negotiate with the monarch, and everything is done with the same etiquette as it was in the beginning. The monarch offered fragrant wine to his guests and performed the same ritual as before. When the guests exit, the monarch will see them off in a car.

The monarch will ask the guests to board the bus 3 times, and drive forward 3 times to make the gesture that he is going to see the guests off. When the guests were about to board the car, the monarch saluted the guests again. For the 3 invitations of the monarch, the guests should turn around 3 times; For the monarch's goodbye, the guests are to say no, make an evasive appearance, and then board the car and leave. After the pilgrimage ceremony, the monarch mainly presents the guests with a large gift of 饔 (yōng) 饩 (xì); When the guests are about to return to their own country, the monarch returns the guests to the guests. During the stay of the guests in the monarchy's state, the monarch will entertain the guests with feasts and food gifts, and when the guests return to the country and arrive in the suburbs of the monarchy, the monarch will give gifts and send them to the suburbs.

The etiquette of the above things is the same as the etiquette when the guests go to confer jade to the monarch. Before the guests return to the country, the guests return to the monarch to bow and thank the monarch, and there are the following three things: thank the monarch for giving a feast and a feast. When the guests received the monarch who came to the pavilion with a guest courtesy, the etiquette was the same as when the monarchy received itself.

When princes, princes, princes, and men appear before each other as guests, they shall each according to the number of rituals of their respective ranks, and the etiquette of receiving each other shall be the same as that of the princes when they meet each other. When the ministers of the princes and ministers gave each other as guests of the state, the master of ceremonies would provide grain, grass and livestock three times, and the guests would refrain three times each time, and then bow and accept. When the doctor of the host country comes to perform the suburban labor ceremony, the guests need to display and greet them, and they have to excuse themselves three times, and then thank the doctor for his deignation.

When guests and doctors enter the building and come to the main hall steps, the guests are asked to let the doctor climb the steps to the upper hall three times. The doctor needs to excuse himself three times, then the guest ascends first, and the doctor then ascends the stairs to the hall, and the guests will listen to the doctor's speech on behalf of the monarch, and then need to go down to the hall to bow and then go to the hall to accept the labor ceremony. The guests received the envoys with a guest courtesy, just as they had done in the first place. When the doctor leaves, the guests bow and send each other off. The etiquette of the master of ceremonies in arranging the premises for the guests is also the same as the suburban labor ceremony.

When it is time to present the jade to the monarch with a dowry, the monarch will display a greeter to greet the guests. When a guest comes to the bridal ceremony, the monarch will refrain three times, and then greet the guest with a bow, and the guest needs to avoid the monarch's salute. Then the guests enter the gate, and every time they enter the gate, the monarch will ask the guests to enter first three times, and the guests will back down three times, and each time they pass through the door, only one will salute the prime minister. When they arrived at the gate of Taizu Temple, only the prime minister of the monarch entered the temple.

After entering the temple, the monarch and the guests need to make three bows, and then the guests follow the monarch up the steps to enter the main hall. The monarch would thank the guests for their arrival, and the guests would bow back from the monarch's salute three times. The guests gave the jade to the monarch, then went down the hall and walked out of the temple. When presenting gifts to the monarch or dealing with the monarchy on matters of state, the etiquette for everything is the same as it was at the beginning. When the monarch offers dessert wine to the guests, and when the guests meet the monarch in their personal name and offer gifts to the monarch in their personal name, they must bow to the monarch again, and the monarch will bow back.

When the guests leave the temple and walk out of the middle gate, the monarch will ask the guests about the health of the monarch, and the guests will bow again and then reply, and the monarch will bow back. The guests avoided the monarch's salute and then answered other questions about the monarch. The monarch would ask about the health of the ministers, and the guests would reply. The monarch expressed his condolences to the guests for their hard journey, and the guests bowed again to express their gratitude. The monarch returns the salute, and the guests will walk quickly out of the door to avoid the monarch's salute.

The monarch sent the secretary to give a feast to the guests, which was the same as the etiquette when performing the suburban labor ceremony. The monarch is required to return the jade gui to the guests before they return to their own country, just as the guests are courteous when they give the monarch jade. Before the guests return home, the monarch will go to the inn to visit the guests, and the guests will avoid them because they dare not do it, so that the waiters can listen to the monarch's resignation. Then, the monarch will bow again as a send-off.

When the monarch leaves, the guests will follow the monarch and go outside the gate of the court to thank the monarch for his deignation to see him off. On the second day, guests will go outside the gate of the pilgrimage to pay homage to the pair of birds that the monarch has gifted them, and then set off on their way. The amount of grain, grass and livestock given by the host country is the same as the amount of food and animal labor given by the guest when he enters the host country.

When the courtiers of the princes, uncles, sons, and men came to visit, they were required to treat each other as guests and courtesies according to their titles in their own countries, and their manners were the same as those of the princes' ministers. All the guests from the princely states of the four directions, the etiquette used to receive them, the resignation, the number of animals given to them, and the articles that were given and offered, were to be according to their titles, which were one rank up and down and two degrees higher.

All guests should also be greeted and sent off. In all the exchanges between the vassal states, each decides the amount of gifts to be given according to the size of his country, and the king decides the amount of gifts to be repaid according to the number of gifts offered by the guests. The etiquette of all pedestrians to greet them is to not face east, not to face west, not to face the host, and not to turn their backs to the guests.