(10) "Nine Concubines/Women's History"

The Nine Concubines are in charge of the laws of women's learning, to educate the virtues, speech, manners, and labor skills that a female princess should possess as a woman. The nine concubines each led their own female queens, and went to the Yan Bed on time to wait for the king to rest. During the ceremony, the concubines were required to assist the queen in offering the utensils containing the millet and in the queen in offering and removing the wooden and bamboo vessels. If there are guests, the nine concubines need to follow the queen to assist in entertaining them. In the event of a great funeral, the nine concubines will also follow and assist the queen to lead the internal and external wives to arrange the crying positions in the order of dignity and inferiority, so that everyone can cry.

The woman of the world, who was in charge of the rituals, the reception of guests, and the funeral, led the female slaves of the palace to wash and wipe the ritual utensils, and selected the grain for the sacrifice. On the day of the sacrifice, the woman was to be present and lead the female slaves in the palace to display the sacrificial vessels and all the food that should be placed in the house. At the same time, the woman was responsible for mourning the funeral of Dr. Qing.

The female queen is responsible for arranging for the concubines to accompany the king to spend the night in the Yan Bed, and present the results of labor according to a certain season of the year. In the ritual, the lady needs to assist the woman in her work. When the king or queen dies, the queen is responsible for washing the body's hair and body. In the event of the queen's funeral, the queen is responsible for making the coffin decoration for the locomotive. When encountering the funeral of the doctor, the queen needs to follow the woman to mourn the funeral of the doctor.

The female blessing is responsible for presiding over the sacrifices in the six palaces of the queen, as well as all the things that pray to the gods and repay blessings. The female priest is in charge of the events that are held at any time to eliminate diseases and calamities.

The internal history is responsible for matters related to the etiquette that the queen should observe, and is in charge of a copy of the rules of internal governance, to tell the queen that the internal affairs should be governed according to a certain way of behavior. The Inner History was responsible for checking the financial expenses of the Inner Palace and recording the Queen's orders. Whenever the queen has a salute, Neishi needs to follow the queen with a book of rites to tell the queen what she should do.

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(11) "Dian Women's Gong / Xia Cai"

The standard for the number of materials used for women's functions is given to the nine concubines, the women of the world and the female queen according to the standards. Women's skill refers to things such as weaving, embroidery, and sewing, and is one of the four virtues of women. In the autumn of the time of presenting the results of the work assigned to the concubines, the women had to discern the quality of the work they had done, compare the quantity, estimate the value, write a label to indicate it, and submit it to the inner palace for collection for the king and queen to use.

Silk, in charge of the land to the imperial court to donate property and native products in the silk, silk needs to distinguish the type and fineness of silk, according to the value of the silk inscription label. At the same time, Diansi was responsible for the collection and expenditure of silk in preparation for the production of silk fabrics. Silk needs to be awarded to the outer and inner women workers, and the silk is given according to the type of silk fabric they make. When the king rewarded his subordinates with silk, he also gave it to his subordinates.

In the autumn, when the foreign women presented their achievements, the silk would be collected by the foreign women workers, and the types of silk should be identified, and their numbers should be registered, so that they could be called by the relevant officials and used by the king as rewards. At the time of the sacrifice, the silk is responsible for supplying the silk used to make the sacrificial clothes, ceremonial crowns, etc. In the event of a funeral, the silk needs to be supplied with silk threads, silk cotton, silk ropes, silk with paintings, etc. When decorating state utensils, you can go to Diansi to receive painted silk, embroidered brocade, silk thread, silk rope and other things. At the end of the summer calendar, the silk will be sorted into accounts for the income and expenditure.

Dianbi (xǐ), which is responsible for making linen, fine and sparse linen, twine, white and fine linen, etc. At the same time, the pawn was also in charge of the raw materials of these linen cloths, such as hemp, kudzu, and moe, to wait for the tasks assigned to the women workers according to the season, and to grant them the right to use. In the autumn, when the women workers present their achievements, they receive the linen fabrics and collect them according to their value inscriptions, waiting to be distributed to those who need them. When it's time to give out the clothes, the canopy will be given to the person who received it. When the king rewarded his courtiers with linen fabrics, he also gave them by the pawn. At the end of the summer calendar, the Dianfeng will classify and settle the linen fabrics that are collected and spent.

Nei Si Fu is in charge of the six types of clothing of the queen, namely 秫 (shú) clothes, 揄 (yú) Di, 阙 (quē) Di, Ju clothes, Zhan clothes, and Yuan clothes, which are all white yarn lining. The inner clothes are responsible for distinguishing the following kinds of clothing that should be worn by the outer and inner women, that is, the bow clothes, the exhibition clothes, and the edge clothes, which are all white gauze lining. When holding sacrifices and entertaining guests, the inner secretary is responsible for supplying the clothes that the queen should wear, as well as the clothes of the nine concubines and the world's wives, and the clothes worn by the inner and outer wives. The same is true when it comes to providing mourning clothes. In the event of a queen's funeral, the priest needs to provide the necessary clothes and the things that a woman should have.

The sewing man, who was in charge of sewing in the palace, was required to follow the instructions of the lady to sew the clothes of the king and queen. When encountering the funeral of the king, queen, and prince, the sewing person needs to sew the ornaments of the coffin and use colorful silk silk to decorate the coffin ornaments. At the same time, the sewing man is in charge of all things related to sewing in the palace.

Dyeing people, in charge of dyeing silk and silk. When dyeing, the silk is boiled and dried in spring, light red and black in summer, blue, yellow, red, white and black in autumn, and the finished dyeing products are presented in winter. The dyer is in charge of all things dyeing.

Chasing the master, in charge of the costume of the queen's head, is responsible for carving and making the headdress. At the same time, the chaser was also responsible for making the headdresses of the nine concubines and the outer and inner women for use in sacrifices and entertaining guests. In the event of a funeral, the chaser is also responsible for the headdress at the funeral.