Section 318 Rules of archery

The archers are ordered to shoot arrows at the beginning of the shooting, and the ritual is the same as at the beginning. The first group of archers bowed and ascended to the main hall in the same way as they had begun archery. Sima ordered the person leaning on the target to leave the target, and the person leaning on the target agreed, and the ritual was the same as before. Sima walked down the main hall, lowered his bow, and returned to his place. Si Sho still held 1 arrow, took out the ring ruler, and staggered with Sima in front of the steps. Go to the bottom of the east staircase, face north, and ask the monarch to put his chips.

When the king had given permission, he returned to his place, inserted the ruler into his belt, and ordered the man who placed the chip to set up the instrument for inserting the arrow, and to use the bow as a tool for instruction, and to stand facing north on the south side of the apparatus set up. Taishi put down his chips, and the junior minister held the utensils, with his head facing forward. The retainer sat down and set up the middle of the arrow, facing north, and then retreated.

Taishi put 8 chips in the utensils, and the rest of the chips were placed horizontally on the west side of the center, and Taishi stood up and waited for the chips to be released. The shooter faces west and commands: If you hit the tether when you exceed the target, and if you hit other objects and bounce off the target, and if the arrow hits the target and does not shoot but bounces back, the king can put the chips, and everyone will not count; As long as the monarch shoots, any of the 3 targets will be counted.

The person who put the chips orders Xiao Shi, and Xiao Shi orders the person who sings. The shooter then went down in front of the hall, looked at the shot with his face facing north, and ordered: If you don't shoot, you won't let go of the chips. The upper shot bowed, and the shot returned to its original position. The person who placed the chips sat down, took out the 8 chips from the equipment in which the arrows were inserted, and replaced them with 8 chips. Si Sho stood up, waited with his chips. Then the archery begins, and if it hits, then the person who put the chip puts 1 chip for every 1 arrow shot. The upshot is on the right and the downshot is on the left. If you have any chips left, turn around and put them down, take the 8 chips from the apparatus and replace them with 8 chips and put them in the center. After that, the shooter stood up and waited with the chips until the three groups of shooters finished shooting.

The guest of honor walked down the main hall and took his bow and arrow on the west side of the main hall. Doctors walked to the place where they changed their clothes, and lined up in order to the south of the three groups of shooters. When the monarch was about to shoot an arrow, Sima Shi ordered everyone who was leaning on the target to hold a flag and wait towards the target. Sima Shi returned to his original position, and the servants cleaned the Hou Dao. Si Jie removed the ring ruler, walked to the east step, and reported to the monarch that he could shoot arrows, and the monarch agreed. Si Gun walked to the east side of the west staircase and reported to the guest of honor.

Then the priest inserted the ring ruler between his belt and returned to his original position. Shoot 1 person on target, and take the king's wrench and leather armcoat on the east mound. One of the small shooters took the bow from the big shot, brushed the dust off the bow, and the two shots were waiting in the east hall. When the king was about to shoot an arrow, the guest of honor walked down the main hall, went to the west side of the main hall, exposed his left arm, put on a wrench, put on a leather armcoat, held a bow, and stuck three arrows in his waist and one arrow between his two fingers. The guest of honor ascended the main hall from the west staircase and waited 3 feet north of the archery sign, standing facing east.

Sima ascended to the main hall and ordered to leave the target, and the ritual was the same as at the beginning. Turn around from the south side of the archery sign on the right, then walk down the main hall, lower your bow, and return to your original position. The monarch walked into the sign of archery, and Xiao Archery was holding a wrench and a leather arm coat with a square bamboo vessel. The great archers were holding bows, and they all followed the king to the sign of the archery standing. Xiao Shezheng sat down and put down the square bamboo utensils on the south side of the sign. Then wipe it with a towel, take the wrench, stand up, and help the monarch put on the wrench and the red leather finger for the index, middle, and ring fingers.

The minister is helping the monarch take off his shirt, and the monarch reveals his red shirt. After taking off his shirt, the minister was retreating to the east hall and waiting. Xiao Zhengzheng sat down again, took the leather armcoat, stood up, and helped the king put it on. Xiao Shot took the square bamboo vessel and retreated, put it down on the mound on the east side, and returned to its original position. Da Jie is holding the bow, and uses his sleeve to brush the dust off the upper and lower bends of the bow handle, rubbing the top twice, and the bottom rubbing once.

Holding the middle of the bow and the tip of the bow in his right hand, he handed the bow to the king, who himself tested the strength of the bow. The retainer wipes the arrows with a towel and then hands the arrows to the king, who shoots 1 arrow and the retainer hands 1 arrow. The Great Shot stands behind the monarch and reports the movement of the arrows to the monarch. If you report it, you just don't shoot, you go up, you go over, and you shoot to the side. The monarch had finished shooting, and the big shot was taking the bow and waiting, and the monarch and the guest of honor alternately shot arrows, and shot all four arrows. After the monarch finished shooting the arrow, the junior minister returned to his place with a scarf.

The big shot took the bow, and the small shot took the wrench and leather arm coat with a square bamboo tool, and returned to the east mound, returning to its original position. The big shot retreated to Si Zheng's position, and the minister was helping the monarch put on his shirt. After the king's return, the guest of honor walked down the main hall, lowered his bow on the west side of the main hall, and returned to the west side of the steps, facing east. The monarch sat at the table, and Si Zheng used the king's order to let the guest of honor ascend to the main hall, and the guest of honor ascended to the main hall, returned to the feast, and then the doctor continued to shoot arrows.

Zhu Gongqing took out his bow and arrows in the changing place, exposed his left arm, put on a wrench, put on a leather arm coat, held a bow, and had 3 arrows stuck in his waist and 1 arrow between his two fingers. When you come out, you bow with your face facing west, just like the three groups of archers. Then climb up to the main hall to shoot arrows.

After the archery was finished, the princes walked down the main hall, and like the three groups of archers, they walked to the changing place, put down the bow, took off the wrench, took off the leather arm coat, and put on the shirt. They returned to their positions, and everyone continued to shoot arrows, placing their chips as they had begun. When the shot was finished, the man who had placed the chips took the rest of the chips and went down the east stairs, facing north, and reported to the king: "The top and bottom have been shot." The person who put the chips returned to his place, sat down, placed the remaining chips on the west side of the equipment in which the arrows were inserted, stood up, and waited for the chips to be released.