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Page 86 - ... other business should interfere with the rites of mourning was a thing extending from the son of Heaven to the common people. 3. In the mourning rites they followed (the rank of) the dead ; in sacrificing to them, that of the living. A son by a concubine did not (preside at) the sacrifices 1. 4. (The ancestral temple of) the son of Heaven...
Page 90 - Your servants venture to decline." (d) The messenger replies : " My unworthy Prince insists on saying that the wine is of poor quality, and sends me to press the Invitation on your honours." To which the guests reply : " Our unworthy Prince is the feudatory of yours, and your Prince should not demean himself by showing kindness to mere messengers. Your servants venture to persist in declining.
Page 86 - Khu gate), and received them. (After this audience), he retired, and went to the great chamber, there to listen to their proposals about the measures of government. He employed men to see whether the Great officers (were all withdrawn) 3 ; and when they had left, he repaired to the smaller chamber, and put off his (court) robes. 9. He resumed his court robes, when he was about to eat. There was a single animal, with three (other) dishes of meat, the lungs forming the sacrificial offering. In the...
Page 90 - The invitation is extended to them in the following form : " Our unworthy Prince has some inferior wine, and, wishing your honours to spend a little time with him, he sends me to invite you." (c) To this they reply : " Our unworthy Prince is a feudatory of yours, so let your Prince not incur disgrace by conferring benefits on us mere messengers. Your servants venture to decline.
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Page 264 - ... himself) the words (of others), nor (repeat them) as (the echo does the) thunder. If he must (adduce proofs), let them be from antiquity, with an appeal to the ancient kings. 12. When sitting by his side, and the teacher puts a question, (the learner) should not reply till (the other) has finished. 13. When requesting (instruction) on the subject of his studies, (the learner) should rise; when requesting further information, he should rise. 14. When his father calls, (a youth) should not (merely)...
Page 86 - They wore the skincap, when listening to the notification of the first day of the month in the Grand temples ; and their court robes when holding their daily audience in the inner court-yard. 8. (Their ministers and officers) entered (the palace) as soon as they could distinguish the dawning light 2, and the ruler came out daily (to the first court, inside the Khu gate), and received them.
Page 134 - After the tea is finished, the abbot stands up and the bell to exit thehall19is rung. If there is no tea, the administrators circumambulate the hall and exit, merely waiting for the abbot's bow before withdrawing. Sometimes, after the three strikes of the bell to exit, the abbot ascends the platform inside the hall. In the morning, according to custom, there is a break from the sermon; but if the abbot is scheduled to preach, then after the sermon there is no circumambulation of the Sangha...
Page 133 - The attendant who carries the incense now ascends the Dharma seat on the east side not far from the seat and stands facing the west with his side to the center. Then the chief seat and the assembly turn to face the Dharma seat, bow, and return to their positions. The administrators then step forward and bow, standing opposite and facing the chief seat. The one standing closest to the Dharma seat is the most senior. Then the nonces and the postulants turn to face the Dharma seat, bow, and return to...
Page 86 - The miao is where deities are received; it is considered a place of honor and therefore it is located in the front. The qin is where the ancestral clothing is kept; it is considered inferior and therefore it is in the rear. Attached to the east and west sides of the miao are two chambers, separated by partitions; the qin. however, is just one large...
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| Title | The Origins of Buddhist Monastic Codes in China: An Annotated Translation and Study of the Chanyuan Qinggui Classics in East Asian Buddhism |
| Author | Yifa |
| Edition | illustrated, annotated |
| Publisher | University of Hawaii Press, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0824824946, 9780824824945 |
| Length | 352 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Buddhism / General Religion / Buddhism / History Religion / Buddhism / Rituals & Practice |
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