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 member of the harem cannot offer the sacrifice (to his grandfather or father); if (for some reason) he have to do so, he must report it to the honoured son, (the head of the family). 10. According to the rules for all sacrifices in the ancestral temple, the ox is called "the creature with the large foot;" the pig, "the hard bristles;" a sucking-pig, "the fatling;" a sheep, "the soft hair;" a cock, "the loud voice;" a dog, "the soup offering;" a pheasant, "the wide toes;" a hare, "the clear seer;" the stalks of dried flesh, "the exactly cut oblations;" dried fish, "the well-considered oblation;" fresh fish, "the straight oblation." Water is called "the pure cleanser;" spirits, "the clear cup;" millet, "the fragrant mass;" the large-grained millet, "the fragrant (grain);" the sacrificial millet, "the bright grain;" paddy, "the admirable vegetable;" scallions, "the rich roots;" salt, "the saline, briny substance;" jade, "the admirable jade;" and silks, "the exact silks."

5. 11. The death of the son of Heaven is expressed by pǎng (has fallen); of a feudal prince, by hung (has crashed); of a Great officer, by jû (has ended); of an (ordinary) officer, by pû lû (is now unsalaried); and of a common man, by sze (has deceased). (The corpse) on the couch is called shih (the laid-out); when it is put into the coffin, that is called kiû (being in the long home). 12. (The death of) a winged fowl is expressed by hsiang (has fallen down); that of a quadruped, by jhze (is disorganised). Death from an enemy in fight is called ping (is slain by the sword).

6. 13. In sacrificing to them, a grandfather is