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 these rules?" Confucius said, "I wished to see the ways of Hsiâ, and for that purpose went to Khî. But it was not able to attest my words, though I found there 'The seasons of Hsiâ.' I wished to see the ways of Yin, and for that purpose went to Sung. But it was not able to attest my words, though I found there 'The Khwǎn Khien.' In this way I got to see the meanings in the Khwǎn Khien, and the different steps in the seasons of Hsiâ.

6. At the first use of ceremonies, they began with meat and drink. They roasted millet and pieces of pork ; they excavated the ground in the form of a jar, and scooped the water from it with their two hands; they fashioned a handle of clay, and struck with it an earthen drum. (Simple as these arrangements were), they yet seemed to be able to express by them their reverence for Spiritual Beings.

7. (By-and-by), when one died, they went upon