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 and obedience in serving those above them, they are then able to preserve their emoluments and positions, and to maintain their sacrifices :—this is the filial piety of inferior officers.

It is said in the Book of Poetry ,Rising early and going to sleep late, Do not disgrace those who gave you birth.'

They follow the course of heaven (in the revolving seasons); they distinguish the advantages