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'Thus it is that the dark-coloured liquor is in the apartment (where the representative of the dead is entertained);
that the vessel of must is near its (entrance) door;
that the reddish liquor is in the hall;
and the clear, in the (court) below.
The victims (also) are displayed,
and the tripods and stands are prepared.
The lutes and citherns are put in their places, with the flutes, sonorous stones, bells, and drums.
The prayers (of the principal in the sacrifice to the spirits) and the benedictions (of the representatives of the departed) are carefully framed.
The object of all the ceremonies is to bring down the spirits from above, even their ancestors;
serving (also) to rectify the relations between ruler and ministers;
to maintain the generous feeling between father and son,
and the harmony between elder and younger brother;
to adjust the relations between high and low;
and to give their proper places to husband and wife.
The whole may be said to secure the blessing of Heaven.


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