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There was the (great) Honoured Head whose tablet was not removed for a hundred generations.
There were the (smaller) Honoured Heads whose tablets were removed after five generations.
He whose tablet was not removed for a hundred generations
was the successor and representative of the other than the eldest son (who became an ancestor of a line);
and he was so honoured (by the members of his line) because he continued the (High) ancestor from whom (both) he and they sprang;
this was why his tablet was not removed for a hundred generations.
He who honoured the continuator of the High ancestor
was he whose tablet was removed after five generations.
They honoured the Ancestor, and therefore they reverenced the Head.
The reverence showed the significance of that honour.


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