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《先秦两汉 - Pre-Qin and Han》

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[Warring States (475 BC - 221 BC)]

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[Also known as: 《小戴礼记》, "The Classic of Rites"]

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[Also known as: "Record of music"]

25 Jump to dictionary Show parallel passages	乐记:	夫豢豕为酒，非以为祸也，而狱讼益繁，则酒之流生祸也。是故先王因为酒礼，壹献之礼，宾主百拜，终日饮酒而不得醉焉；此先王之所以备酒祸也。故酒食者所以合欢也；乐者所以象德也；礼者所以缀淫也。
	Yue Ji:	(The feast on) grain-fed animals, with the adjunct of drinking, was not intended to produce evil, and yet cases of litigation are more numerous in consequence of it - it is the excessive drinking which produces the evil. Therefore the former kings framed the rules to regulate the drinking. Where there is (but) one presentation of the cup (at one time), guest and host may bow to each other a hundred times, and drink together all the day without getting drunk. This was the way in which those kings provided against evil consequences. Such feasts served for the enjoyment of the parties at them. The music was intended to illustrate virtue; the ceremonies to restrain excess.