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Confucianism -> Liji -> Ji Fa -> 1

祭法：有虞氏禘黃帝而郊嚳，祖顓頊而宗堯。夏后氏亦禘黃帝而郊鯀，祖顓頊而宗禹。殷人禘嚳而郊冥，祖契而宗湯。周人禘嚳而郊稷，祖文王而宗武王。

According to the law of sacrifices, (Shun), the sovereign of the line of Yu, at the great associate sacrifice, gave the place of honour to Huang Di, and at the border sacrifice made Ku the correlate of Heaven; he sacrificed (also) to Zhuan-xu as his ancestor (on the throne) and to Yao as his honoured predecessor. The sovereigns of Xia, at the corresponding sacrifice, gave the place of honour also to Huang Di, and made Gun the correlate at the border sacrifice; they sacrificed to Zhuan-xu as their ancestor, and to Yu as their honoured predecessor. Under Yin, they gave the place of honour to Ku, and made Ming the correlate at the border sacrifice; they sacrificed to Xie as their ancestor, and to Tang as their honoured predecessor. Under Zhou they gave the place of honour to Ku, and made Ji the correlate at the border sacrifice, they sacrificed to king Wen as their ancestor, and to king Wu as their honoured predecessor.

Character	Composition	Variants	Reading	Meaning	Hanyu	Kangxi	Cihai
祭	示+6		jì zhài ㄐㄧˋ ㄓㄞˋ	sacrifice to, worship	v4,p2397#07	p.843#07	p.982r1c02
法	水+5	佱灋𣳴	fǎ ㄈㄚˇ	Law, penal code. / Principle, system. / Standard. / Method, way of doing. / Follow, imitate. / Adhere to the rules. / The Legalist school.	v3,p1579#04	p.616#11	p.778r4c01
有	月+2		yǒu ㄧㄡˇ	Have, possess. / Store, collect. / Occupy. / Hold on to, retain. / Have in abundance. / Good harvest. / Obtain. / Only. / Be, exist. / Occur, happen. / Make. / Particle used before a noun with no meaning. / Particle used before a monosyllabic adjective with no meaning. / Particle used before a verb with no meaning. / Still, yet. / Some people. / Region.	v3,p2041#05	p.504#20	p.656r5c01
			yòu ㄧㄡˋ	Help, assist. / Same as 「又(3)」 yòu ㄧㄡˋ: Moreover.
虞	虍+7	𠈌吳虞𩦢	yú ㄩˊ	concerned about, anxious, worried	v4,p2827#02	p.1074#24	p.1184r5c02
氏	氏+0	厥	shì zhī jīng ㄕˋ ㄓㄐㄧㄥ	clan, family; mister	v3,p2130#01	p.597#18	p.750r2c01
禘	示+9		dì ㄉㄧˋ	imperial ancestor worship	v4,p2405#04	p.845#13	p.984r4c02
黃帝	黃+0 巾+6	𡕛黄𢂇𠫦	huáng dì ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ	傳説中中華民族的祖先。 The Yellow Emperor, legendary ancestor of all of China.	v7,p4596#02 v1,p0738#02	p.1516#03 p.330#14	p.1553r4c02 p.474r5c07
而	而+0		ér ㄦˊ	Whiskers. / Like, similar to. / Pronoun: you. / Pronoun: this, like this. / Connective: and, with. / Connective: and, then. / Connective: if, supposing. / Connective: yet, however. / Connective: therefore, hence. / Connective: expresses method or state. / Particle: of. / Expressive particle.	v4,p2810#01	p.961#18	p.1080r2c03
			néng ㄋㄥˊ	Same as 「能(3)」 néng ㄋㄥˊ: Able to, competent. / Same as 「能(2.1)」 néng ㄋㄥˊ: Ability, talent.
郊	邑+6		jiāo ㄐㄧㄠ	suburbs; waste land, open spaces	v6,p3769#06	p.1271#11	p.1338r3c02
嚳	口+17	俈喾	kù ㄎㄨˋ	mythical emperor; to inform quickly; an urgent communication	v1,p0704#04	p.214#04	p.294r1c01
祖	示+5	𥘲	zǔ jiē ㄗㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄝ	ancestor, forefather; grandfather	v4,p2391#04	p.841#18
顓頊	頁+9 頁+4	颛顼	zhuān xù ㄓㄨㄢㄒㄩˋ	[人名] [Name of a person]	v7,p4382#06 v7,p4359#06	p.1407#14 p.1400#04	p.1480r3c01 p.1475r6c02
宗	宀+5		zōng ㄗㄨㄥ	lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan	v2,p0917#11	p.283#14	p.411r6c01
堯	土+9	𡋰尧	yáo ㄧㄠˊ	a legendary ancient emperor-sage	v1,p0459#14	p.234#01	p.324r3c02
夏	夊+7	𡔰𠍺昰𡕾	xià jiǎ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚˇ	summer; great, grand, big	v2,p0869#10	p.245#12	p.335r1c08
后	口+3	后後	hòu ㄏㄡˋ	queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after	v1,p0580#01	p.176#01	p.255r4c01
亦	亠+4	𠅃	yì ㄧˋ	Original character for 腋. / Also. / Just, merely. / Again. / Modal particle at the beginning or middle of a sentence. / Accumulate.	v1,p0281#03	p.88#09	p.78r2c02
鯀	魚+7	鲧	gǔn ㄍㄨㄣˇ	giant fish; father of the emperor Yu	v7,p4692#16	p.1471#03	p.1528r4c06
禹	禸+4	𢁰𥜼	yǔ ㄩˇ	legendary hsia dynasty founder	v1,p0039#11	p.848#02	p.986r2c06
殷	殳+6		yīn yān yǐn ㄧㄣㄧㄢㄧㄣˇ	many, great; abundant, flourishing	v3,p2156#04	p.585#02	p.742r6c03
人	人+0	𠔽亻	rén ㄖㄣˊ	Man, person. / Others, other people. / The people, ordinary men. / Talent, material. / [A man's] character. / Affairs of men, world of man. / Benevolence.	v1,p0101#10	p.91#01	p.80r2c01
冥	冖+8	𣩆	míng ㄇㄧㄥˊ	dark, gloomy, night; deep	v1,p0304#10	p.130#28	p.166r4c03
契	大+6	契	qì qiè xiè ㄑㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄝˋ	deed, contract, bond; engrave	v1,p0536#10	p.251#21	p.372r3c01
湯	水+9	汤	tāng ㄊㄤ	商朝第一個君王。 Tang, the first ruler of the Shang dynasty.	v3,p1674#03	p.638#16	p.816r5c02
周	口+5	週𠱬𠄗	zhōu ㄓㄡ	Surround. / Cyclicly, repeatedly. / (Travel) widely. / Careful, detailed. / Firm, unshaken. / Measure word: number of times. / Friendly, approachable. / Suitable, appropriate (for). / Turning place, corner. / Most (superlative). / Assist financially. / The Zhou dynasty.	v1,p0606#03	p.181#36
稷	禾+10	𥞷	jì zè ㄐㄧˋ ㄗㄜˋ	god of cereals; minister of agriculture	v4,p2623#05	p.857#19	p.994r3c07
文王	文+0 玉+0	㒚穩	wén wáng ㄨㄣˊ ㄨㄤˊ	Same as 「周文王」 zhōu wén wáng ㄓㄡㄨㄣˊ ㄨㄤˊ: 商末周部落首領。姓姬名昌，季歷之子。 King Wen of Zhou, founder of the Zhou dynasty.	v3,p2169#01 v2,p1099#10	p.477#01 p.727#02	p.608r4c02 p.888r1c02
武王	止+4 玉+0		wǔ wáng ㄨˇ ㄨㄤˊ	Same as 「周武王」 zhōu wǔ wáng ㄓㄡㄨˇ ㄨㄤˊ: 西周的創建者，姬姓，名發，諡號武王。姓名：姬發，在位前1046-前1043。 King Wu of Zhou, first king of the Zhou dynasty. (ruled 1046 BC-1043 BC)	v2,p1439#05 v2,p1099#10	p.575#09 p.727#02	p.736r4c01 p.888r1c02

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