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Ancient Classics -> Shang Shu -> Yu Shu -> Canon of Shun -> 4

歲二月，	In the second month of the year
東巡守，	he made a tour of inspection eastwards,
至于岱宗，	as far as Dai-zong,
柴。	where he presented a burnt-offering to Heaven,
望秩于山川，	and sacrificed in order to the hills and rivers.
肆覲東后。	Thereafter he gave audience to the princes of the east.
協時月正日，	He set in accord their seasons and months, and regulated the days;
同律度量衡。	he made uniform the standard-tubes, with the measures of length and of capacity, and the steelyards,
修五禮、五玉、三帛、二生、一死贄。	he regulated the five (classes of) ceremonies, with (the various) articles of introduction - the five symbols of jade, the three kinds of silk, the two living (animals) and the one dead one.
如五器，	As to the five instruments of rank,
卒乃復。	when all was over, he returned them.
五月南巡守，	In the fifth month he made a similar tour southwards,
至于南岳，	as far as the mountain of the south,
如岱禮。	where he observed the same ceremonies as at Dai.
八月西巡守，	In the eighth month he made a tour westwards,
至于西岳，	as far as the mountain of the west,
如初。	where he did as before.
十有一月朔巡守，	In the eleventh month he made a tour northwards,
至于北岳，	as far as the mountain of the north',
如西禮。	where he observed the same ceremonies as in the west.
歸，	He (then) returned (to the capital),
格于藝祖，	went to (the temple of) the Cultivated Ancestor,
用特。	and sacrificed a single bull.
五載一巡守，	In five years there was one tour of inspection,
群后四朝。	and there were four appearances of the princes at court.
敷奏以言，	They gave a report (of their government) in words,
明試以功，	which was clearly tested by their works.
車服以庸。	They received chariots and robes according to their merits.

Character	Composition	Variants	Reading	Meaning	Hanyu	Kangxi	Cihai
歲	止+9	亗𡻕𢧁岁嵗歳	suì ㄙㄨㄟˋ	Planet Jupiter. / Year. / Time. / Age, years-old. / Harvest.	v2,p1443#20	p.577#02	p.738r6c05
二	二+0	贰弍貳	èr ㄦˋ	two; twice	v1,p0002#01	p.86#01	p.58r6c01
月	月+0		yuè ㄩㄝˋ	moon; month; KangXi radical 74	v3,p2041#01	p.504#19	p.655r4c05
東	木+4	东	dōng ㄉㄨㄥ	east, eastern, eastward	v2,p1165#04	p.513#12	p.675r6c02
巡	辵+3	廵順	xún ㄒㄩㄣˊ	patrol, go on circuit, cruise	v6,p3817#09	p.324#11	p.462r5c04
守	宀+3	𡬮𡬴	shǒu shòu ㄕㄡˇ ㄕㄡˋ	defend, protect, guard, conserve	v2,p0912#03	p.282#05	p.405r4c01
至	至+0	𦤳𦤴𦤵𡊏	zhì dié ㄓˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ	reach, arrive; extremely, very	v4,p2814#01	p.1001#11	p.1111r3c04
于	二+1	扵於	yú ㄩˊ	Go to, go towards. / Take. / Rim of the mouth of a bell. / A type of plant. / [Onomatopoeia] / Same as 「於(3.1)」 yú ㄩˊ: Preposition: in. / Same as 「於(3.2)」 yú ㄩˊ: Preposition: from or to. / Same as 「於(3.3)」 yú ㄩˊ: Preposition: compared to. / Same as 「於(3.4)」 yú ㄩˊ: Preposition: to, for, towards. / Same as 「於(3.5)」 yú ㄩˊ: Preposition: by (indicating passive tense). / Same as 「於(3.6)」 yú ㄩˊ: Preposition: with, using. / Same as 「於(3.7)」 yú ㄩˊ: Preposition: due to, because of. / Same as 「於(3.8)」 yú ㄩˊ: Preposition: by, according to. / Preposition: for, in place of. / Connective: and. / Auxiliary word: used in a sentence for aesthetic purpose only, no meaning. / Auxiliary word: used in at the end of a sentence to express questioning.	v1,p0004#05	p.86#06	p.63r3c02
岱	山+5		dài ㄉㄞˋ	Daishan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains in China	v1,p0767#15	p.309#28	p.455r6c06
宗	宀+5		zōng ㄗㄨㄥ	lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan	v2,p0917#11	p.283#14	p.411r6c01
柴	木+5	茈𡍥	chái zhài zì ㄔㄞˊ ㄓㄞˋ ㄗˋ	firewood, faggots, fuel	v2,p1197#11	p.521#06	p.689r3c02
望	月+7	朢𦣠	wàng ㄨㄤˋ	to look at, look forward; to hope, expect	v3,p2080#02	p.505#29	p.659r6c02
秩	禾+5	豑	zhì ㄓˋ	order; orderly; salary; decade	v4,p2600#03	p.851#34	p.990r4c02
山	山+0		shān ㄕㄢ	mountain, hill, peak	v1,p0759#11	p.307#01	p.452r2c03
川	巛+0	巛	chuān ㄔㄨㄢ	stream, river; flow; boil	v1,p0032#02	p.323#23	p.462r2c02
肆	聿+7	四𦘨𢑨	sì tì ㄙˋ ㄊㄧˋ	indulge; excess; numeral four; particle meaning now, therefore; shop	v5,p3167#04	p.971#15	p.1087r6c01
覲	見+11	觐	jǐn jìn ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ	have imperial audience	v6,p3673#11	p.1137#07	p.1231r4c02
后	口+3	后後	hòu ㄏㄡˋ	queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after	v1,p0580#01	p.176#01	p.255r4c01
協	十+6	恊旪勰协	xié ㄒㄧㄝˊ	be united; cooperate	v1,p0064#03	p.156#34	p.217r1c01
時	日+6	旹时	shí ㄕˊ	Season. / Unit of time equal to two hours. / [The passage of] time. / Time, times. / Age, period, epoch. / Occasion, opportune moment. / On time. / Then, at that time. / Always, constantly. / Same as 「伺(1)」 sì ㄙˋ: Wait until, wait for (a chance).	v2,p1505#05	p.494#22	p.639r3c04
正	止+1	㱏𣥔𤴓𧾸	zhèng ㄓㄥˋ	Straight, not at an angle. / Appropriate. / Normal. / Decent, upstanding. / Fix, determine. / Govern, rule. / Set punishments. / Formal, primary. / Pure, unadulterated. / Son by one's official wife. / Luckily, fortuitously. / Expresses continuation of an action or state. / Officer. / Only. / Government, state affairs. / Prove, verify.	v2,p1436#01	p.574#02	p.732r5c02
			zhēng ㄓㄥ	First month in the Chinese calander. / Centre of a target. / Attack, punitive expedition.
日	日+0	𡆸	rì mì ㄖˋ ㄇㄧˋ	sun; day; daytime	v2,p1482#01	p.489#01	p.627r1c01
同	口+3	仝衕	tóng tòng ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋ	same, similar; together with	v1,p0578#01	p.175#06	p.252r1c01
律	彳+6	律	lǜ ㄌㄩˋ	statute, principle, regulation	v2,p0821#01	p.366#17	p.510r5c04
度	广+6	廓𡧪㡯	dù ㄉㄨˋ	(1.1) 計量長短的標準或工具。 Standard or tool for measuring length.	v2,p0880#06	p.345#26	p.488r1c08
量	里+5	量𨤦𨤥	liàng liáng ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ	measure, quantity, capacity	v6,p3683#02	p.1292#05	p.1361r5c01
衡	行+10	𡘻𡙉	héng ㄏㄥˊ	measure, weigh, judge, consider	v2,p0846#04	p.1110#11	p.1208r2c01
修	人+8		xiū ㄒㄧㄡ	study; repair; cultivate	v1,p0159#02	p.106#05	p.110r3c01
五	二+2	伍𠄡㐅	wǔ ㄨˇ	five; surname	v1,p0011#03	p.86#11	p.64r3c01
禮	示+13	禮礼𠃞𤔑礼	lǐ ㄌㄧˇ	social custom; manners; courtesy; rites	v4,p2409#14	p.847#07	p.985r2c04
玉	玉+0	𤣪	yù ㄩˋ	jade, precious stone, gem	v2,p1100#01	p.726#04	p.884r5c02
三	一+2	叁弎	sān sàn ㄙㄢㄙㄢˋ	three	v1,p0004#03	p.76#05	p.11r2c01
帛	巾+5		bó ㄅㄛˊ	silks, fabrics; wealth, property	v1,p0734#06	p.330#07	p.474r5c04
生	生+0	𤯓	shēng ㄕㄥ	life, living, lifetime; birth	v4,p2575#01	p.754#26	p.906r5c03
一	一+0	弌壹	yī ㄧ	one; a, an; alone	v1,p0001#01	p.75#01	p.1r1c01
死	歹+2	𠑾𣥴	sǐ ㄙˇ	die; dead; death	v2,p1380#06	p.578#22	p.740r6c06
贄	貝+11	贽	zhì zhí ㄓˋ ㄓˊ	gift superior; gift given	v6,p3656#07	p.1211#46	p.1279r1c01
如	女+3		rú ㄖㄨˊ	Go to. / According to, in accordance with. / Like, similar to. / As good as, comparable to. / Should. / Or, alternatively. / If, should it be the case. / As for, as regards. / Adjectival suffix.	v2,p1025#09	p.255#21	p.378r5c02
器	口+13	噐𡄛	qì ㄑㄧˋ	receptacle, vessel; instrument	v1,p0690#07	p.210#02	p.291r3c03
卒	十+6	卆䘚	zú ㄗㄨˊ	Footsoldier. / Unit of one hundred soldiers. / A [military] unit. / Unit of 30 states. / Unit of 300 families. / Labourer. / End, finish. / Die. / Adverb: finally. / Same as 「崒(1)」 zú ㄗㄨˊ: High peaks.	v1,p0063#02	p.156#28	p.216r4c01
			cù ㄘㄨˋ	Same as 「猝(2)」 cù ㄘㄨˋ: Adverb: suddenly. / Same as 「倅(1.2)」 cuì ㄘㄨㄟˋ: Assistant.
乃	丿+1	廼𢏩𢎧迺𠄎𠧤	nǎi ㄋㄞˇ	Second person pronoun: you. / Demonstrative pronoun: like this, thus. / Adverb: expresses affirmation. / Adverb: expresses limiting of scope: only, just. / Adverb: and then. / Adverb: just. / Adverb: expresses two contradictory or contrasting states of affairs. / Adverb: expresses beginning, origin. / Connective: hence / Adverb: regarding, as for. / Connective: if. / Particle, no meaning.	v1,p0031#05	p.81#12	p.46r6c01
復	彳+9	覆𢕛𠣸复	fù fòu ㄈㄨˋ ㄈㄡˋ	return; repeat; repeatedly	v2,p0834#02	p.369#22	p.516r2c04
南	十+7	𡴖𡴟	nán nā ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄚ	south; southern part; southward	v1,p0065#02	p.157#05	p.217r3c01
岳	山+5	嶽	yuè ㄩㄝˋ	mountain peak; surname	v1,p0767#14	p.309#31	p.456r1c01
八	八+0	捌	bā ㄅㄚ	eight; all around, all sides	v1,p0241#03	p.126#26	p.147r4c03
西	襾+0	覀𠧧㢴	xī ㄒㄧ	west(ern); westward, occident	v4,p2805#02	p.1128#10	p.1221r6c03
初	刀+5	䥚	chū ㄔㄨ	Begin, start. / Originally, formerly. / Adverb: just, only just.	v1,p0327#22	p.137#33	p.178r4c05
十	十+0	拾拾	shí ㄕˊ	ten, tenth; complete; perfect	v1,p0058#09	p.155#17	p.207r5c02
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.
朔	月+6	𣍮	shuò ㄕㄨㄛˋ	first day of lunar month; the north	v3,p2072#02	p.505#16	p.659r4c04
北	匕+3	北𧉥	běi ㄅㄟˇ	North. / Go northwards. / Flee in defeat. / Retreating army.	v1,p0262#04	p.152#25	p.203r2c02
			bèi ㄅㄟˋ	Deviate, depart from.
歸	止+14	帰归𤾤	guī kuì ㄍㄨㄟㄎㄨㄟˋ	return; return to, revert to	v2,p1446#15	p.578#07	p.739r6c01
格	木+6		gé gē ㄍㄜˊ ㄍㄜ	pattern, standard, form; style	v2,p1203#06	p.524#11	p.691r6c01
藝	艸+15	兿秇埶蓺艺	yì ㄧˋ	art; talent, ability; craft	v5,p3317#12	p.1065#34	p.1175r1c01
祖	示+5	𥘲	zǔ jiē ㄗㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄝ	ancestor, forefather; grandfather	v4,p2391#04	p.841#18
用	用+0	𤰆𠛁	yòng ㄩㄥˋ	use, employ, apply, operate; use	v1,p0097#05	p.755#24	p.908r6c02
特	牛+6		tè ㄊㄜˋ	special, unique, distinguished	v3,p1808#11	p.700#20	p.870r5c05
載	車+6	𡙺儎载	zài zǎi dài zāi zī ㄗㄞˋ ㄗㄞˇ ㄉㄞˋ ㄗㄞㄗ	load; carry; transport, convey	v5,p3526#10	p.1243#12	p.1300r6c02
群	羊+7	羣	qún ㄑㄩㄣˊ	(same as U+7FA3 羣) group, crowd, multitude, mob	v5,p3134#12	p.952#26	p.1072r5c02
四	囗+2	𦉭肆	sì ㄙˋ	four	v1,p0710#16	p.216#22	p.294r6c01
朝	月+8	晁	zhāo ㄓㄠ	Morning. / Beginning.	v3,p2084#08	p.506#03	p.661r1c01
			cháo ㄔㄠˊ	Meet in court. / Call the ministers to court. / Court, place where ministers meet with the ruler. / Visit, go to see. / Meet together, gather.
敷	攴+11	旉尃	fū ㄈㄨ	spread, diffuse; apply, paint	v2,p1473#07	p.474#53	p.607r2c03
奏	大+6	𡙹𡲯𡴨𢽥	zòu ㄗㄡˋ	memorialize emperor; report	v1,p0537#01	p.251#15	p.372r6c02
以	人+3	㠯	yǐ ㄧˇ	Use. / Believe. / Command. / Lead. / Connect, implicate. / Have. / Cause, reason. / Preposition: because. / Preposition: from, in. / Preposition: at [some time]. / Preposition: using. / Preposition: in accordance with. / Preposition: relying upon. / Preposition: in the capacity of. / Preposition: with, together with. / Connective: indicates the following action is the objective of the preceding one. / Connective: used between adverbial clause and verb to express modification. / Connective: and. / Connective: but. / Connective: and so, thus. / Particle: used together with some words expressing direction and time. / Modal particle. / Same as 「已(1)」 yǐ ㄧˇ: Stop, discontinue. / Same as 「已(7.2)」 yǐ ㄧˇ: Adverb: already. / Same as 「已(7.3)」 yǐ ㄧˇ: Adverb: extremely.	v1,p0105#07	p.94#01	p.87r6c01
言	言+0	訁𢍗𢍬	yán ㄧㄢˊ	Speak, say. / Discuss, debate. / Tell. / Doctrine, theory, words. / One word. / Sentence. / Particle, no meaning.	v6,p3936#01	p.1146#01	p.1236r5c03
明	日+4	朙	míng ㄇㄧㄥˊ	Bright, brilliant. / Daytime. / Clear, obvious. / Clarify, make clear. / Understand. / Straightforwardly, clearly. / Clear, clean. / Wise. / Make wise. / Spirit, god. / Respect. / Eyesight. / Good eyesight. / See clearly. / The following (day, month, year, etc.).	v2,p1491#08	p.491#12	p.631r3c01
試	言+6	试	shì ㄕˋ	test, try, experiment	v6,p3960#12	p.1157#03	p.1242r3c03
功	力+3		gōng ㄍㄨㄥ	achievement, merit, good result	v1,p0365#08	p.146#11	p.192r3c03
車	車+0	𠦴车	chē jū ㄔㄜㄐㄩ	cart, vehicle; carry in cart	v5,p3511#01	p.1239#01	p.1296r2c04
服	月+4	𣍞𦨈	fú fù bì ㄈㄨˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄅㄧˋ	clothes; wear, dress	v3,p2053#07	p.505#02
庸	广+8	㐯𠆌	yōng yóng ㄩㄥㄩㄥˊ	usual, common, ordinary, mediocre	v2,p0890#05	p.347#30	p.490r6c01

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