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Confucianism -> Liji -> Yue Ling -> 53

是月也，命妇官染采，黼黻文章，必以法故，无或差贷。黑黄仓赤，莫不质良，毋敢诈伪，以给郊庙祭祀之服，以为旗章，以别贵贱等给之度。

In this month orders are given by the officers of women's (work), on the subject of dyeing. (They are to see) that the white and black, the black and green, the green and carnation, the carnation and white be all according to the ancient rules, without error or change; and that their black, yellow, azure, and carnation be all genuine and good, without any presumptuous attempts at imposition. These furnish the materials for the robes used at the sacrifices in the suburbs and the ancestral temple; for flags and their ornaments; and for marking the different degrees of rank as high or low.

Character	Composition	Variants	Reading	Meaning	Hanyu	Kangxi	Cihai
是	日+5	昰𣆞	shì ㄕˋ	Straight. / Right, correct. / Believe accurate, affirm. / Demonstrative pronoun: this. / Be (copula). / Auxiliary word, used after moving forward the object.	v2,p1497#05	p.493#26	p.639r1c01
月	月+0		yuè ㄩㄝˋ	moon; month; KangXi radical 74	v3,p2041#01	p.504#19	p.655r4c05
也	乙+2	𠃟匜	yě ㄧㄝˇ	Modal particle used at the end of a sentence, expressing assertion and affirmation. / Modal particle used at the end of a question for emphasis. / Modal particle used at the end of a cause-effect sentence to express explanation. / Modal particle used in the middle of a sentence to express a pause.	v1,p0050#05	p.84#04	p.55r1c01
命	口+5		mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ	Order, command. / Written order, commandment. / Send (on a mission), dispatch. / A (diplomatic) mission. / Force, make do. / Instruct, tell. / Gift given by a ruler to his ministers by rank. / Will of heaven. / Fate. / Life, lifespan. / Call, name, assign a name to. / Know for certain.	v1,p0604#11	p.183#18	p.266r6c01
妇	女+8	𢽰媍妇	fù ㄈㄨˋ	married women; woman; wife	v2,p1062#06	p.265#14
官	宀+5	𠕍	guān ㄍㄨㄢ	official, public servant	v2,p0921#04	p.283#15	p.413r2c01
染	木+5		rǎn ㄖㄢˇ	dye; be contagious; infect	v2,p1188#07	p.519#04	p.686r2c02
采	采+1	采埰采	cǎi cài ㄘㄞˇ ㄘㄞˋ	collect, gather; pick, pluck	v6,p3898#02	p.1290#06	p.1356r3c07
黼	黹+7		fǔ ㄈㄨˇ	embroidered official or sacrificial robe	v7,p4738#05	p.1523#04	p.1564r6c01
黻	黹+5		fú fù ㄈㄨˊ ㄈㄨˋ	special pattern of embroidery	v7,p4738#03	p.1523#02	p.1564r5c06
文	文+0	㒚稳	wén ㄨㄣˊ	Mixture of colours. / Decorative design. / Portray in words or pictures. / Adornment, embellishment. / External appearance. / Characters, words. / Books, works. / Confucian doctrine. / Civilian, non-military. / Drum (musical instrument). / Measure word for money.	v3,p2169#01	p.477#01	p.608r4c02
			wèn ㄨㄣˋ	Adorn, embellish. / Conceal, gloss over.
章	音+2		zhāng zhàng ㄓㄤㄓㄤˋ	composition; chapter, section	v4,p2709#04	p.871#08	p.1003r5c03
必	心+1		bì ㄅㄧˋ	surely, most certainly; must	v4,p2267#02	p.375#02	p.522r5c01
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
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
故	攴+5		gù ㄍㄨˋ	Cause. / State of affairs. / Event, incident. / Plot. / Old. / Past, original. / Death. / On purpose. / Originally. / Hence, thus.	v2,p1453#05	p.469#25	p.601r5c01
无	火+8	𣟒𣚨𠘩无无	wú ㄨˊ	Not have. / Philosophical category referring to absence, non-existence, or vacuity. / Adverb expressing negation: not. / Adverb expressing questioning: or not. / Connective: regardless of. / Connective: even if. / Particle used at the beginning of a sentence, no meaning. / Do not. / Barren, uncultivated.	v3,p2211#15	p.673#26	p.848r2c04
或	戈+4	𢈿	huò ㄏㄨㄛˋ	Pronoun: some, someone, something. / Have. / Sometimes. / Again. / Either, perhaps. / Expressive particle. / Confuse, be at a loss.	v2,p1402#08	p.412#18	p.552r5c01
差	工+7	嗟𢀩	chà chāi ㄔㄚˋ ㄔㄞ	to differ; different, wrong; nearly, almost; an officer	v1,p0413#04	p.326#02	p.466r4c01
贷	贝+5	贷	dài tè ㄉㄞˋ ㄊㄜˋ	lend; borrow; pardon	v6,p3634#02	p.1206#22	p.1272r6c01
黑	黑+0	黒	hēi hè ㄏㄟㄏㄜˋ	black; dark; evil, sinister	v7,p4743#01	p.1518#36	p.1560r3c03
黄	黄+0	𡕛黄	huáng ㄏㄨㄤˊ	yellow; surname	v7,p4596#02	p.1516#03	p.1553r4c02
仓	人+8	仺仓	cāng ㄘㄤ	granary; berth; sea	v1,p0169#15	p.107#14	p.111r6c03
赤	赤+0	𤆍烾	chì ㄔˋ	red; communist, 'red'; bare	v5,p3506#01	p.1213#22	p.1280r2c02
莫	草+7	𦮅䒬𦱴	mò mù ㄇㄛˋ ㄇㄨˋ	do not, is not, can not; negative	v5,p3217#15	p.1035#13	p.1141r3c03
不	一+3	不𠀚𠙐	bù ㄅㄨˋ	Not have. / To not be. / Negational adverb, used before verbs, adjectives, etc. to indicate negation. / Negational adverb expressing prohibition: do not. / Negational adverb expressing rhetorical question: is not...?	v1,p0011#06	p.76#15	p.30r1c01
			fǒu ㄈㄡˇ	Same as “否(1.2)” fǒu ㄈㄡˇ: Adverb used together with an affirmative word, expressing its negative or opposite. / Same as “否(1.3)” fǒu ㄈㄡˇ: Adverb used at the end of a question to form a yes-no question.
			fū ㄈㄨ	Sepal of a flower.
			pī ㄆㄧ	Same as “丕(1)” pī ㄆㄧ: Large.
			bǐ ㄅㄧˇ	Show disdain for.
质	贝+8	貭质	zhì zhí ㄓˋ ㄓˊ	matter, material, substance	v6,p3648#08	p.1210#07	p.1277r4c01
良	艮+1	良𡰩𥭣𡆨	liáng liǎng ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄤˇ	good, virtuous, respectable	v5,p3170#02	p.1013#23	p.1119r3c01
毋	毋+0		wú móu ㄨˊ ㄇㄡˊ	do not; not; surname; rad. 80	v4,p2380#01	p.588#23	p.745r1c01
敢	攴+8	𠭖𢽤𣪏	gǎn ㄍㄢˇ	to dare, venture; bold, brave	v2,p1463#09	p.472#26	p.605r4c02
诈	言+5	醡诈	zhà ㄓㄚˋ	cheat, defraud, swindle; trick; to feign	v6,p3954#11	p.1154#20	p.1241r2c01
伪	人+9	伪	wěi ㄨㄟˇ	Man-made, artificial. / Untruthful, deceitful. / False, fake.	v1,p0195#04	p.112#07
			wéi ㄨㄟˊ	Curtain, screen. / Same as “为(3)” wéi ㄨㄟˊ: Do.
			é ㄜˊ	Change, alter.
			guì ㄍㄨㄟˋ	Money, coins.
给	糸+6	给	gěi jǐ xiá ㄍㄟˇ ㄐㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄚˊ	give; by, for	v5,p3394#11	p.923#06	p.1043r3c02
郊	邑+6		jiāo ㄐㄧㄠ	suburbs; waste land, open spaces	v6,p3769#06	p.1271#11	p.1338r3c02
庙	广+12	庙庿	miào ㄇㄧㄠˋ	temple, shrine; imperial court	v2,p0901#02	p.350#28	p.492r6c02
祭	示+6		jì zhài ㄐㄧˋ ㄓㄞˋ	sacrifice to, worship	v4,p2397#07	p.843#07	p.982r1c02
祀	示+3	𥛴	sì ㄙˋ	to sacrifice, worship	v4,p2387#01	p.840#01	p.976r5c02
之	丿+3	㞢	zhī ㄓ	Towards; go to. / Demonstrative pronoun: this, these. / Third person pronoun: him, her, it. / Auxiliary word: of. / Auxiliary word: used between subject and predicate, cancels independence of a clause. / Auxiliary word: used in a sentence for aesthetic purpose only, no meaning.	v1,p0043#01	p.82#04	p.47r2c02
服	月+4	𣍞𦨈	fú fù bì ㄈㄨˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄅㄧˋ	clothes; wear, dress	v3,p2053#07	p.505#02
为	火+5	爲为	wéi ㄨㄟˊ	Create, make. / Build, construct. / Do. / Plant, grow. / Govern. / Research, study. / Serve as. / Change into, become. / As, in the role of. / Count as, be considered as. / Called, named. / Expresses judgement: is. / Make, cause (to). / Have. / Take part in. / Write, author. / Connective: if. / Particle used in the middle of a sentence to move forward the object. / Modal particle used at the end of a sentence to express a rhetorical question.	v3,p2198#11	p.669#10	p.844r4c03
			wèi ㄨㄟˋ	Help, assist. / Preposition: for, on behalf of. / Preposition: by (passive). / Preposition: because of, due to. / Preposition: with, together with. / Connective: because. / Say. / False, fake.
旗	方+10	旗	qí ㄑㄧˊ	banner, flag, streamer	v3,p2183#13	p.484#28	p.625r5c05
别	刀+5	𠔁别	bié ㄅㄧㄝˊ	separate, other; do not	v1,p0328#13	p.138#12	p.179r4c01
贵	贝+5	𡭙𧸋贵	guì ㄍㄨㄟˋ	expensive, costly, valuable	v6,p3632#09	p.1206#15	p.1271r6c01
贱	贝+8	𧶤贱	jiàn ㄐㄧㄢˋ	mean, low; cheap, worthless	v6,p3647#05	p.1209#35	p.1277r3c03
等	竹+6	朩寸	děng ㄉㄥˇ	rank, grade; wait; equal; 'etc.'	v5,p2962#01	p.882#24	p.1011r5c03
度	广+6	廓𡧪㡯	dù ㄉㄨˋ	Standard or tool for measuring length. / Standardized unit of length. / Standard, limitation. / System, method. / Nature, capacity. / Openness, broadmindedness. / Cross over, pass through. / Measure word for times or occurrences.	v2,p0880#06	p.345#26	p.488r1c08
			duó ㄉㄨㄛˊ	To measure. / To guess, estimate.

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