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Confucianism -> Liji -> Yue Ling -> 106

天子The son of Heaven occupies the apartment on the right of the Xuan Tang (Fane);
rides in the dark-coloured carriage,
drawn by the iron-black horses,
and bearing the dark-coloured flag.
He is dressed in the black robes,
and wears the dark-coloured gems of jade.
He eats millet and sucking-pig.
The vessels which he uses are large and rather deep.
He issues orders to the proper officers to institute on a great scale all ceremonies against pestilence,
to have (animals) torn in pieces on all sides,
and (then) to send forth the ox of earth,
to escort away the (injurious) airs of the cold.
Birds of prey fly high and rapidly.
天子They now offer sacrifices all round to (the spirits of) the hills and rivers, to the great ministers of the (ancient) deified sovereigns, and to the spirits of heaven (and earth).


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