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Thus, one sustaining office under the ruler is called a minister,
and one sustaining office under the head of a clan is called a servant.
Either of these, who is in mourning for a parent,
or has newly married,
使 is not sent on any mission for a year.
To enter court in decayed robes,
or to live promiscuously with his servants, taking place among them according to age:
--all these things are contrary to propriety.
Where we have them, we have what is called 'ruler and minister sharing the state.'
天子Thus, the son of Heaven has his domain that he may settle there his sons and grandsons;
諸侯 and the feudal princes have their states;
and Great officers their appanages that they may do the same for theirs.
This constitutes 'the statutory arrangement.'
天子諸侯Thus, when the son of Heaven goes to visit a feudal prince,
the rule is that he shall lodge in the ancestral temple,
and that he do not enter it without having with him all the rules to be observed.
天子If he act otherwise, we have an instance of 'The son of Heaven perverting the laws, and throwing the regulations into confusion.'
諸侯A prince, unless it be to ask about the sick or to condole with a mourner, does not enter the house of a minister.
If he act otherwise, we have the case of 'ruler and minister playing with each other.'


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