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Confucianism -> Liji -> Qu Li I -> 58

In every case of giving a bow to another,
if it be bent, the (string of) sinew should be kept upwards;
but if unbent, the horn.
(The giver) should with his right hand grasp the end of the bow,
and keep his left under the middle of the back.
The (parties, without regard to their rank as) high and low, (bow to each other) till the napkins (at their girdles) hang down (to the ground).
If the host (wish to) bow (still lower),
the other moves on one side to avoid the salutation.
The host then takes the bow,
standing on the left of the other. Putting his hand under that of the visitor, he lays hold of the middle of the back,
having his face in the same direction as the other;
and thus he receives (the bow).


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