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Confucianism -> Liji -> Yue Ling -> 6

是月也，天氣下降，地氣上騰，天地和同，草木萌動。王命布農事，命田舍東郊，皆修封疆，審端經術。善相丘陵阪險原隰土地所宜，五穀所殖，以教道民，必躬親之。田事既飭，先定準直，農乃不惑。

In this month the vapours of heaven descend and those of the earth ascend. Heaven and earth are in harmonious co-operation. All plants bud and grow. The king gives orders to set forward the business of husbandry. The inspectors of the fields are ordered to reside in the lands having an eastward exposure, and (see that) all repair the marches and divisions (of the o-round), and mark out clearly the paths and ditches. They must skilfully survey the mounds and rising grounds, the slopes and defiles, the plains and marshes, determining what the different lands are suitable for, and where the different grains will grow best. They must thus instruct and lead on the people, themselves also engaging in the tasks. The business of the fields being thus ordered, the guiding line is first put in requisition, and the husbandry is carried on without error.

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
天	大+1	𠀡𠀘𦴞兲靝𠕹	tiān ㄊㄧㄢ	sky, heaven; god, celestial	v1,p0522#01	p.248#04	p.358r4c01
氣	气+6	気炁𣱛气	qì xì ㄑㄧˋ ㄒㄧˋ	air, gas, steam, vapor; spirit	v3,p2011#14	p.599#12	p.751r5c04
下	一+2	丅厥𠄟	xià ㄒㄧㄚˋ	under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down	v1,p0007#01	p.76#10	p.28r1c01
降	阜+6	降夅	jiàng xiáng xiàng ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄤˋ	descend, fall, drop; lower, down	v6,p4126#18	p.1349#12	p.1421r2c02
地	土+3	埊𨻐埅𠏂嶳	dì de ㄉㄧˋ ㄉㄜ·	earth; soil, ground; region	v1,p0420#12	p.224#06	p.312r6c01
上	一+2	丄𠄞	shàng ㄕㄤˋ	top; superior, highest; go up, send up	v1,p0005#04	p.76#07	p.24r2c01
騰	馬+10	𩥱駦腾	téng ㄊㄥˊ	fly; gallop; run; prance; rise	v3,p2125#05	p.1442#35	p.1508r6c03
和	口+5	龢咊惒	hé huò huó hè ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄜˋ	harmony, peace; peaceful, calm	v1,p0602#01	p.185#01	p.267r3c01
同	口+3	仝衕	tóng tòng ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋ	same, similar; together with	v1,p0578#01	p.175#06	p.252r1c01
草	艸+6	艸艹屮	cǎo zào ㄘㄠˇ ㄗㄠˋ	grass, straw, thatch, herbs	v5,p3203#04	p.1030#17	p.1136r6c01
木	木+0		mù ㄇㄨˋ	tree; wood, lumber; wooden	v2,p1149#06	p.509#01	p.662r5c05
萌	艸+8	萠鋂	méng míng ㄇㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ	bud, sprout	v5,p3233#14	p.1041#05	p.1147r1c01
動	力+9	㣫𨔝动	dòng ㄉㄨㄥˋ	move, happen; movement, action	v1,p0375#06	p.148#14	p.196r4c02
王	玉+0		wáng ㄨㄤˊ	King, title of supreme ruler of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties. / Ruler of a vassal state in the warring states period. / Highest title in feudal China. / Meet with the emperor. / Respectful term for one's paternal grandparents.	v2,p1099#10	p.727#02	p.888r1c02
			wàng ㄨㄤˋ	Rule as king, control all under heaven. / Enfeoff as king. / Flourish, abound.
			wǎng ㄨㄤˇ	To, go to.
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
布	巾+2	佈㱛	bù ㄅㄨˋ	cotton cloth, textiles, linen	v1,p0728#05	p.328#06	p.471r2c01
農	辰+6	莀䢉𦦥辳𨑇𣊤𨑋𨑆𦦤农	nóng ㄋㄨㄥˊ	agriculture, farming; farmer	v6,p3607#03	p.1252#24	p.1311r1c02
事	亅+7	亊叓𠭏	shì ㄕˋ	Office, duty. / Job, career. / Things, affairs. / Accident, incident. / Engage (in), pursue. / Serve.	v1,p0023#03	p.85#24	p.58r3c02
田	田+0		tián ㄊㄧㄢˊ	field, arable land, cultivated	v4,p2524#01	p.756#11	p.909r3c02
舍	舌+2	舎捨	shè shě shì ㄕㄜˋ ㄕㄜˇ ㄕˋ	house, dwelling; dwell, reside	v5,p2941#02	p.1006#23	p.1115r6c01
東	木+4	东	dōng ㄉㄨㄥ	east, eastern, eastward	v2,p1165#04	p.513#12	p.675r6c02
郊	邑+6		jiāo ㄐㄧㄠ	suburbs; waste land, open spaces	v6,p3769#06	p.1271#11	p.1338r3c02
皆	白+4		jiē ㄐㄧㄝ	all, every, everybody	v4,p2647#01	p.786#12	p.735r5c01
修	人+8		xiū ㄒㄧㄡ	study; repair; cultivate	v1,p0159#02	p.106#05	p.110r3c01
封	寸+6	𡉘𡊽	fēng ㄈㄥ	letter, envelope; feudal	v1,p0504#14	p.294#07	p.432r4c04
疆	田+14	畺將	jiāng qiáng jiàng ㄐㄧㄤㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄤˋ	boundary, border, frontier	v4,p2554#05	p.766#33	p.918r4c05
審	宀+12	宷审	shěn ㄕㄣˇ	Detailed, thorough. / Investigate thoroughly, research. / Interrogation, trial. / Clear, unambiguous. / Cautious, prudent, take seriously. / True, reliable.	v2,p0954#05	p.291#22	p.429r6c03
			pán ㄆㄢˊ	Place where water swirls about.
端	立+9	耑	duān ㄉㄨㄢ	end, extreme; head; beginning	v4,p2714#01	p.872#32	p.1005r3c05
經	糸+7	経𦀇𤔕坕经	jīng jìng ㄐㄧㄥㄐㄧㄥˋ	classic works; pass through	v5,p3402#11	p.925#24	p.1045r5c01
術	行+5	术	shù ㄕㄨˋ	art, skill, special feat; method, technique	v2,p0826#13	p.1109#12	p.1206r4c02
善	口+9	譱𦎍𠾄𧮟	shàn ㄕㄢˋ	Good. / Take to be good, like. / Good person. / Strong point, merit. / Perfect. / Gentle, kind. / Friendly. / Good at doing. / Improve, make good. / Control, regulate. / Food.	v1,p0660#02	p.197#18	p.282r3c04
相	目+4		xiāng ㄒㄧㄤ	Mutual. / In succession. / Together.	v4,p2470#13	p.800#18	p.945r1c01
			xiàng ㄒㄧㄤˋ	Watch. / Appearance. / Fortune-telling by appearance. / Help, assist. / Guide for the blind. / Prime minister, most senior minister. / Ceremonial officer.
丘	一+4	丠㐀坵㘳	qiū ㄑㄧㄡ	hill; elder; empty; a name	v1,p0017#01	p.77#14	p.36r4c01
陵	阜+8	陵夌𨻪䧙	líng ㄌㄧㄥˊ	hill, mound; mausoleum	v6,p4134#06	p.1354#06	p.1426r3c01
阪	阜+4	坂	bǎn ㄅㄢˇ	hillside farmland; slope	v6,p4117#12	p.1346#11	p.1414r4c04
險	阜+13	险	xiǎn yán jiǎn ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ	narrow pass, strategic point, dangerous	v6,p4160#08	p.1361#10	p.1434r5c01
原	厂+8	𠪥𨘡𠪰亰	yuán yuàn ㄩㄢˊ ㄩㄢˋ	source, origin, beginning	v1,p0074#09	p.162#03	p.229r4c03
隰	阜+14	𨻿	xí xiè ㄒㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ	low, damp land, marsh, swamp	v6,p4162#06	p.1362#12	p.1434r6c03
土	土+0		tǔ ㄊㄨˇ	soil, earth; items made of earth	v1,p0415#01	p.223#01	p.309r5c03
所	戶+4	𢨷	suǒ ㄙㄨㄛˇ	Place. / Location. / A suitable place or location. / Measure word, used for counting buldings. / Used before a verb, creates a noun-like phrase. / If. Mainly used in oaths and curses. / Used together with 為 to indicate the passive tense. / Indicates an approximate number. / Number, number of times. / Meaning.	v3,p2259#01	p.415#16	p.556r1c01
宜	宀+5	冝𡪀𡨆𠣨宐	yí ㄧˊ	suitable, right, fitting, proper	v2,p0920#06	p.284#03	p.416r1c01
五	二+2	伍𠄡㐅	wǔ ㄨˇ	five; surname	v1,p0011#03	p.86#11	p.64r3c01
穀	禾+10	糓谷	gǔ ㄍㄨˇ	(1) 莊稼和糧食的總稱。 Crops and grain.	v3,p2164#11	p.858#05	p.995r1c02
殖	歹+8		zhí shì ㄓˊ ㄕˋ	breed, spawn; increase; prosper	v2,p1388#10	p.581#33	p.741r6c08
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
教	攴+7	敎	jiào jiāo ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄠ	teach, class	v2,p1459#09	p.472#05
道	辵+9	𨕥衟𡬹	dào ㄉㄠˋ	Road, path. / Journey. / Method. / Law, reason. / Doctrine, claim. / Skill, technique. / Principle, right way. / The Dao, the origin of all things in Daoism. / Speak, talk. / Take a course of action. / Take a course of action. / Rites paid to the spirit of roads. / Ancient administrative unit. / Daoism.	v6,p3864#01	p.1262#06	p.1326r3c02
			dǎo ㄉㄠˇ	Lead. / Flow smoothly.
民	氏+1	𠘽	mín ㄇㄧㄣˊ	people, subjects, citizens	v3,p2131#01	p.598#01	p.750r3c01
必	心+1		bì ㄅㄧˋ	surely, most certainly; must	v4,p2267#02	p.375#02	p.522r5c01
躬	身+3	躳	gōng ㄍㄨㄥ	body; personally, in person	v6,p3808#08	p.1237#04	p.1296r1c01
親	見+9	𢈥寴𡩁亲	qīn ㄑㄧㄣ	Parents. / Relatives. / Love, favour. / Close, intimate. / Contact, touch. / Personally. / Do oneself.	v6,p3671#12	p.1136#12	p.1230r5c04
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
既	无+5	旣	jì xì ㄐㄧˋ ㄒㄧˋ	already; de facto; since; then	v2,p1148#01	p.485#27	p.626r3c02
飭	食+4	饬	chì shì ㄔˋ ㄕˋ	order; command; give command	v7,p4444#03	p.1417#15	p.1490r3c01
先	儿+4		xiān ㄒㄧㄢ	first, former, previous	v1,p0267#02	p.124#05	p.134r3c02
定	宀+5	㱏	dìng ㄉㄧㄥˋ	decide, settle, fix	v2,p0918#02	p.283#18	p.414r5c01
準	水+10	凖准	zhǔn ㄓㄨㄣˇ	rule, guideline, standard	v3,p1700#05	p.639#24	p.819r1c04
直	目+3	𣓟𣖴	zhí ㄓˊ	straight, erect, vertical	v1,p0061#07	p.800#05
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
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.
惑	心+8		huò ㄏㄨㄛˋ	confuse, mislead, baffle; doubt	v4,p2309#09	p.390#34	p.534r3c02

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