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Confucianism -> Liji -> Nei Ze -> 4

以適父母舅姑之所，及所，下氣怡聲，問衣燠寒，疾痛苛癢，而敬抑搔之。出入，則或先或後，而敬扶持之。進盥，少者奉盤，長者奉水，請沃盥，盥卒授巾。問所欲而敬進之，柔色以溫之，饘酏、酒醴、芼羹、菽麥、蕡稻、黍粱、秫唯所欲，棗、栗、飴、蜜以甘之，堇、荁、枌、榆免槁薧滫以滑之，脂膏以膏之，父母舅姑必嘗之而後退。

Thus dressed, they should go to their parents and parents-in-law. On getting to where they are, with bated breath and gentle voice, they should ask if their clothes are (too) warm or (too) cold, whether they are ill or pained, or uncomfortable in any part; and if they be so, they should proceed reverently to stroke and scratch the place. They should in the same way, going before or following after, help and support their parents in quitting or entering (the apartment). In bringing in the basin for them to wash, the younger will carry the stand and the elder the water; they will beg to be allowed to pour out the water, and when the washing is concluded, they Will hand the towel. They will ask whether they want anything, and then respectfully bring it. All this they will do with an appearance of pleasure to make their parents feel at ease. (They should bring) gruel, thick or thin, spirits or must, soup with vegetables, beans, wheat, spinach, rice, millet, maize, and glutinous millet - whatever they wish, in fact; with dates, chestnuts, sugar and honey, to sweeten their dishes; with the ordinary or the large-leaved violets, leaves of elm-trees, fresh or dry, and the most soothing rice-water to lubricate them; and with fat and oil to enrich them. The parents will be sure to taste them, and when they have done so, the young people should withdraw.

Character	Composition	Variants	Reading	Meaning	Hanyu	Kangxi	Cihai
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
適	辵+11	适	shì ㄕˋ	Go to. / Be married off. / Suitable. / Alter to make suitable. / Satisfied. / Luckily, fortuitously. / Just, recently. / By chance. / Connective: by supposing.	v6,p3877#08	p.1263#34	p.1330r4c01
			dí ㄉㄧˊ	Official wife. / Son of ones official wife. / Center on, focus on. / Well matched, equal.
			zhé ㄓㄜˊ	Condemn, punish.
			tì ㄊㄧˋ	Scared, afraid.
父	父+0		fù fǔ ㄈㄨˋ ㄈㄨˇ	father; KangXi radical 88	v3,p2039#01	p.690#01	p.864r1c01
母	毋+1		mǔ mú wǔ wú ㄇㄨˇ ㄇㄨˊ ㄨˇ ㄨˊ	mother; female elders; female	v4,p2380#03	p.588#25	p.745r1c03
舅	臼+7		jiù ㄐㄧㄡˋ	mother's brother, uncle	v5,p3040#03	p.1004#09	p.1113r2c02
姑	女+5		gū ㄍㄨ	father's sister; husband's mother	v2,p1035#04	p.258#32	p.381r4c01
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
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
及	又+2	𢎜𨕤	jí ㄐㄧˊ	Catch up to. / Retrieve, recover. / Attain, rival. / To. / Touch. / Relate to. / Continue, succeed. / Preposition: until ... (a time). / Connective: and.	v1,p0035#01	p.165#03	p.233r4c06
下	一+2	丅厥𠄟	xià ㄒㄧㄚˋ	under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down	v1,p0007#01	p.76#10	p.28r1c01
氣	气+6	気炁𣱛气	qì xì ㄑㄧˋ ㄒㄧˋ	air, gas, steam, vapor; spirit	v3,p2011#14	p.599#12	p.751r5c04
怡	心+5		yí ㄧˊ	harmony; pleasure, joy; be glad	v4,p2289#01	p.381#16	p.526r5c02
聲	耳+11	殸声	shēng ㄕㄥ	sound, voice, noise; tone; music	v4,p2794#04	p.969#18	p.1085r3c01
問	口+8	𠳅问	wèn ㄨㄣˋ	Ask, inquire. / Investigate, look into. / Inquire after, give regards to. / Interrogate, question. / Visit (another states). / Research, investigate. / Give, present with. / Tell. / Sound. / Same as 「聞(7)」 wèn ㄨㄣˋ: Reputation, fame.	v7,p4284#03	p.195#10	p.279r3c03
衣	衣+0	衤	yī yì ㄧㄧˋ	clothes, clothing; cover, skin	v5,p3074#01	p.1111#01	p.1208r5c01
燠	火+13	灹𤈰	yù ào ㄩˋ ㄠˋ	warm; warmth	v3,p2235#01	p.684#18	p.861r2c01
寒	宀+9	𡫮𡫾	hán ㄏㄢˊ	cold, wintry, chilly	v2,p0941#06	p.289#09	p.425r4c05
疾	疒+5	𤕼𤖏𥏂𠥻𤶅	jí ㄐㄧˊ	Illness. / Invalid, sick person. / Suffering, difficulties. / Failing, weakness. / Bad person, evil person. / Become sick, fall ill. / Damage. / Hate. / Angrily. / Jealousy. / Fast, quick. / Exert oneself, spare no effort. / Large.	v4,p2666#10	p.771#22	p.920r4c04
痛	疒+7		tòng ㄊㄨㄥˋ	pain, ache; sorry, sad; bitter	v4,p2677#09	p.773#28	p.921r3c08
苛	艸+5	哼	kē hē hé ㄎㄜㄏㄜㄏㄜˊ	small, petty; harsh, rigorous	v5,p3187#03	p.1022#33	p.1129r3c02
癢	疒+15	痒	yǎng ㄧㄤˇ	itch	v4,p2702#07	p.782#20	p.924r3c02
而	而+0		ér ㄦˊ	Whiskers. / Like, similar to. / Pronoun: you. / Pronoun: this, like this. / Connective: and, with. / Connective: and, then. / Connective: if, supposing. / Connective: yet, however. / Connective: therefore, hence. / Connective: expresses method or state. / Particle: of. / Expressive particle.	v4,p2810#01	p.961#18	p.1080r2c03
			néng ㄋㄥˊ	Same as 「能(3)」 néng ㄋㄥˊ: Able to, competent. / Same as 「能(2.1)」 néng ㄋㄥˊ: Ability, talent.
敬	攴+9	𣀖𢿩	jìng ㄐㄧㄥˋ	respect, honor; respectfully	v2,p1466#02	p.473#35	p.606r5c02
抑	手+4		yì ㄧˋ	press down, repress; curb, hinder	v3,p1841#07	p.421#09	p.563r1c04
搔	手+10	掻	sāo zhǎo ㄙㄠㄓㄠˇ	to scratch	v3,p1939#06	p.446#25	p.587r2c05
出	凵+3	岀	chū ㄔㄨ	Go out, exit. / Outside, without. / Take up a post. / Exile, banish. / Abandon (one's wife). / Free, release. / Give out, hand over. / Give, offer. / Send out, distribute. / Exceed. / Appear, emerge. / Create, make. / Produce, cause to grow. / Bear, give birth. / Origin, place of birth. / Part of an object which extends outwards. / Measure word: times, occurrences. / Measure word: section.	v1,p0307#08	p.135#11	p.172r1c01
入	入+0		rù ㄖㄨˋ	Enter, go into. / Put in, bring in. / Pay, offer. / Income, gains. / Inside, within.	v1,p0102#01	p.125#32	p.141r1c03
則	刀+7	𠟻𠟭𠞋𠟔则	zé ㄗㄜˊ	Method, rule. / Mimic, emulate. / Level, grade. / Adverb used to emphasize an assertion. / Adverb used to express scope: only. / Connective expressing continuation: then, and then. / Connective emphasizing comparison. / Connective expressing contrast. / Connective expressing allowance: yet, even so. / Connective expressing unexpected turn of events. / Connective expressing suppostion: if.	v1,p0340#06	p.139#31	p.183r5c05
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
先	儿+4		xiān ㄒㄧㄢ	first, former, previous	v1,p0267#02	p.124#05	p.134r3c02
後	彳+6	𨒥𢔏后	hòu ㄏㄡˋ	Behind, to the rear of. / To be left behind. / Later in time. / Future. / Descendents, offspring.	v2,p0822#03	p.366#18	p.511r2c01
扶	手+4	𢻳𢱿	fú pú ㄈㄨˊ ㄆㄨˊ	support, help; protect; hold on	v3,p1833#02	p.419#05	p.560r5c05
持	手+6		chí ㄔˊ	sustain, support; hold, grasp	v3,p1866#02	p.429#05	p.573r1c01
進	辵+8	𨙟𨗃进	jìn ㄐㄧㄣˋ	advance, make progress, enter	v6,p3851#05	p.1259#30	p.1322r2c03
盥	皿+11		guàn ㄍㄨㄢˋ	wash	v4,p2570#03	p.796#12	p.941r6c01
少	小+1		shǎo shào ㄕㄠˇ ㄕㄠˋ	few, less, inadequate	v1,p0561#02	p.296#20	p.442r4c01
者	老+4		zhě ㄓㄜˇ	Pronoun used after verbs, adjectives, etc. in place of a person or thing. / Pronoun used after numbers in place of a thing. / Pronoun used after time or negation to express "when" or "if". / Expressive particle used in a declarative sentence after the subject. / Expressive particle used in a sentence after the subject to express cause or explanation.	v4,p2780#05	p.961#01	p.1080r1c01
			zhuó ㄓㄨㄛˊ	In, located in.
奉	大+5	𠬻𢱵	fèng ㄈㄥˋ	offer; receive; serve; respect	v1,p0531#05	p.251#02	p.370r3c01
盤	皿+10	鎜柈盘	pán xuán ㄆㄢˊ ㄒㄩㄢˊ	tray, plate, dish; examine	v4,p2568#03	p.796#09	p.941r3c01
長	長+0	镸𨱗𠤐𠑷𠔊𠑻𠑿𡕣长	cháng zhǎng zhàng ㄔㄤˊ ㄓㄤˇ ㄓㄤˋ	long; length; excel in; leader	v6,p4050#01	p.1328#07	p.1399r3c04
水	水+0	氵	shuǐ ㄕㄨㄟˇ	water, liquid, lotion, juice	v3,p1545#01	p.603#01	p.757r1c01
請	言+8	请	qǐng ㄑㄧㄥˇ	Request, ask for. / Respectful term used to make a request. / Visit (a superior). / Ask, inquire. / Ask after (someone). / Tell, say to. / Invite. / Employ, hire.	v6,p3981#03	p.1167#18	p.1248r6c02
			qìng ㄑㄧㄥˋ	Autumn audience.
			qíng ㄑㄧㄥˊ	Reality, actual state of affairs. / In reality, actually.
沃	水+4		wò ㄨㄛˋ	water, irrigate; fertile, rich	v3,p1566#05	p.609#13	p.769r3c02
卒	十+6	卆䘚	zú ㄗㄨˊ	Footsoldier. / Unit of one hundred soldiers. / A [military] unit. / Unit of 30 states. / Unit of 300 families. / Labourer. / End, finish. / Die. / Adverb: finally. / Same as 「崒(1)」 zú ㄗㄨˊ: High peaks.	v1,p0063#02	p.156#28	p.216r4c01
			cù ㄘㄨˋ	Same as 「猝(2)」 cù ㄘㄨˋ: Adverb: suddenly. / Same as 「倅(1.2)」 cuì ㄘㄨㄟˋ: Assistant.
授	手+8		shòu ㄕㄡˋ	give to, transmit; confer	v3,p1901#02	p.436#19	p.579r1c02
巾	巾+0		jīn ㄐㄧㄣ	kerchief; towel; turban; KangXi radical number 50	v1,p0727#17	p.327#20	p.470r3c02
欲	欠+7	慾	yù ㄩˋ	desire, want, long for; intend	v3,p2140#07	p.567#36	p.729r4c02
柔	木+5		róu ㄖㄡˊ	soft; gentle, pliant	v2,p1192#02	p.519#05	p.686r3c01
色	色+0	𢒸	sè ㄙㄜˋ	Colour. / [Facial] appearance, countenance. / Become angry. / Feminine beauty. / Appearance.	v5,p3071#01	p.1014#02	p.1120r1c01
溫	水+10	温	wēn ㄨㄣ	lukewarm, warm; tepid, mild	v3,p1699#08	p.640#23	p.817r5c01
饘	食+13	飦	zhān ㄓㄢ	gruel	v7,p4476#14	p.1426#17	p.1495r1c01
酏	酉+3		yí hù tuó yǐ ㄧˊ ㄏㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄧˇ	millet wine	v6,p3575#01	p.1280#11	p.1349r6c02
酒	酉+3		jiǔ ㄐㄧㄡˇ	wine, spirits, liquor, alcoholic beverage	v6,p3574#02	p.1281#03	p.1349r6c03
醴	酉+13	醴	lǐ ㄌㄧˇ	sweet wine; sweet spring	v6,p3600#02	p.1288#10	p.1355r6c02
芼	艸+4		mào máo ㄇㄠˋ ㄇㄠˊ	to choose; to select; greens	v5,p3181#02	p.1021#11	p.1128r1c01
羹	羊+13	羮	gēng láng ㄍㄥㄌㄤˊ	soup, broth	v5,p3139#13	p.954#25	p.1073r1c06
菽	艸+8		shú shū jiāo ㄕㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄐㄧㄠ	beans and peas, collectively	v5,p3232#09	p.1040#14	p.1146r3c04
麥	麥+0	麦	mài ㄇㄞˋ	wheat, barley, oats; KangXi radical number 199	v7,p4600#01	p.1512#08	p.1551r1c01
蕡	艸+12	𦶁	fén ㄈㄣˊ	hemp seeds; plant with abundant	v5,p3287#12	p.1058#25	p.1168r6c04
稻	禾+10	稲	dào ㄉㄠˋ	rice growing in field, rice plant	v4,p2624#11	p.857#29	p.994r5c02
黍	黍+0		shǔ ㄕㄨˇ	glutinous millet; KangXi radical number 202	v7,p4759#01	p.1517#25	p.1559r2c02
粱	米+7		liáng ㄌㄧㄤˊ	better varieties of millet	v5,p3149#12	p.909#20	p.1026r3c02
秫	禾+5	𥤀	shú shù ㄕㄨˊ ㄕㄨˋ	glutinous variety of millet	v4,p2598#02	p.852#03	p.991r5c02
唯	口+8		wéi ㄨㄟˊ	Only, exclusively. / Connective: although, even though. / Connective: because. / Particle used at the beginning of a sentence to express hope or desire. / Particle used at the beginning of a sentence to express confirmation. / Particle, no meaning.	v1,p0642#05	p.193#17	p.277r1c02
			wěi ㄨㄟˇ	Sound of affirmation. / Affirm.
棗	木+8	𠂲枣	zǎo ㄗㄠˇ	date tree; dates, jujubes; surname	v2,p1228#01	p.532#18	p.703r2c04
栗	木+6	慄㮚𣡼𣡷慄	lì ㄌㄧˋ	chestnut tree, chestnuts; surname	v2,p1195#09	p.522#05	p.690r2c01
飴	食+5	䬮饴	yí sì ㄧˊ ㄙˋ	sweet-meats; sweet-cakes; syrup	v7,p4449#09	p.1418#07	p.1490r6c04
蜜	虫+8	𦸞	mì ㄇㄧˋ	honey; sweet; nectar	v4,p2866#07	p.1085#36	p.1191r5c01
甘	甘+0	𠙸𠙿	gān ㄍㄢ	sweetness; sweet, tasty	v4,p2413#01	p.753#19	p.905r3c03
堇	土+8	菫	jǐn ㄐㄧㄣˇ	yellow loam; clay; season; few	v1,p0450#02	p.232#05	p.323r5c01
荁	艸+6		huán ㄏㄨㄢˊ	celery	v5,p3200#06	p.1030#01	p.1139r1c05
枌	木+4		fén ㄈㄣˊ	variety of elm with small seeds	v2,p1173#04	p.515#04	p.681r3c03
榆	木+9	楡	yú ㄩˊ	elm tree	v2,p1253#01	p.542#19
免	儿+5		miǎn ㄇㄧㄢˇ	Avoid, prevent. / Pardon, release. / Take off, remove. / Quit, retire from office. / Labour, delivery, give birth. / Encourage.	v1,p0270#09	p.124#23	p.139r1c01
			wèn ㄨㄣˋ	Mourning ritual in which one takes off one's cap and bind one's hair with hemp.
			fǔ ㄈㄨˇ	Lean, bend over.
槁	木+10		gǎo kào gāo ㄍㄠˇ ㄎㄠˋ ㄍㄠ	wither; withered, rotten, dead	v2,p1267#08	p.545#17	p.713r1c02
薧	艸+13	𧂎	kǎo hāo ㄎㄠˇ ㄏㄠ	dried food	v5,p3305#06	p.1062#06	p.1171r3c02
滫	水+11		sǒu xiū xiǔ ㄙㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄡㄒㄧㄡˇ	water in which rice has been boiled	v3,p1725#02	p.643#25	p.823r1c02
滑	水+10	磆	huá gǔ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄍㄨˇ	slip, slide; slippery, polished	v3,p1678#04	p.643#03	p.821r3c02
脂	肉+6		zhī zhǐ ㄓㄓˇ	fat, grease, lard; grease	v3,p2069#06	p.981#24	p.1096r2c02
膏	肉+10		gāo gào ㄍㄠㄍㄠˋ	grease, fat; paste, ointment	v3,p2103#08	p.992#01	p.1102r3c05
必	心+1		bì ㄅㄧˋ	surely, most certainly; must	v4,p2267#02	p.375#02	p.522r5c01
嘗	口+11	甞𨡔𠹉尝	cháng ㄔㄤˊ	taste; experience, experiment	v2,p1529#09	p.206#09	p.289r3c03
退	辵+6	𨓆𨑧𢓴𢓇𨔫	tuì ㄊㄨㄟˋ	step back, retreat, withdraw	v6,p3834#04	p.1256#14	p.1314r4c01

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