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THE ANALECTS III. xtr, xm.
parents d6funts et aux Esprits tutelaires, comme s'il tes
avait vus pr6sents.
2. Note _I_o Or, To me absence from sacrifice is the
same as not sacrificing. Conf. deemed absentee worship
no worship. It was apparently a custom in ancient times,
as in modern, to worship by deputy. C. _ _ _
_[o Sincerity is the substance, the ceremony the
shadow. L. I consider my' not being present at the
sacrifice, as if I did not sacrifice. Z. ego si non intersum
litamini etc. K If I cannot give up my heart and soul
when I am worshipping ....... as if I have not worshipped.
Couv. Un sacrifice .... (qtteje ferais offrir par un autre) etc.
CHAPTER XIII.--OFFENCE AGAINST THE
SUPREME CLOSES EVERY OTHER DOOR.
Wang-sun was a powerful officer of Wei _ who by this
question sought to induce Conf. to pay court to himself as
one actually more powerful than his master. Amongst the
household gods the J_: occupied the post of greatest
honour, in the s. w. corner of the hall ; the _ occupied a
humble unseen position in the kitchen, yet it was the more
useful and influential post. The 5 lares et penates were,
the _ wh. guarded the doors, the._ or kitchen god,
the qh _ for the apartments, the 1_1for the gates, the
q-_ for the hall. The _ was additional, and was the most
honoured, as at the sacrifices to the others the offerings
were afterwards spread before it and an effigy, or living
person, was enthroned to receive the honours. L. It is
better to pay court to the furnace than to the s. w. corner.
Z. potius quam eblandiri apud spiritum aul_e....... foci.
K. the God of the Hearth than to the God of the House.
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