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away from rectitude etc. L. If his mat was not straight,
he did not sit on it. Z. Storea non recta, nori sedebat.
K ....... properly and squarely laid etc. Couv. IIne s'asseyait
pas ...... pas plac6e selon les r6gles.
CHAPTER X.--RESPECT FOR ELDERS, AND
SPIRITS.--I. C. /_ _, _ )_ 41_, #, -P _JZ
J_o The elders, who became so at sixty. 5_ _
:i_ J_, _[_ _ _ _ 5_o ,Did not presume to precede
them, nor to delay afterwards. L. When the villagers
were drinking together, on thorn who carried staffs going
out, he Went out immediately after. Z...... convivabantur,
seipione utentibus egressis, tunc etc. K. public dinner
..... as soon as the old people left. Couv. Quand ......
r6union ...... avaie_ bu ensemble ....... apr_ les vieillards
l_ton etc.
2. There were three {_ in a year in the 3, 8, and 12
moons, of which the first was the nobles', the second the
Emperor's _,and'the third universal. The ceremony at the
popular one was a kind of "mumming," distantly related
to that which was common until a few years ago in the
north of England at the New Year. The Chinese modern
form of the winter {_ is the Feast of Lanterns, now held
in the first moon. The ancient, like the modern, was for
the expulsion of demons. Although a "_ _[ it was accompanied
with much buffoonery and uproar _ -/i" J_
ii_ _r. _ _o Yet Confucius _ *J_ _ ]_t _J 1_ ;_,
felt it his duty to receive it on to his premises in full style
aiid with all respect,_as the people receive and worship
the Dragon nowadays at the Feast of Lanterns. Am>ther
view C. quotes approvingly is, fiat he did so lest his lares
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