Translation of the Book of Rites?

Meng Chun's first month: the sun is in the position of stars, Senna is in the southern sky at dusk, and the tail star is in the southern sky at dawn. At this time, the Japanese names are A and B, the owner is Da Lian, the god is Ju Mang, and the animals are scaly. At this time, the sound is angular and the melody is just too dull. The number this time is eight. The taste at this time is sour, and the smell at this time is pungent. At this time, the sacrifice is the portal, and the spleen is the first sacrifice.

At this time, the east wind melted cold, the hibernating animals began to move, the fish swam back to the ice, the otter held a fish festival with the fish, and the swan goose flew back from the south.

In spring, the son of heaven lived in the place called Qingyang in the east of Tang Ming. In the first month, he lived on the left side of Qingyang. In order to keep up with the times, I rode a Luan bell car and a black dragon horse. Wearing a blue flag, wearing blue clothes, wearing a blue Yu Pei. The food is mainly wheat and sheep, and the utensils used should be rough and easy to breathe.

Set the solar terms in beginning of spring this month. Three days before beginning of spring, the Taishi visited the son of heaven and reported: "One day beginning of spring will be appointed as Mulder." So the emperor began to fast. On the day I arrived in beginning of spring, I personally led three ministers, governors and doctors to hold a welcoming ceremony in the eastern suburbs. When I came back from the ceremony, I rewarded North Korean officials, governors and doctors. At the same time, he ordered Sangong to issue a decree of kindness: praise good deeds, help the poor and help the poor, and popularize the whole people; To praise and reward, we must do everything well. He is a historian, and according to the methods and techniques of detecting astronomy, he is engaged in calculating the movements of the sun, the moon and the stars, so as to ensure that the position, degree and orbit of the movements are not wrong and everything is as usual.

This month, the son of heaven will sacrifice to God on the first Xin Day, praying for a bumper harvest. Then on the first day of the election, the son of heaven personally carried Lei's farm tools and put them between the right side of the car and the imperial guard, and then led the princes and doctors of three counties and nine counties to plow the fields personally. The son of heaven pushed him three times, three people pushed him five times, and Qinghe princes pushed him nine times. When he comes back, the Emperor of Heaven will hold a banquet in the big bedroom, attended by three officials, nine ministers, princes and doctors. The banquet will be named "Laojiu".

This month, the weather dropped, the atmosphere rose, the atmosphere of heaven and earth blended with each other, and vegetation began to sprout. The son of heaven issued the order of farming, sent agricultural officials to live in the eastern suburbs, repaired all the borders of the farmland abandoned in winter, redefined small ditches and paths, and repaired them correctly. Carefully consider the terrain, such as planting crops suitable for highland in highland, planting crops suitable for lowland in lowland, and teaching ordinary farmers the cultivation methods of various crops. Farmers must learn to master it by themselves. When the fields are cleared, draw an average straight line so that farmers can plant according to this standard without confusion.

This month, Le Zheng was ordered to teach dance in the study of China and modify the rules of sacrifice. It was ordered that women should not be used as sacrifices for mountains and rivers. It is forbidden to cut down trees, destroy the bird's nest, kill young animals, fetal animals, newborn animals and newly flying birds, kill small animals and take out bird eggs. Don't gather people or build battlements. Bury bones and carrion.

In this month, the transfer of troops is invincible and will be condemned by heaven. We can't wage war. We can't wage war from our side. Don't change heaven, don't cut geography, and don't confuse ethics and discipline.

If summer comes out in the first month, there will be storms that don't arrive on time, premature aging of vegetation, and panic disasters throughout the country. If the autumn season is issued, there will be disasters such as great plague, whirlwind rainstorm and weeds. If winter orders are given, there will be floods, frost and snow, and the first seed will not be sown.

Midspring and February. The position of the sun in Kuixing constellation and the position of the arc star in the southern sky at dusk; Jianxing's position in the southern sky in the morning. The names of this day are Party A and Party B .. The master at this time is Da Lai, and the god at this time is Ju Mang. Animals at this time are all scales. At this time, the sound is angular, and the melody is just ringing. At this time, the number is eight. The taste at this time is sour, and the smell at this time is pungent. At this time, the sacrifice is the portal, and the spleen is the first sacrifice.

This is the solar term of rain, peaches and plums begin to blossom, orioles purr, and eagles become cuckoos.

The son of heaven lives in Qingyang Temple, and goes out to ride a Luan car, drive a pale horse and carry a green flag; Wear tsing yi, Pei cangyu. Eat wheat and sheep. Use rough and accessible containers.

This month, biology has just begun to sprout. For people, it is especially necessary to raise children to prevent old age and take care of the children of survivors. Choose the first day and order the people to sacrifice their interests. Let judicial officials reduce the number of prisoners arrested, remove their shackles and handcuffs, and stop the proceedings.

This month, the swallow came. On the day the swallows fly, they will bring their cattle and sheep to worship the noble god, and the son of heaven will go in person. Empresses will also lead nine wives to attend. Salute the pregnant princess, put on her bow clothes before the gods, and give her bows and arrows.

This month, the time between day and night is gradually equal, and thunder and lightning can be heard. The stinging insects all twisted and began to climb out of the hole. Three days before the thunder, the wooden bell was rung, warning all the people in the world: "If it thunders, everyone must behave well, otherwise a mutilated child will be born and parents will suffer." On the day when the day and night are equally divided, we can revise the various degrees, quantities and scales of daily use.

This month, farmers need a short rest, so they need to repair doors and windows, and the bedroom and temple should also be cleaned up. Don't build big buildings, so as not to interfere with farming.

Don't use dry rivers and lakes, don't use fishing nets to fish in vicious ponds, and don't use Yamakaji this month. The son of heaven first held a commendation ceremony at the Sleeping Temple, offering lambs and new ice. On the first Sunday, Mingle practiced dancing and held a ceremony to offer sacrifices to her former teacher. On that day, the son of heaven personally led the three princes, nine ministers, governors and doctors to visit Chinese studies together. The next Sunday, he ordered Le to practice music and dance in Chinese studies.

This month, instead of offering sacrifices, the sacrifices were replaced by ghost pens and leather pens.

In the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period, there will be a big flood in China, and a cold snap will come, and the Japanese will invade the border. If mid-spring and winter come, the yang will not resist the yin, and the wheat will not ear, resulting in famine and even looting between people. In summer, the internal heat will be too strong, the country will soon be dry, the heat wave will come early, and pests and diseases will occur.

In March in Ji Chun, the sun is the third star in the west. At dark, the seven stars are in the southern sky, and at dawn, the Altair is in the southern sky. Its day is spring, belonging to heaven and earth. Master is big, but God's name is stupid. Animals use scales as seasons. The sound is a clear and neutral horn, and the twelve methods correspond to the ancient washing (that is, the climate and the ancient washing method are combined). Counting wood (3) and soil (5) is eight. It tastes sour and pungent. Sacrifice is aimed at households, and spleen is the most precious sacrifice. Tung trees blossom and voles turn into quails. At this time, the rain or shine is uncertain and the rainbow is visible. Duckweed began to grow in the pond. This month, the son of heaven lived in the south room of Qingyang in the east of Tang Ming, riding a car with a Luan bell, driving a blue horse with a blue flag painted with a dragon pattern, wearing blue clothes, a blue crown and blue jade, all of which are blue. The food is wheat and sheep. The utensils used are rough and carved, and they are patterns composed of straight lines.

This month, the son of heaven will contribute a yellow dress to the first emperor, and order the official in charge of the ship to look at the bottom of the ship, and then report all the equipment of the son of heaven, and then the son of heaven will begin to take a boat. We should contribute tuna to the ancestral temple and pray for wheat.

In this month, the growth is vigorous, the sun is shining, the buds have sprouted and the buds are all elongated. At this time, acceptance is not allowed. The son of heaven wants virtue, and orders the competent officials to open granaries and give relief to the poor; Open the national treasury, distribute wealth and goods and help the world. We should encourage the rulers, hire celebrities and treat talented people with courtesy.

This month, the official who ordered Sikong said, "The rainy season is coming, and groundwater is beginning to gush out of the ground. Hurry around and see the situation in vilen. Embankments that must be repaired should be repaired immediately, blocked ditches should be dredged immediately, and roads should be connected with Lulu unimpeded. At the same time, instruments for catching birds and animals and toxic drugs are not allowed to be taken out of the city gate. "

This month, officials in charge of fields and forests should be ordered to ban the felling of mulberry trees. When the turtledove wings, Dai Sheng mulberry, will prepare sericulture equipment. Empresses and concubines should fast, bow down to the east to pick mulberry, prohibit women from dressing up excessively, and reduce women's housework so as to concentrate on picking mulberry and raising silkworms. At the end of sericulture, it is necessary to distribute cocoons, and determine the results according to the number of silk reeling, so as to supply dresses for sacrifice in suburban temples, and we should not be lazy.

This month, the foreman was ordered to ask the workers to check the storage of materials in the warehouse, such as gold iron, rubber bands, horns, feather shafts, grease paint and so on, all of which should be of good quality. Then all kinds of craftsmen are engaged in production, and the supervisor issues orders every day to remind them: "Everything should be in accordance with the manufacturing procedures, not opportunistic, nor just beautiful."

At the end of this month, choose an auspicious day and hold a joint dance. The son of heaven led three princes, nine nobles, governors and doctors to visit.

At the same time, in this month, many good stallions and stallions will be found, and cows and mares will be scattered in the pasture for mating. The number of calves, ponies and solid-colored cattle and sheep for sacrifice should be recorded. So the whole country held Nuo festivals and beheaded corpses at the door to exorcise evil spirits, thus ending the spring.

When Ji Chun implements the winter law in March, the cold will often break out, the vegetation will be depressed, and there will be great panic in the whole country. The implementation of the summer law will make people suffer from diseases and epidemics, and it will not rain when the weather is good, and the crops in the highlands will not be harvested. When the autumn season is implemented, the weather will be gloomy, the rain will come ahead of time, and there will be wars everywhere.

April is: the sun is near Taurus, the stars in the late wings appear in the middle of the southern sky, and actress Wu appears in the middle of the south in the morning. Summer belongs to Ding Huo. Emperor Yan is its master, and his god's name is Zhu Rong. Animals in summer are feathers. Five-tone phonetic symbols, twelve laws should be in Lv Zhong. Its number is fire two, and soil five is seven. The taste is bitter and the smell is burnt. Sacrifice takes the stove as the object, and sacrifice takes the lungs as the top.

At this time, insects sound, earthworms are unearthed, melons bear fruit, and bitter vegetables bloom.

The son of heaven lived in the south of Tang Ming from time to time and on the left of Tang Ming in April. With the color of summer fire, the flags and costumes of chariots and horses are red; Eat chicken and beans with feathers. The utensils used are tall and rough.

This month will usher in a long summer. Three days before the long summer, the Taishi visited the son of heaven and reported the long summer one day. From then on, it was handed over to the Five Elements Fire. The son of heaven fasted immediately. On that day, Dr. San Gong Jiuqing personally led a team to the southern suburbs to welcome the summer; After returning from the ceremony, it was a reward from the treasury. At this time, I decided to enter the land of princes. The public is happy to carry out the celebration. Musicians are required to practice ritual music with students from different countries. He also ordered Qiu's officials to help particularly outstanding people, introduce virtuous people, choose tall people, and award them salaries according to their titles so that talents can be properly respected and matched.

This month, all living things continue to grow and increase, and there must be no destructive behavior; Don't engage in big projects, recruit people or cut down trees at this time. This is not only in line with the "increased length" weather, but also can prevent people's farming from being hindered.

This month, the son of heaven began to wear summer clothes; Officials in charge of fields and forests should be ordered to patrol fields and plains to comfort and encourage farmers on behalf of the emperor. Don't be out of season; Ordered Stuart to patrol Wang Ji and the countryside, and arranged for farmers to work hard in the capital without stopping.

This month, poultry and wild animals should be driven away frequently to avoid damaging grains and fruits, and large-scale hunting should not be held. The farmer presented the new wheat, and the son of heaven cooperated with the pig to present it to the Sleeping Temple as a gift to taste the new wheat.

At the same time, we should reserve all kinds of drugs to prevent diseases and epidemics. At this time, wild plants such as shepherd's purse have all died of old age, which is the season when wheat matures. In the judicial field, all prisoners who should be given minor corporal punishment or whose crimes are not serious, as well as prisoners who were detained for a short period of time, were released after the verdict.

Now that the work of feeding silkworms is over, the queens hold a cocoon offering ceremony. The people of all ages, regardless of their rank, extracted cocoon tax according to the amount of mulberry leaves they used, and stored cocoons for silk in preparation for their dresses to worship the heaven.

This month, the son of heaven held a "drinking cup" in the ancestral hall, accompanied by music to salute.

When the autumn law is carried out in the summer dream month, it will make the rain come frequently, the grain can't grow, and people on the border will hide in the castle. The implementation of the winter law will make the vegetation wither ahead of time, and then there will be floods to destroy the battlements. The implementation of laws and regulations in spring will cause locusts to become disasters, storms to strike, and vegetation to bear no fruit.

In midsummer, the position of the sun stays in Tokyo; At night, Kang Xing, the dangerous star of Xiao Qing, now appears in the sky. Japan belongs to Bingdinghang. Emperor Yan is the master, and Zhu Rong is the divine officer. Insects are feathers. Sound is the symbol, and law should be the object of the twelve laws. The seventh number. Taste dominates bitterness and smell dominates cola. Sacrifice to the stove, the sacrifice is mainly lungs.

In summer, mantis grows, Kuzu begins to sing, but toad is silent. When the son of heaven lived in the left room of Mingtang, he came out in the color of summer fire. His chariots, horses, flags and costumes are all red, and his food is mainly chicken and beans. The utensils used are tall and rough. Raise young children in midsummer, and raise strong men in midsummer.

This month, musicians were ordered to trim all kinds of drums and drums, clean all stringed and wind instruments, trim props for civil and military dances, reconcile many blown wind music, and clean chimes and chimes. Prepare to use it when offering sacrifices to the gods. So the ceremony officer was ordered to pray for the people to the mountains and rivers, hold a dragon sacrifice and use Changle. At the same time, local officials and people were ordered to hold sacrifices to pray for a bumper harvest for hundreds of officials and officials who had made meritorious deeds in the past. At this time, the agricultural official presented the freshly cooked millet.

This month, the son of heaven is accompanied by chickens, and the temple is sacrificed first, and cherry fruit is added. Order the people not to cut blue grass and dye cloth. Don't burn ash to cook cloth, and don't dry cloth in this month with the highest sun; At the same time, follow the divergence of sun be the spirit, don't close the door, and don't search the city. Repeater is given probation and food is increased. The cows and mares scattered outside are pregnant at this time, so the stallion should be tied to another place and the method of horse training should be announced.

This month, the summer solstice is the longest day in a year. When the yang spirit reaches the extreme, the yin spirit rises, which just becomes a competitive situation of yin and yang. Yang-oriented creatures, Yin-oriented creatures kill things. When Yin and Yang struggle, it is also the boundary between life and death. At this time, adults must fast, not naked at home, quiet and impatient; Stop entertainment, no longer pay attention to taste, calm and calm; Hundreds of officials also remain silent about what they have done, and they will not be punished; To stabilize the difference between yin and yang. At this time, deer will lose their horns, Xia Chan will start singing, Pinellia will grow, and hibiscus will bloom most luxuriantly.

Don't use fire in the south this month. You can live in a bright place in Gao Shuang, overlooking the distance, climbing mountains and living on the terrace.

If the winter season is carried out in midsummer, it will rain and hail, freeze the grain in the fields, block the roads and run rampant by thieves; If spring comes, the grain will not mature on time, and all kinds of pests will attack, leading to local famine. When autumn comes, the vegetation follows, the fruit ripens early, and the people are hurt by the epidemic.

In June of the last month of summer, the position of the sun is in Liu Su; Mars at night and Kuixing at dawn are now in the southern sky. Japan belongs to Bingdinghang. Emperor Yan is the master, and Zhu Rong is the divine officer. Its representative insects are feathers, and its representative sounds are signs, so the method should be in the forest bell. Count to seven. Taste dominates bitterness and smell dominates cola. Sacrifice in the kitchen, sacrifice to the lungs first.

When the emperor lived in the right room of the hall, he followed the color of summer fire when he went out. His chariots, horses, flags and clothes are all red, and his food is mainly chicken and beans. The instruments used are tall and rough. Fishermen were ordered to beat jiaozi to catch giant salamanders and climb turtles to catch giant salamanders. Order the people watching the lake to collect the available cattail. This month, the officer in charge of the mountain forest was ordered to collect the straw that was often turned over from all over the country to feed the sacrificial offerings. And make the people work hard to harvest, supply the gods who worship heaven, famous mountains and rivers, four gods and ancestral temples, and pray for the well-being of the people.

This month, Shennong ordered the official in charge of women workers to take charge of painting and dyeing, and the cooperation between flowers and articles must follow the old method without any mistakes. Black, yellow, cyan and red are all of good quality and true. Clothing and flags offered as sacrifices to suburban temples are used to distinguish between different nobles and lower classes.

This month, when the trees grow most luxuriantly, I ordered people to check the forest area and not allow illegal logging. At the same time, you can't dig trenches with shovels, meet princes or incite troops. Because these large-scale actions on the ground will shake the breath of health. Don't give untimely orders to interfere with the work of the land god. At this time, the land god is using the power of water to cultivate everything. If he shakes the country and hinders the work of the land god, he will be punished by God.

This month, the soil is very wet, the weather is very hot, and it has been raining heavily. If you cut the weeds first and let them dry, when the rain comes, you drown them, and when the sun shines, the water will flow. Just like hot soup, grass roots will be soaked in such hot soup, which makes weeding and uprooting very convenient. Because this is the earth moon, we should fertilize the soil and prune the cultivated land.

If the spring system is implemented at the end of summer, the grain will be exhausted, the territory will be cold and cough, and the people will migrate and disperse. In autumn, highlands and lowlands are often flooded, crops are immature and women are often killed. In winter, the weather is very hot and sometimes very cold. The eagle fought for a long time, and the border was repeatedly invaded by the Japanese.

The center of a year belongs to the earth: its day also lives in the center of the sky, which is infinite. The earth is yellow, so the Yellow Emperor is the master, and its god is called Houtu. Animals are worms. Five tones win the palace, and the method should be the yellow bell of the twelve methods. The number is five. It tastes sweet and smells fragrant. Sacrifice is slippery and sacrifice is based on the heart.

At this time, the son of heaven lived in a big room in the middle of the hall, riding a Huang Ma, holding a yellow flag, wearing a yellow robe and topaz, eating millet and beef, and using round and tall utensils.