【第七章】【一節】齊、必有明衣、布。【二節】齊必變食、居必遷坐。 【第八章】【一節】食不厭精、膾不厭細。【二節】食饐而餲、魚餒而肉敗、 不食、色惡不食、臭惡不食、失飪不食、不時不食。【三節】割不正不食、 不得其醬不食。【四節】肉雖多、不使勝食氣、惟酒無量、不及亂。【五節】 沽酒 CHAP. VII. 1. When fasting, he thought it necessary to have his clothes brightly clean and made of linen cloth. 2. When fasting, he thought it necessary to change his food, and also to change the place where he commonly sat in the apartment. CHAP. VIII. 1. He did not dislike to have his rice finely cleaned, nor to have his minced meat cut quite small. 2. He did not eat rice which had been injured by heat or damp and turned sour, nor fish or flesh which was gone. He did not eat what was discoloured, or what was of a bad flavour, nor anything which was ill-cooked, or was not in season. 3. He did not eat meat which was not cut properly, nor what was served without its proper sauce. 4. Though there might be a large quantity of meat, he would not allow what he took to exceed the due proportion for the rice. It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it. 5. He did not partake of wine and dried meat bought in the market.
市脯不食。【六節】不撤薑食。【七節】不多食。【八節】祭於公、不宿肉。 祭肉不出三日、出三日、不食之矣。【九節】食不語、寢不言。【十節】雖 疏食菜羹、瓜祭、必齊如也。 【第九章】席不正不坐。 【第十章】【一節】鄉人飲酒、杖者出、斯出矣。【二節】鄉人儺、朝服而 立於阼階。 6. He was never without ginger when he ate. 7. He did not eat much. 8. When he had been assisting at the prince's sacrifice, he did not keep the flesh which he received overnight. The flesh of his family sacrifice he did not keep over three days. If kept over three days, people could not eat it. 9. When eating, he did not converse. When in bed, he did not speak. 10. Although his food might be coarse rice and vegetable soup, he would offer a little of it in sacrifice with a grave, respectful air. CHAP. IX. If his mat was not straight, he did not sit on it. CHAP. X. 1. When the villagers were drinking together, on those who carried staffs going out, he went out immediately after. 2. When the villagers were going through their ceremonies to drive away pestilential influences, he put on his court robes and stood on the eastern steps.
【十一章】【一節】問人於他邦、再拜而送之。【二節】康子饋藥、拜而受 之、曰、丘未達、不敢嘗。 【十二章】廄焚、子退朝、曰、傷人乎、不問馬。 【十三章】【一節】君賜食、必正席、先嘗之、君賜腥、必熟而薦之、君賜 生、必畜之。【二節】侍食於君、 CHAP. XI. 1. When he was sending complimentary inquiries to any one in another State, he bowed twice as he escorted the messenger away. 2. Chi K'ang having sent him a present of physic, he bowed and received it, saying, 'I do not know it. I dare not taste it.' CHAP. XII. The stable being burned down, when he was at court, on his return he said, 'Has any man been hurt?' He did not ask about the horses. CHAP. XIII. 1. When the prince sent him a gift of cooked meat, he would adjust his mat, first taste it, and then give it away to others. When the prince sent him a gift of undressed meat, he would have it cooked, and offer it to the spirits of his ancestors. When the prince sent him a gift of a living animal, he would keep it alive. 2. When he was in attendance on the prince and joining in the entertainment, the prince only sacrificed. He first tasted everything.