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;THE CANON OF SHUN. 33frTrue! but^ ^ do you go, fov^ you are i^suitedto the business.Tbe ^ Emperor S said, ^^ Oh !you (Presidentof the) pg -g four mountains, :^ is there any one |gwho can ^ regulate ^ for me = the three ^ ceremonies'i * They ^ all |^ replied,^ ^ Fih-ef(is the man.) The % Emperor Bl said, |5rRight ! ^^ Oh fg Pih ! '^ do you >}|^ become the^arranger of the ^ ancestorial temple;$ ]^ day and^ night1^ be ^ respectful,jg f^ be upright andfi be ^ pure. § fg Pth ^ bowed and ^ bentdown "^ his head to the f?round, ^ declining ^ in-^ True ! but ^ go, and ^^ be thou res-H said,pectful.favour of ^ Kwei and f| Lung.The ^ EmperorI orderThe rf^ Emperor H said, ^ Kwei ^!•^ you ^ ^ to regulate music, and ^ teach the^j^ eldest sons ( of the nobles ) [^ to be honest fff}and yet^ ^ gentle, liberal ^ and yet stern,Mi fi^n^ ifj] ^ without ]g ^ oppression, and expeditiousIj^lM without fi; disrespect.||Now^ Poetry* The three ceremonies are the ceremonies used in sacrificing tothe celestial gods, feasting the spirits of men, and offering to theterrestrial deities.f Pih-e is the name of a minister, whose surname was -jf2 Keang.Kwei and Lung were also ministers.J " The arranger of the ancestorial temple," was the officer whosuperintended and arranged the service of the various gods, and hewas thus denominated because he presided chiefly over the ancestorialtemple.§ When men are respectfal and upright, without the least selfishnessor perversion, then their minds will be pure and free fromthe filthiness of lust ; so that they may hold intercourse with the gods.When people are straightforward, they are generally deficientIIin mildness, therefore he wishes them to be gentle ; when libera], theyare frequently wanting in sternness, hence he would enforce rigiditywhich shows that the Emperor was concerned about their imperfectionsand wished to help them on. So also firmness sometimes leadsmen into committing acts of oppression, and impetuosity urges themF