Motif
Ceremonial ascent by eastern steps
ceremonial_ascent_by_eastern_steps
A motif of the Ascent and Heavenly Journey family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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confucian
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The Li Ki, Books I-X (The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism, Part III; Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 27) BOOK IV. THE YUEH LING / SUPPLEMENTARY SECTION. / Part TL / BOOK V. THE QUESTIONS OF 3ANG-3ZE1; lines 15407-15547 confidence: low
A sequence of question-and-reply statements explains duties between father and son, ruler and minister, and old and young; a saying about Music’s Director and the Master is applied to the heir-son, followed by the note that this concludes the duke of Kau’s going up by the eastern steps.
The passage concludes the preceding discussion by referring to the duke of Kau’s going up by the eastern steps.
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