| | 曲禮上: |
凡為長者糞之禮，必加帚於箕上，以袂拘而退；其塵不及長者，以箕自鄉而扱之。奉席如橋衡，請席何鄉，請衽何趾。席：南鄉北鄉，以西方為上；東鄉西鄉，以南方為上。 |
| Qu Li I: |
In all cases of (a lad's) carrying away the dirt that has been swept up from the presence of an elder, it is the rule that he (place) the brush on the basket, keeping his sleeve before it as he retires. The dust is not allowed to reach the elder, because he carries the basket with its mouth turned towards himself. He carries the (elder's) mat in his arms like the cross-beam of a shadoof. If it be a mat to sit on, he will ask in what direction (the elder) is going to turn his face; if it be to sleep on, in what direction he is going to turn his feet. If a mat face the south or the north, the seat on the west is accounted that of honour; if it face the east or the west, the seat on the south. |
| | 曲禮上: |
兵車不式。武車綏旌，德車結旌。史載筆，士載言。前有水，則載青旌。前有塵埃，則載鳴鳶。前有車騎，則載飛鴻。前有士師，則載虎皮。前有摯獸，則載貔貅。行：前朱鳥而後玄武，左青龍而右白虎。招搖在上，急繕其怒。進退有度，左右有局，各司其局。 |
| Qu Li I: |
A fighting chariot has no cross-board to assist its occupants in bowing; in a war chariot the banner is fully displayed; in a chariot of peace it is kept folded round the pole. A recorder should carry with him in his carriage his implements for writing; his, subordinates the (recorded) words (of former covenants and other documents). When there is water in front, the flag with the green bird on it should be displayed. When there is (a cloud of) dust in front, that with the screaming kites. For chariots and horsemen, that with wild geese in flight. For a body of troops, that with a tiger's (skin). For a beast of prey, that with a leopard's (skin). On the march the (banner with the) Red Bird should be in front; that with the Dark Warrior behind; that with the Azure Dragon on the left; and that with the White Tiger on the right; that with the Pointer of the Northern Bushel should be reared aloft (in the centre of the host) - all to excite and direct the fury (of the troops). There are rules for advancing and retreating; there are the various arrangements on the left and the right, each with its (proper) officer to look after it. |
| | 曲禮上: |
國君不乘奇車。車上不廣咳，不妄指。立視五巂，式視馬尾，顧不過轂。國中以策彗恤勿驅。塵不出軌。國君下齊牛，式宗廟。大夫士下公門，式路馬。乘路馬，必朝服載鞭策，不敢授綏，左必式。步路馬，必中道。以足蹙路馬芻，有誅。齒路馬，有誅。 |
| Qu Li I: |
The ruler of a state should not ride in a one-wheeled carriage. In his carriage one should not cough loudly, nor point with his hand in an irregular way. Standing (in his carriage) one should look (forward only) to the distance of five revolutions of the wheels. Bending forward, he should (do so only till he) sees the tails of the horses. He should not turn his head round beyond the (line of the) naves. In the (streets of the) capital one should touch the horses gently with the brush-end of the switch. He should not urge them to their speed. The dust should not fly beyond the ruts. The ruler of a state should bend towards the cross-board when he meets a sacrificial victim, and dismount (in passing) the ancestral temple. A great officer or (other) officer should descend (when he comes to) the ruler's gate, and bend forward to the ruler's horses. (A minister) riding in one of the ruler's carriages must wear his court robes. He should have the whip in the carriage with him, (but not use it). He should not presume to have the strap handed to him. In his place on the left, he should bow forward to the cross-board. (An officer) walking the ruler's horses should do so in the middle of the road. It he trample on their forage, he should be punished, and also if he look at their teeth, (and go on to calculate their age). |
