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Confucianism -> Liji -> Yue Ling -> 45

In this month
天子 the son of Heaven partakes of it along with pullets,
and with cherries set forth beside them,
first offering a portion in the apartment behind the ancestral temple.
The people are forbidden to cut down the indigo plant to use it in dyeing,
or to burn wood for charcoal,
or to bleach cloth in the sun.
The gates of cities and villages should not be shut,
nor should vexatious inquiries be instituted at the barrier gates or in the markets.
Leniency should be shown to prisoners charged (even) with great crimes,
and their allowance of food be increased.
Impregnated mares are collected in herds by themselves,
and the fiery stallions are tied up.
The rules for the rearing of horses are given out.


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