子贡欲去告朔之饩羊。子曰：“賜也！尔爱其羊，我爱其礼。”
1Tsze-kung wished to do away with the offering of a sheep connected with the inauguration of the first day of each month.
2The Master said, 'Ts'ze, you love the sheep; I love the ceremony.'
Book 3, Passage 3.17
Tsze-kung wished to do away with the offering of a sheep connected with the inauguration of the first day of each month.
子贡欲去告朔之饩羊。子曰：“賜也！尔爱其羊，我爱其礼。”
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The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.
去：去掉，废除。告朔之饩羊：告朔，朔为每月的第一天。周天子于每年秋冬之交向诸侯颁布来年的历书，历书包括指明有无闰月、每月的朔日是哪一天，这就叫“告朔”。诸侯接受历书后，藏于祖庙。每逢初一，便杀一头羊祭于庙。羊杀而不烹叫“榨”（烹熟则叫“飨”）。告朔饩羊是古代一种祭礼制度。