The Analects论语

Book 10, Passage 10.14

When the villagers were going through their ceremonies to drive away pestilential influences, he put on his court robes and stood on the eastern steps.

乡人傩,朝服而立于阼阶。
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乡xiāng人rén傩nuó,朝zhāo服fú而ér立lì于yú阼zuò阶jiē。

1When the villagers were going through their ceremonies to drive away pestilential influences, he put on his court robes and stood on the eastern steps.

Chinese commentary · 2 notes

The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.

傩:古代一种迎神以驱逐疫鬼的风俗。

阼阶:东边的台阶,主人站在那里迎送宾客。

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