Interpretation of the Chapter"Monarch's Granting Carriages and Horses"of Jade Jewelry in The Book of Rites
About the reading and interpretation of"Jun Ci Che Ma(monarch's granting carriages and horses)"in Jade Jewelry in The Book of Rites,the academic circle has two main viewpoints.One is represen-ted by Zheng Xuan,who believes that"Bai"and"Ci"should be read separately,and that the latter sentence points out that the senior official receiving a reward from the king must give it to his monarch when he returns,and he can not use it until his monarch gives the consent.The other is represented by Lu Dian,who believes that"Bai"and"Ci"should be read together,and the latter sentence follows the former one,which means that the reward can not be used without an order from the monarch.According to the textual research,these two sentences as a whole refer to the etiquette of reward,and Lu's reading is more in line with the context of scripture.But his interpretation of the second sentence is not clear.It should be interpreted as"these horses and clothes should not be used immediately without the monarch's formal order".In terms of"Ju Zhang Zhi Zhu Di(left hand pressing right one and both touching the ground)",most scholars believe that it explains the etiquette of"Qi Shou(kotow)",but it is really tautological.Duan Yucai and others think that it is the et-iquette taken by the subject accepting the monarch's reward face to face.After the investigation,a subject re-ceiving the monarch's reward should first Qi Shou(kotow)and then accept it.So"Ju Zhang Zhi Zhu Di"should be interpreted as"the subject kotows,and then holds the reward in both hands on the ground".
Jade Jewelry in The Book of RitesJun Ci Che Ma(monarch's granting carriages and hor-ses)without the monarch's permissionJu Zhang Zhi Zhu Di(left hand pressing right one and both touching the ground)
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