The I-Li: or Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial, Volume 2

Anonymous

Translated by John Steele

20 chapters · about 4 h

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The opening

CHAPTER XXI THE AUDIENCE

THE AUDIENCE

I. Recompensing the Mission for the Toils of the Way.

{a) In the ceremonial of the audience,

ip) When the visiting Prince arrives at the suburb^ of the capital,

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The words
John Steele's English translation, copied word for word.
Left out
  • Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 5 places
  • The scanning library's stamp (Government of India, Archaeological Survey, Central Archaeological Library) (4 blocks)
  • The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
  • The printed table of contents (the app makes its own)
  • The library's stamp (Central Archaeological Library, New Delhi) and specks beside it (3 blocks)
  • Pictures and their captions, in 2 places
  • A preface, foreword or afterword
  • The index
  • The printer's imprint
  • Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers
  • The library's date slip on the scanned copy (14 blocks)
  • A speck the OCR read in the margin, standing alone (14 blocks)