The cicadas chirp in the cold moon of Mengqiu, and the swans come in the mid-autumn moon.

From "Book of Rites·Yue Ling", the full name is "Book of Rites·Yue Ling Sixth", which is a Confucian book compiled by people of the two Han Dynasties.

The content is divided into "Month of Mengchun", "Moon of Mid-Spring", "Moon of Season Spring", "Moon of Mengxia", "Moon of Midsummer", "Moon of Season Summer", "Mid-year Sacrifice" ", "Moon of Mengqiu", "Moon of Mid-Autumn", "Moon of Jiqiu", "Moon of Mengdong", "Moon of Midwinter", "Moon of Jidong" *** 13 articles.

This miscellaneous collection is the earliest and most complete historical document that records the observation records of the stars at dusk for twelve months of the year. The moon order is an ancient article style.

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Artistic features

The layout is well-planned, with wonderful twists and turns, rigorous organization and vivid expression. Most of the prose chapters in "Book of Rites" are short, concise and rigorously organized;

In "Book of Rites", whole prose sentences are often combined and used, and the sentence patterns used are varied and change with the text, so as to avoid Instead of being monotonous and dull, the article appears rich, lively and flexible, the tone is harmonious, the momentum is coherent, and the words appear regular and elegant.

The style of laying out and presenting things is also common in the "Book of Rites". For example, the "Nei Principles" chapter lists the types of rice, meal, drink, wine, shame, food, the combination of staple food and meat, etc., there are so many and numerous, it is dazzling.