佛祖歷代通載 2.91

2.91

祭法曰（凡祭有四。春祭曰𧘑薄也。夏祭曰禘弟也。秋祭曰甞。嗜百穀味。冬祭曰烝進也。品物進之。天子祭天地。一年九祭。三祭昊天。六祭五方。大帝。諸侯祭社稷。大夫祭五祀。司命中𩆞門行厲五也○諸侯五廟。太祖與二昭二穆。大夫三廟。太祖與一昭一穆適士官師二廟。庶士一廟。庶人無廟。祭之于寢矣）郊禘祖宗（禘帝嚳文祖配文祖太祖○郊稷配天亦祖文王　宗武王　父也）成王祭三（天曰祭。地曰祀。人鬼曰享也）明堂制（布政之宮也。在國之陽三里之外。七里之內。丙巳之地。東西九筵。南北七筵。東西凡五室。南北亦然。上員法天。下方法地。八窓象八風。四闥法四時。九室法九州十二階法十二月。三十六戶法三十六旬。七十二牖法七十二氣。四廟九室十三位也）制冕旒袞服（有十二章）○○日月星辰（三象其明）龍（象其變化表聖人德）華蟲（雉也象其文也）（宗彝宗庶虎蚔之蜼也。象其其孝）藻（水草也象其潔）粉米（為米而粉象其養人）山（貴靜取其性不取其勢也）火（以圓也取其神不取其銳）（白與黑謂之黼。為之斧形取其善斷）（黑與青謂之黻。兩巳相背取其能辨。是以繪繡服上）丙戌即位。

The Sacrificial Methods states: (Sacrifices in general are of four kinds: the spring sacrifice is called yue, meaning meager; the summer sacrifice is called di, meaning orderly succession; the autumn sacrifice is called chang, savoring the flavors of the hundred grains; the winter sacrifice is called zheng, meaning offering, as all kinds of offerings are presented. The Son of Heaven sacrifices to Heaven and Earth, sacrificing nine times a year: three sacrifices to Vast Heaven, and six sacrifices to the Great Thearchs of the Five Quarters. The feudal lords sacrifice to the altars of soil and grain; the grand masters sacrifice to the five household deities: the arbiter of fate, the central hearth, the gate, the path, and the plague spirit—these five. The feudal lords have five shrines: the Supreme Ancestor along with two zhao and two mu. The grand masters have three shrines: the Supreme Ancestor along with one zhao and one mu. Eminent and ordinary servicemen have two shrines; junior servicemen have one shrine. Commoners have no shrines, but sacrifice in their private bedchambers). Suburban sacrifices, di sacrifices, and the ancestral cult: (The di sacrifice is to Emperor Ku, with the Cultured Ancestor paired with the Cultured Ancestor and the Supreme Ancestor. The suburban sacrifice is to Houji paired with Heaven, and King Wen is taken as the progenitor and King Wu as the exemplar father). King Cheng sacrificed three times: (Sacrificing to Heaven is called ji; to Earth is called si; to human spirits is called xiang). The regulations of the Bright Hall: (It is the palace for disseminating governance. It is situated three li outside the city's south, within seven li, in the direction of bing-si. It is nine mats east-west and seven mats north-south. There are five rooms in the east-west direction, and likewise north-south. The upper part is round, modeling Heaven; the lower part is square, modeling Earth. Eight windows mirror the eight winds; four doors model the four seasons. Nine rooms model the Nine Provinces; twelve steps model the twelve months. Thirty-six doorways model the thirty-six decades; seventy-two casements model the seventy-two solar pentads. There are four shrines, nine rooms, and thirteen positions). He instituted the imperial crown with tassels and the dragon robe (with twelve emblems): Sun, moon, and stars (the three symbolize brightness); Dragons (symbolizing their transformations, representing the virtue of the sage); Flowery birds (pheasants, symbolizing cultured pattern); Ancestral cups (tiger and monkey on the ancestral vessel, symbolizing filial piety); Algae (water plants, symbolizing purity); Powdered rice (ground grains of rice, symbolizing the nourishment of the people); Mountains (valuing stillness, taking their essence, not taking their towering majesty); Fire (radiating roundly, taking its brilliance, not taking its sharpness); Axe emblems (black and white make the fu, forming the shape of an axe, signifying decisiveness); Bow-shaped emblems (black and blue-green make the fu, two back-to-back axes, taking their power to distinguish; thus they are painted and embroidered onto the robe). He acceded in the bingxu year.