釋鑑稽古略續集 2.34

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The Nine Sequences of Ritual Music: Composed by Leng Qian. The first was called "Rooted in the Great Beginning"; the second, "Looking Up to the Great Brightness"; the third, "The People First Born"; the fourth, "All Things Flourishing"; the fifth, "Charioteering the Six Dragons"; the sixth, "The Great Stairs Leveled"; the seventh, "The Ruler's Virtue Perfected"; the eighth, "The Sagely Way Perfected"; and the ninth, "Rejoicing in Purity and Peace." The Emperor said: "Rites serve to guide reverence; music serves to express harmony. Without reverence and harmony, how could one govern?"