(1) We have received the memorial of the Court of Sacrificial Worship reporting that on the 20th of January next (28th day of the 12th moon) special sacrificial worship must be paid to the Tablets of our Imperial Ancestors in recognition of the protection granted to us during the year about to close. We hereby command it to be made known that we purpose to go ourselves to the said Altars and worship there in person, and further command that the sacrifices before the minor altars on either side of the An-castral Hall be performed by Hsi Kuang and Huang Yung-an, (2) On the same day the usual sacrificial worship must be made before the Iniiét Shrines of the Ancestral Hall and we hefeby command Prince P'a Ching to conduct the worship at the Rear Hall while Pri Tsai Hsun is to conduct the worship in the Middle Hall.
23rd December.
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