Decoration: Contains two illustrations, with one demonstrating a typical arrangement of drinking event taking place in countryside, and the other addressing a kind of drinking game(投壶Tou Hu), where players throw small and thin sticks accurately into containers in order to score. Manuscript operative menu of formal procedure and social etiquettes for drinking in countrysides, preceded by a brief rationale highlighting the social and cultural importance of etiquettes. The procedures are simplified compared with those in aristocratic scenarios, but still involve complex allocations of roles and symbolic actions. There is an appendix at the end of the manuscript, describing how the author of the appendix was gifted with the manuscript from Mr. Xia, the heir of a family in Da City (达城), which was authored by Mr. Xia’s grandfather.
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