Baike says this shows the diligence of Zhou Xuan wang. Potentially after his empress admonished him for negligence in his middle age by taking off her hairpin.
The reasons it's definitely about Zhou Xuan wang is because "The torch is blazing in the court-yard." indicates it's someone living in the imperial household; "My princely men are arriving; - " also indicates the imperial household; "How goes the night?" is the question that the king asks the chicken-person (who announces the dawn) and "The night is not yet through." is the response as dictated in the Rites of Zhou.
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Re: 182. 庭燎 - Ting Liao
Date: 2021-04-11 09:57 pm (UTC)The reasons it's definitely about Zhou Xuan wang is because "The torch is blazing in the court-yard." indicates it's someone living in the imperial household; "My princely men are arriving; -
" also indicates the imperial household; "How goes the night?" is the question that the king asks the chicken-person (who announces the dawn) and "The night is not yet through." is the response as dictated in the Rites of Zhou.