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Carriages and Banners (Lu, 5a-b; Ch'ên, 12.17b-19b).

Lu means ta 'great', tao 'the Way', chêng 'correct' ¹. Lu also means the Lord's vehicle.

The carriage of the Son of Heaven is called ta-lu, that of a Feudal Lord lu-chü, that of a great officer hsien-chü, that of a common officer shih-chü 大 丨, 丨 車, 軒 丨, 飾 丨 ².

The yü-lu 玉 丨 ³ is the ta-lü.

A vehicle is called lu 輅 ⁴ because with it one treads the 'road' lu.

One drives in a carriage standing.

In a carriage one does not turn one's head round (Lun yü).

The carriage has the ho and luan bells ⁵; the luan bells are on the cross-bar, the ho bells on the front-bar. The bells only sound har- moniously when one drives correctly (Shih; Lu hsün).

The carriage of the Son of Heaven has the picture of an ascending dragon, that of a Feudal Lord the picture of a descending dragon (Li chi; Chuan).

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