王者諸侯所以田獵者何? 為田除害，上以共宗廟，下以簡集士眾也。春謂之田何? 春、歲之本，舉本名而言之也。夏謂之苗何? 擇去其懷任者也。秋謂之蒐何? 蒐索肥者 也。冬謂之狩何? 守地而取之也。四時之田，揔名為田何? 為田除害也。《春秋·穀粱 傅》曰:"春曰田，夏曰苗，秋曰蒐，冬曰狩。"

王者祭宗廟，親自取禽者何? 尊重先祖，必欲自射，加功力也。

禽者何? 鳥獸之揔 名，明為人所禽制也。

王者不親取魚。

Hunting (Lu, 6 a; Ch'ên, 12. 19b-22b).

In spring the hunt is called t'ien, in summer mao, in autumn sou, in winter shou¹. The general name for hunting is t'ien (Ch'unch'iu ku liang chuan).

For the offerings to the Ancestral Temple the King personally hunts the 'game' ch'in².

Ch'in is the general name for birds and quadrupeds.

The King does not in person catch fish.