芻豢

芻豢

1. (literary) fodder (grass and grains as animal food)

   • 是月也，乃命宰祝，循行犧牲，視全具，案芻豢，瞻肥瘠。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     是月也，乃命宰祝，循行牺牲，视全具，案刍豢，瞻肥瘠。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Shì yuè yě, nǎi mìng zǎi zhù, xúnxìng xīshēng, shì quánjù, àn chúhuàn, zhān féijí.

     In this month orders are given to the officers of slaughter and prayer to go round among the victims for sacrifice, seeing that they are entire and complete, examining their fodder and grain, inspecting their condition as fat or thin.

2. (literary) livestock (domestic animal raised for food or as sacrificial victim)
3. (literary) meat (livestock flesh as food)

   • 今則不然，厚作斂於百姓，以為美食芻豢，蒸炙魚鱉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     今则不然，厚作敛于百姓，以为美食刍豢，蒸炙鱼鳖。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on Y. P. Mei's version

     Jīn zé bùrán, hòu zuòliǎn yú bǎixìng, yǐwèi měishí chúhuàn, zhēngzhì yúbiē.

     With the present rulers all is different. They would heavily tax the people in order to enjoy elaborately the different meats and fish and turtle cooked in various ways

   • 故理義之悅我心，猶芻豢之悅我口。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     故理义之悦我心，犹刍豢之悦我口。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Gù lǐyì zhī yuè wǒxīn, yóu chúhuàn zhī yuè wǒkǒu.

     Therefore the principles of our nature and the determinations of righteousness are agreeable to my mind, just as the flesh of grass and grain-fed animals is agreeable to my mouth.