the land,the grain and the ancestral temples—the state;the supreme state power ❍ 先生顾諟天之明,以承上下神祇,社稷宗庙,罔不祗肃。(《尚书·太甲上》) The former king kept his eye continually on the bright requirements of Heaven,and served and obeyed the spirits of heaven and earth,of the land and the grain,and of the ancestral temples;all with a reverent veneration.