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Thirty to the Lesser Altars. Used.” Considering these two divination records together, the process of these two divinations can be summarized as: 1) An exorcism to ward off harm and for the pro- tagonist’s protection is to be performed in advance of his going off to hunt; 2) It is proposed to direct the exorcism to the ancestors referred to collectively as “Lesser Altars”; and 3) The exor- cism, at a minimum, is to include the protagonist himself libating ale and announcing the hunt by written record along with a pledge to sacrifice boars. “Going to hunt 往田” is the reason for making the exorcism rite 禦, and guan 祼and ce rites are two procedural components of it. HYZ 465-HYZ 466 | 367