"In performing a sacrifice to heaven and earth, use oxen with small horns, similar in shape to a silkworm cocoon or chestnut. In a sacrifice to house ancestors, select oxen with somewhat larger horns. For guests, offer fat oxen that have the largest horns." This means that during the sacrifice to heaven and earth, the shape of the oxen's horns should be small, either similar to a cocoon or a chestnut. For the house ancestor sacrifice, slightly larger horns are required. However, when hosting guests, the horns should be even larger, belonging to a plump ox.
The venue for the freshman competition is a secret garden—a miniature world, albeit small, is a complete organism and a world unto itself. Therefore, after this competition, the school needs to perform a sacrifice to heaven and earth in accordance with the rites.
Under the persuasion of the wooden puppet, a pure white calf creeps up to Zheng Qing, looking at him with big black eyes in a pitiful manner.