The Four Tables of the Great Harmony Music

The "Great Harmony Music" (Daheyue) refers to the state-sanctioned ritual music played during imperial ceremonies. These "Tables" likely refer to physical markers or stations on the ritual platform where musicians or dancers were positioned.

First Table

Third Table

From the First Table starting through to the remainder of the Third Table constitutes the Minor CompletionXiaocheng: A preliminary or intermediate concluding point within a ritual musical cycle..

From the Third Table starting through to the point of the second movement of the First Table.

For the Civil DanceWen: The portion of the ritual dance that uses flutes and pheasant feathers to symbolize the virtues of culture and peaceful governance., the progression from the Second Table to the Third Table constitutes eight completionsCheng: A technical term in Chinese ritual music for a completed stanza or a full cycle of movements..

From the Second Table to the Third Table constitutes five completions.

From the First Table to the Third Table constitutes three completions.

From the Second Table to the point of the eighth completion of the Third Table.

From the Third Table through to the remainder of the First Table constitutes the Great CompletionDacheng: The grand finale or ultimate realization of the musical sequence, symbolizing the attainment of perfect cosmic and social order..