When the villagers were going through their ceremonies to drive away pestilential influences, he put on his court robes and stood on the eastern steps.
乡人傩，朝服而立于阼阶。
Source: The Analects, Xiang Dang X, Chapter 10
Author: The Compilers
Ritual Vestments on the Eastern Steps: Distance and Respect in the Face of the Numinous
