先王之樂

the music of former kings

early / prior / former / in advance / first

former kings / former emperors / in Confucian writing, refers esp. to the sage rulers Yao 堯|尧[Yao2], Shun 舜[Shun4], Yu 禹[Yu3], Tang 湯|汤[Tang1] and the kings of Zhou

king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great

to rule / to reign over

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

surname Le

surname Yue

happy / cheerful / to laugh

music