《礼记·内则》
此后，射人用桑木之弓射出六支蓬草之箭，一箭射天，表示将来敬事夭神；一箭射地，表示将来敬事地抵；四箭分射东西南北，表示将来威服四方。然后保母把新生儿接过来抱着，膳宰便开始以一献之礼向抱子的士敬洒，并赐给他五匹帛作为酬谢。
射天地四方，保受乃负之，宰醴负子，赐之束帛，卜士之妻、大夫之妾，使食子。
After that, the shooter used a mulberry bow to shoot six arrows of reed grass, one to the sky, indicating that he would worship the gods of heaven in the future; one to the ground, indicating that he would worship the gods of the earth in the future; four arrows were shot to the east, west, south, and north, indicating that he would be 威服四方 in the future. Then the nurse took the newborn and held it, and the sacrificial chief began to sprinkle the gentleman who held the child with a sacrificial gift and gave him five pieces of silk as a reward.