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SECT. I. PT. II.
THE THAN KUNG.
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a small man. I am today, perhaps, drawing near to my end (as a superior man).'
4. 3ăng-xze said, “May not what remains in the cupboard suffice to set down (as the offerings) by (the corpse of) one who has just died ?'
5. 3ăng-zze said, “Not to have places (for wailing) in cases of the five months' mourning' is a rule which sprang from the ways in small lanes.' When Zzesze wailed for his sister-in-law, he made such places, and his wife took the lead in the stamping. When Shăn-hsiang wailed for Yen-sze, he also did the same.
6. Anciently, (all) caps were (made) with the seams going up and down them ; now the (mourning cap) is made with the seams going round. Hence to have the mourning cap different from that worn on felicitous occasions is not the way of antiquity.
7. 3ăng-aze said to 3ze-sze, 'Khi, when I was engaged in the mourning for my parents, no water or other liquid entered my mouth for seven days.' 3ze-sze said, 'With regard to the rules of ceremony framed by the ancient kings, those who would go beyond them should stoop down to them, and those who do not reach them should stand on tip-toe to do so. Hence, when a superior man is engaged in mourning for his parents, no water or other liquid
1 In relationships of the fourth degree: as by a man for his grand-uncle and his wife, a spinster grand-aunt, a second cousin, &c.; by a wife for her husband's aunt, brother or sister, &c.; by a married woman, for her spinster aunt, married sister, &c. See Appendix.
* This paragraph does not seem to contain any lessons of censure or approval, but simply to relate a fact.
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| SR No. | 007675 |
| Book Title | Text of Confucianism Part 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Legge |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1879 |
| Total Pages | 2829 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 50 MB |