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done inside the door, and the more complete one at (the top of) the eastern steps; the coffining takes place at the guests' place; the sacrifice at starting in the courtyard; and the interment at the grave. The proceedings go on in this way to what is more remote, and hence in the details of mourning there is a constant advance and no receding. When Zăngsze heard of this reply, he said, 'This is a much better account than I gave of the going forth to offer the sacrifice of departure.
29. 3ăng-zze went on a visit of condolence, wearing his fur robe over the silk one, while Zze-yû went, wearing the silk one over his fur. 3ăng-gze, pointing to him, and calling the attention of others, said, • That man has the reputation of being well versed in ceremonies, how is it that he comes to condole with his silk robe displayed over his fur one ?' (Byand-by), when the chief mourner had finished the slighter dressing of the corpse, he bared his breast and tied up his hair with sackcloth, on which ¿ze-ya hastened out, and (soon) came back, wearing his fur robe over the silk, and with a girdle of sackcloth. 3ăng-zze on this said, 'I was wrong, I was wrong. That man was right.
30. When Zze-hsia was introduced (to the Master) after he had put off the mourning (for his parents), a lute was given to him. He tried to tune it, but could hardly do so; he touched it, but brought no melody from it. He rose up and said, 'I have not yet forgotten my grief. The ancient kings framed the rules of ceremony, and I dare not go beyond them?' When a lute was given to 3ze-kang in the same circumstances, he tried to tune it, and easily
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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 |