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BK, II.
2. At the mourning rites for duke Tâo?, Ki Kâo-zze asked Măng King-ze what they should eat (to show their grief) for the ruler. King-gze replied, “To eat gruel is the general rule for all the kingdom.' (The other said), 'It is known throughout the four quarters that we three ministers ? have not been able to live in harmony with the ducal house. I could by an effort make myself emaciated; but would it not make men doubt whether I was doing so in sincerity? I will eat rice as usual.'
3. When Sze-tha King-gze of Wei died, 3ze-hsia made a visit of condolence (to his house); and, though the chief mourner had not completed the slight dressing (of the corpse), he went in the headband and robe of mourning. 3ze-ya paid a similar visit ; and, when the chief mourner had completed the slight dressing, he went out, put on the bands, returned and wailed. Zze-hsiâ said to him, 'Did you ever hear (that) that (was the proper method to observe)?' 'I heard the Master say,' was the reply, 'that until the chief mourner had changed his dress, one should not assume the mourning bands 3.'
4. 3ăng-gze said, “An-zze may be said to have known well the rules of propriety ;-he was humble and reverent.' Ya Zo said, 'An-zze wore the same (robe of) fox-fur for thirty years. (At the burial of
1 B.C. 467-431.
? The heads of the Kung-sun, Shû-sun, and Ki-sun families; whose power Confucius had tried in vain to break.
* In this case 3ze-yu was correct, according to rule, following the example of the chief mourner. Sze-thû was a name of office, -the ministry of Instruction ; but it had become in this case the family name; from some ancestor of King-sze, who had been minister of Instruction.
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| SR No. | 007678 |
| Book Title | Satapatha Bramhana Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Julius Eggeling |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1885 |
| Total Pages | 2521 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 44 MB |