Rites
Four systems of mourning clothesThe general body of the ceremony, the body of the world, and the four times of the law, then yin and yang, conform to human feelings, so it is called the ceremony. Those who do not know the origin of etiquette are born. Husband's ceremony, auspicious and evil, irrelevant, irrelevant, take yin and yang. There are four systems for mourning, and it is appropriate to change and take four times. There is grace and reason, there is moderation and power, and it is also favorable. The benevolent is also benevolent, the rational is righteous, the courteous is also courteous, and the powerful are known. Benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, and propriety.
Those who are generous will be heavy; Therefore, he was the father for three years, and he was also a grace ruler. The rule of the door, grace and righteousness; The rule outside the door, righteousness and grace. The father is the king, and the respect, the noble and honorable, and the righteous are also great. Therefore, the king also fell for three years, and the righteous system is also.
Eclipse in three days, bathe in three months, practice during the period, destroy indestructible, and do not live with death or injury. The mourning is not more than three years, the decay is not mended, and the grave is not cultivated; On auspicious days, the drum is suqin, and the people have an end; To temperance also. Fathers and mothers, and love. There are no two days in the sky, no two kings in the earth, no two kings in the country, no two respects in the family, and one rule is also used. Therefore, the father is here, and the mother is in the declining period, and there are no two respects.
What is the rod? Jue also. The staff of the son is given on three days, the staff of the doctor on the fifth day, and the staff of the scholar on the seventh day. or the Lord; or auxiliary sickness, a woman or a boy cannot be sick without a rod. Hundreds of officials, hundreds of tools, those who do things without saying things, help them up; Those who say and do things rise with a rod; As a deacon and then a walker, his face is just dirt. The bald are not sloppy, the servants are not favoritous, and the lame are not enthusiastic. Old illness is not limited to wine and meat. All these eight are also those who are in power.
The first death, three days do not slacken, three months do not understand, the period is sad, three years of sorrow, and the killing of grace. The saint was killed to control the festival, and the reason for this mourning was three years. The sage can't pass, the unscrupulous have to reach, this mourning is also the mean, and the king's place is often done. The book said: "Gaozong forgave the darkness and did not say anything for three years." "The good is also; The king should not do this ceremony. Why is it good? Said: Gaozong Wu Ding. Martial arts, Yin Zhixian King also. Succession to the throne and kindness to mourning. At this time, the decline and revival, the abolition of the rites and the resurrection, so good. Good, so contained in the book and high, so called Gaozong. After three years of mourning, you don't say anything, Shuyun: "Gaozong forgives the dark, and he doesn't say anything for three years." That's right. However, those who say "do not speak" are also subordinates.
Rites: the mourning of decay, but not right; The mourning of Qi decay is right and not spoken; The loss of great merit is not discussed; The mourning of small achievements is not as good as it gets. The mourning of parents, the decay of the crown rope, three days and porridge, three months and bath, thirteen months and practice the crown, three years and auspicious.
Compared with the three verses of the end, the benevolent can observe their love, the knower can observe their reason, and the strong can observe their ambition. Etiquette is to govern, righteousness is righteous, filial sons, younger brothers, and chaste women can all be observed.