Section 522 Guest condolences

If it is too late to rush back during the funeral period, you must first go to the cemetery, face west and cry bitterly. On the east side of the tomb, he took off his auspicious crown, put on his shackles, tied a hemp belt around his waist, and took his position, wept bitterly with his master, and then put on his clothes. If there are guests to hang, the host will worship and send off guests. If there is a lateness to the guests, the host will still be responsible for the worship and send-off, just like just now. The hymn of praise announces the end of the mourning of the grave. So the mourners put on their hats, and returned to the door, and went in on the left side of the door, and wept with their faces north, until they mourned. Then he put on a towel, exposed his left arm, and stomped his feet and wept bitterly; Then he took his place on the east side of the eastern steps, and the master bowed to him, while the mourners stomped their feet and wept bitterly. The guests who came to hang themselves withdrew, and the host thanked them and sent them out the door. On the second day, when he wept, he put on a towel, exposed his left arm, and stomped his feet and wept bitterly. And so it was on the third day when we wept. On the fourth day, the mourning clothes were put on, and on the fifth day, after weeping, the hymn announced that the funeral was over.

When you hear the bad news of your parents and can't run away, the etiquette in this case is: cry loudly and mourn until you mourn; Then he asked the messenger about the cause of the death of his parents, and after asking, he wept bitterly until he mourned. So he hurriedly arranged the mourning hall, set up a crying position, tied his hair with hemp rope, exposed his left arm, and stomped his feet to cry bitterly; Then he got dressed, put on linen, and fastened his belt, and took the place of master at the foot of the east staircase; Thanking the guests who came to pay their respects, he returned to his place after thanking him, stomping his feet and weeping bitterly. The guests pushed out, the host bowed to the door, and then returned to their original places.

If a guest comes to mourn and arrives late, the host should still express his gratitude, stomp his feet and weep bitterly, and send the guest out, just as he did for a guest who is not late. The next day, when he wept, he tied his hair with hemp rope, exposed his left arm, and stomped his feet and wept bitterly. And on the third day we wept still. It was not until the fourth day that the whole mourning dress was fully dressed. On the fifth day, when the soul is wept, the number of salutes and send-offs is the same as on the first day.

If the mourners return home after the family has removed their mourning clothes, they must first go to the cemetery, weep and stomp their feet; Then go to the east of the tomb to take the position of the master, tie his hair with hemp rope, expose his left arm, put on hemp, and then thank the guests who came to mourn, return to the original position, stomp his feet and weep bitterly, and send the guests out; Then he returned to his original position, and wept bitterly until he mourned, so he removed his filial piety. When I got home, I stopped crying. When the person who originally presided over the funeral at home received the mourners, he could no longer take off his auspicious clothes and wear filial piety clothes, and he could cry with the mourners, but he would no longer stomp his feet. Relatives below Qi Yuan will return home only after the family removes their mourning clothes, and the number of funeral rites is basically the same as that mentioned above; The only difference is that he wears a shackle on his head and a hemp belt around his waist on the cemetery, instead of tying his hair with hemp rope and exposing his left arm.

All the mourning that is arranged in the field and below the decline must be in place. put on a barehead, tied a hemp belt around his waist, and then walked to the east order, exposed his left arm, stomped his feet and wept bitterly; Then get dressed and thank the guests who came to pay their respects; Then he returned to his place, wept bitterly and stomped his feet; Then the guests were sent off and returned to their original places, and the minister of praise announced that the mourners should go to the mourning house outside the door. After crying five times in three days, the crying stopped. The salute is announced. On the fourth day, the mourning clothes are fully dressed, and if any guest comes to pay their respects, thank him. If the home where the crying seat is set up is far away from your residence, you can go there after the service is completed.

If the relationship between the mourner and the deceased is that of Qi and the deceased, then they should start crying when they see their hometown; If it is a great relative, then you must start crying when you see the door of the house; If it is a small relative, then you must start crying when you walk to the door; If it is Shaoma's relative, then he will cry endlessly after he is in place. When a clansman with the same surname and no service dies, he goes to the ancestral temple and weeps for him once; When a mother or a wife's people died, they wept for him once in the bedchamber; When the teacher died, he cried for him once outside the temple gate; When my friend died, I cried for him outside the dormitory door; When the man who had been in courtesy died, he spread the veil in the wilderness and wept him in it once.

Anyone who is unable to go to the funeral and weeps abroad does not have to pay a funeral. When the ministers heard the news of the king's death, they failed to mourn and wept for the official position, and the rules wept for the Son of Heaven for nine days, for the princes for seven days, for the prince for five days, and for the scholar for three days. The doctor cried for his old monarch for the official position in another country, and if a guest came to hang him, he did not dare to express his gratitude to the master. If a courtier who goes to another country weeps for his official position in another country, if a guest comes to pay his respects, he does not dare to pay his respects to the master. When the princes married to other countries, their aunts and sisters died, and the princes also wept for their official positions in their own countries, and if there were guests to hang themselves, they did not dare to express their gratitude to themselves as their masters. Anyone who cries for an official position abroad only shows his left arm once on the day of the funeral, and he will not have to do it in the future.

Friends and friends of the deceased come from other places to mourn, and when they come to mourn, the deceased has already been buried, so they must first go to the deceased's house to weep, and then to the cemetery to weep; Whether you are crying or crying in the cemetery, you have to stomp your feet when you cry, and you have to follow the owner to face north, and alternately stomp your feet with the owner.

For all funerals, as long as the father is alive, the father will be the mourner; If the father dies, the brothers will each preside over the funeral of their wives and children, even if they have not yet separated. If everyone is close to the deceased, then the elder of them will preside over the funeral; If there is a relationship between everyone and the deceased, then the person closest to the deceased will preside over the funeral. I heard the news of the death of my distant brother very late, after the funeral, and the etiquette was to wear a free on my head, expose my left arm, and stomp my feet and weep bitterly; However, when thanking the guests who came to pay their respects, it was in the form of Jibai; Place your left hand on top of your right hand. There is no mourning relationship but crying in the position arranged according to the relatives, only between the sister-in-law and the uncle, and between the aunts and sisters who originally had clothes but were reduced to no clothes due to marriage, but the Ge Xu on the hanging clothes should be made a hemp continuation.