Section 484 Diet of the bereaved
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In ancient times, regardless of whether you were high or low, as long as you were a filial son, you would hold a mourning rod. Later, when Uncle Wu went to court, he saw the wheel man using a mourning stick to pass through the hub (gǔ) to turn the wheel, and regarded the mourning stick as a toy. So the rule was set that only those with titles should be allowed to carry the mourning rod. Digging a small hole in the masked towel of the corpse to come to Fang Biàn Rice Han, this is a doctor's gift, and as a scholar, he also does this, starting from the ram Jia. What is Mao? Mao is a cloth cover used to wrap a corpse. From the attack to the small collection, if you don't have to take it, you are worried that people will have a bad feeling when they see the corpse, so you have to use it after dressing the corpse.
Someone asked Zengzi to say: After the funeral, he wrapped the remaining offerings and put them in the tomb, which is like taking the uneaten food around after eating someone's entertainment meal? Is it a gentleman's style to do this? Zeng Zi replied, "Have you not seen the guests of the princes' feasts?" After the guests have eaten and drunk their fill, the lord and the monarch will deliver the uneaten delicacies to the hotel, which is a sign of hospitality. Returning to the main topic, filial sons treat their parents with guest courtesy when they are about to be buried, and this is how political affairs express their sorrow. If you have seen the guests of the great banquet of the princes, you will not understand.
Isn't it because people have a funeral that they give it away? That's why it's rewarded? To receive gifts and rewards, for those who wear the mourning clothes for three years, they should express their gratitude with mourning; For those who do not wear the three-year mourning clothes, they should be thanked with Jibai. If someone else gives wine and meat, you must refrain from it again and again, and you must accept it only if you can't refuse, and when you accept it, the filial son must wear linen and wear filial piety. If it is a reward from the king, then do not dare to refuse, but must accept it, and after accepting it, sacrifice the souls of the parents first. The mourner does not give anything to others, but the person who mourns can accept the gift of something to the mourner, even if it is wine and meat. For relatives who have made great contributions such as uncles and brothers, it is okay to give things to others after crying.
The county said: When a relative with a mourning period of three years dies, the grief in the heart of the filial son is like a knife cut; When a loved one who has been mourned for one year dies, the grief in the heart of the filial son is like a knife scraping. Anyone who has served three years of mourning, even if he has already practiced the sacrifice, does not go to other people's homes to mourn, and in this regard, from princes to scholars. During this period, if a relative within the five suits dies, you can go to mourn, and when you go to mourn, wear a mourning dress that is commensurate with the deceased. For the mourning period of one year, the practice festival is held in the 11th month, the auspicious festival is held in the 13th month, and the festival is held in the 15th month.
For those who have served a year's mourning, they can go out to mourn after practicing the sacrifice. After the burial, relatives wearing mourning clothes can go out to mourn, but come back immediately after crying, and don't care about other things in the main family. People who have served mourning clothes for one year, before their relatives are buried, go to the homes of their fellow villagers to mourn, and they will come back immediately after crying, and do not care about what to do with other things in the master's house. If you are going to mourn after the sacrifice, you can wait until the attack and collection are completed, but you can't interfere to help. Those who serve Xiaogong and Shaoma can intervene to help when they go out to mourn, but they cannot participate in the ceremony.
The guests attending the funeral, if they did not know the deceased at all, but only came to the meeting, withdrew after the corpse was carried out of the temple gate; If there is a nodding acquaintance with the deceased, exit from the place where the corpse passes by the gate to express mourning; If you and the deceased have exchanged gifts and walked around each other, wait until the coffin is sealed and exit; If you have consulted the deceased with a greeting gift, you will not leave until the master comes home and weeps; If you are friends with the deceased, then wait until after the Yu sacrifice to withdraw.
Attending a funeral is not simply to follow the master, but to help the master. Therefore, people under the age of forty attending funerals must help tow the pivot car. Villagers attend funerals, and people over the age of 50 can go back with them when their filial sons come home and cry; Those under the age of 40 will not be allowed to return until the grave has been filled.
The food of the mourners, though it is bad, must be used to satisfy the hunger. If you delay your work because of hunger, it is not polite; If you forget your sorrow because you are full, it is not proper to be polite. If the eyes cannot see clearly, the ears cannot hear clearly, the walk is staggering, the spirit is numb and does not know the sorrow, it is not good, and the gentleman is worried about this. Therefore, the ritual also stipulates that if the mourner is sick, he can drink alcohol and eat meat, those over 50 years old should not grieve without a degree, those over 60 years old should not grieve too much, and those over 70 years old can drink alcohol and eat meat, the purpose of which is to worry that the filial son will die because of excessive grief.
He was wearing filial piety clothes, and someone invited him to dinner, but he shouldn't go. If you wear filial piety clothes for your relatives who have made great achievements, you can visit relatives and friends after being buried. If people are invited to eat, if they are relatives, it is acceptable; If you are not a relative, it is not acceptable. During the three-year mourning period, after the practice of the sacrifice, you can eat vegetables and fruits, and you can drink water slurry, but there is no salt and vinegar; If you can't eat without salt and vinegar, then you can eat some salt and vinegar. Confucius said: If a filial son has sores on his body, he should take a bath, if he has sores on his head, he should wash his hair, and if he is sick, he can drink alcohol and eat meat. The grief is described as emaciated to the point of sickness, and a gentleman does not do so. If he dies of grief, the gentleman will say that his parents have fed the son in vain.
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