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Confucianism -> Liji -> Qu Li II -> 87

For one to have to dust his (collection of) written tablets, or adjust them before the ruler,
is a punishable offence;
to have the divining stalks turned upside down or the tortoiseshell turned on one side, before him,
is also a punishable offence.
One should not enter the ruler's gate, (carrying with him) a tortoise-shell or divining stalks, a stool or a staff, mats or (sun-)shades, or having his upper and lower garments both of white or in a single robe of fine or coarse hempen cloth.
Nor should he do so in rush sandals, or with the skirts of his lower garment tucked in at his waist, or in the cap worn in the shorter periods of mourning.
Nor, unless announcement of it has been made (and permission given), can one take in the square tablets with the written (lists of articles for a funeral), or the frayed sackcloth, or the coffin and its furniture.
Public affairs should not be privately discussed.


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