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According to the usages,
when wearing the sackcloth with jagged edges (for a father),
(a son) indicated that he heard what was said to him, but did not reply in words;
when wearing that with even edges (for a mother),
he replied, but did not speak (of anything else);
when wearing the mourning of nine months,
he might speak (of other things), but did not enter into any discussion;
when wearing that of five months, or of three,
he might discuss, but did not show pleasure in doing so.
At the mourning rites for a parent,
(the son) wore the cap of sackcloth, with strings of cords, and sandals of straw;
after the third day, he (began to) take gruel;
after the third month, he washed his head;
at the end of the year, in the thirteenth month, he put on the mourning silk and cap proper after the first year;
and when the three years were completed, he offered the auspicious sacrifice.


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