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Daoism -> Zhuangzi -> Miscellaneous Chapters -> Tian Xia -> 2.2

黃帝》,Huang-Di had his Xian-chi;
》,Yao, his Da Zhang;
》,Shun, his Da Shao;
》,Yu, his Da Xia;
》,Tang, his Da Hu;
文王King Wen, his music of the Pi-yong;
武王周公》。 and king Wu and the duke of Zhou made the Wu.
In the mourning rites of the ancients,
the noble and mean had their several observances,
the high and low their different degrees.
天子 The coffin of the Son of Heaven was sevenfold;
諸侯of a feudal lord, fivefold;
of a great officer, threefold;
of other officers, twofold.
墨子But now Mo-zi alone, would have no singing during life,
and no wearing of mourning after death.
As the rule for all, he would have a coffin of elaeococca wood, three inches thick, and without any enclosing shell.
The teaching of such lessons
cannot be regarded as affording a proof of his love for men;
his practising them in his own case
would certainly show that he did not love himself;
墨子 but this has not been sufficient to overthrow the views of Mo-zi.
Notwithstanding,
men will sing, and he condemns singing;
men will wail, and he condemns wailing;
men will express their joy, and he condemns such expression:
is this truly in accordance with man's nature?
Through life toil,
and at death niggardliness:
his way is one of great unkindliness.
使使 Causing men sorrow and melancholy,
and difficult to be carried into practice,
聖人 I fear it cannot be regarded as the way of a sage.
天下 Contrary to the minds of men everywhere,
天下 men will not endure it.
墨子 Though Mo-zi himself might be able to endure it,
天下 how can the aversion of the world to it be overcome?
天下 The world averse to it,
it must be far from the way of the (ancient) kings.


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