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Mohism -> Mozi -> Book 6 -> Economy of Expenditures II -> 5

The ancient sage-kings authorized the code of laws limiting funeral expenditure, saying:
"Of shrouds. there shall be three pieces
in order to be enough to hold the rotting flesh.
The coffin shall be three inches thick,
to be sufficient to hold the rotting bones.
The pit shall be dug not deep enough to reach water,
but just so deep that the gases will not escape.
When the dead is buried
。』 the living shall not mourn too long."


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