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Mohism -> Mozi -> Book 12 -> Gong Meng -> 8

子墨子謂公孟子曰：Mozi said to Gong Mengzi:
「喪禮，君與父母、妻、後子死，According to the ceremonial for the death of the ruler, the parents, the wife, and the first-born son,
三年喪服， there shall be mourning for three years.
伯父、叔父、兄弟期，For the elder uncle, younger uncle, elder brother, younger brother, one year;
族人五月，and for cousins within the family, five months.
姑、姊、舅、甥皆有數月之喪。And for the aunt, the sister, the uncle on mother's side, and the nephew on sister's side,
或以不喪之閒， there will be mourning of several months for each.
誦詩三百， Many also use the intervals between periods of mourning to read the Three Hundred Poems according to rhymes,
弦詩三百， to play them on the string instruments,
歌詩三百， to sing them,
舞詩三百。 and to dance to them.
若用子之言，If your counsel should be followed
則君子何日以聽治？ when can the gentleman attend to government,
庶人何日以從事？」 and when can the common man attend to work?
公孟子曰： Gong Mengzi said:
「國亂則治之， "When the country is in chaos it should be put in order;
國治則為禮樂。when it is in order, ceremonials and music may be pursued.
國治則從事， When the country is poor work should be attended to;
國富則為禮樂。when it is rich, ceremonials and music may be pursued."
子墨子曰： Mozi said:
「國之治。A country may be orderly. But it is because it is being well governed that it is orderly.
治之廢， As soon as good administration is abandoned,
則國之治亦廢。 order disappears also.
國之富也， A country may be rich.
從事，故富也。 But it is because work is being attended to that it is rich.
從事廢， As soon as work is abandoned,
則國之富亦廢。 wealth disappears also.
故雖治國，Therefore although a country is orderly
勸之無饜，然後可也。 it is necessary to encourage unceasing attention to administration.
今子曰：Now, you say,
『國治， when the country is in order,
則為禮樂， ceremonials and music may be pursued.
亂則治之』， But put it in order when it becomes disorderly.
是譬猶噎而穿井也，This is similar to digging a well when some one is choked
死而求醫也。 and to seeking a physician when some one is dead.
古者三代暴王桀紂幽厲，In ancient times, the wicked kings of the Three Dynasties, Jie, Zhou, You, and Li,
薾為聲樂， revelled in music,
不顧其民， and did not remember their people.
是以身為刑僇，Therefore they suffered capital punishment
國為戾虛者， and brought calamity to their empire.
皆從此道也。」 And it was all from following this idea.

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