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Confucianism -> Liji -> Tan Gong I -> 88

子游:“。”Zi-you asked about the articles to be provided for the mourning rites, and the Master said, 'They should be according to the means of the family.'
子游 Zi-you urged,
恶乎?” 'How can a family that has means and one that has not have things done in the same way?'
夫子 The master replied,
'Where there are means,
let there be no exceeding the prescribed rites.
If there be a want of means,
let the body be lightly covered from head to foot,
and forthwith buried,
the coffin being simply let down by means of ropes.
!” Who in such a case will blame the procedure?'


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