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Confucianism -> Shuo Yuan -> 权谋 -> 9 - Additional information
鲁公索氏将祭而亡其牲。孔子闻之,曰:“公索氏比及三年必亡矣。”后一年而亡。弟子问曰:“昔公索氏亡牲,夫子曰:‘比及三年必亡矣。’今期年而亡。夫子何以知其将亡也。”孔子曰:“祭之为言索也,索也者尽也,乃孝子所以自尽于亲也。至祭而亡其牲,则馀所亡者多矣。吾以此知其将亡矣。”