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 Зze-yû urged, "How can a family that has means and one that has not have things done in the same way?" "Where there are means," was the reply, "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?"

18. Pǎn, superintendent of officers' registries, informed Зze-yû of his wish to dress his dead on the couch. "You may," said Зze-yû. When Hsien-jze heard of this, he said, "How arrogant is the old gentleman! He takes it on himself to allow men in what is the proper rule ."

19. At the burial of his wife, duke Hsiang of Sung placed (in the grave) a hundred jars of vinegar and pickles, Зǎng-jze said, "They are called 'vessels only to the eye of fancy,' and yet he filled them!"

20. After the mourning rites for Ming Hsien-jze, the chief minister of his family made his subordinates return their money-offerings to all the donors. The Master said that such a thing was allowable.

21. About the reading of the list of the material contributions (towards the service of a funeral), Зǎng-