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 eulogy. It is not the rule for princes of states to deliver the eulogy of one another.

14. 𝖅ǎng-𝖟ze asked, "When a ruler goes across the boundary of his own state, he takes with him his inner coffin as a precaution for the preparations against the three years' (mourning rites) for him . If he die (abroad), what are the proceedings on his being brought back?"

Confucius said, "The clothes to be put on him after the coffining having been provided, the son in the linen cap, with the sackcloth band round it, wearing coarse sackcloth and the shoes of straw, and carrying a staff, will enter by the opening made in the wall of the apartment for the coffin, having ascended by the western steps. If the slighter dressing (preparatory to the coffining) have still (to be made), the son will follow the bier without a cap, enter by the gate, and ascend by the steps on the east There is one and the same rule for a ruler, a Great officer, and an ordinary officer."

15. 𝖅ǎng-𝖟ze asked, "If one is occupied in drawing (the carriage with the bier on it) at the funeral rites of his ruler, and is then called to the funeral rites of his father or mother, what should he do?"