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 28. 𝖅ze-hsiâ asked, "Is then not declining military service (during mourning) to be condemned?"

Confucius said, "I heard from Lâo Tan that duke Po-khin engaged once in such service, when there was occasion for it; but I do not know if I should allow it in those who seek (by it) their own advantage during the period of the three years' mourning ."