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于大事,子为我问孟子。”
      然友复之邹问孟子。
      孟子曰:“然。不可以他求者也。孔子曰:

‘君薨,听于冢宰[10]。歠[11]粥,面深墨。
即位而哭,百官有司,莫敢不哀,先之也。’
上有好者,下必有甚焉者矣。‘君子之德,风也;
小人之德,草也。草尚之风必偃[12]。’是在
世子。”

      然友反命。
      世子曰:“然。是诚在我。”
      五月居庐[13],未有命戒。百官族人可,
谓曰知。及至葬,四方来观之,颜色之戚,
哭泣之哀,吊者大悦。

      When the duke Ding of Teng died, the prince
said to Ran You, “Formerly, Mencius spoke with
me in Song, and in my mind I have never forgotten
his words. Now, alas! this great duty to my father
devolves upon me; I wish to send you to ask the

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