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Master of the Universe

Yu Gong once entered a Buddhist temple and saw a reclining Buddha. He said, "This boy is tired from crossing the pier." This became a famous saying at the time.

Also hurried

Xun Xu once ate bamboo shoots and served rice on the seat of Emperor Wu of Jin, and said to the people sitting there, "This is the result of hard work in cooking with firewood." The people sitting there did not believe him, so they sent someone to inquire about it secretly, and found out that it was actually done with the carriage legs.

Mommy, Daddy is here

Emperor Cheng of Han favored Zhao Feiyan, who slandered Ban Jieyu and cursed her, so he interrogated her. She said, "I have heard that life and death are determined by fate, and wealth and honor are determined by heaven. If I cannot be blessed by doing good deeds, what is the hope of doing evil deeds? If the ghosts and gods are knowledgeable, they will not accept the complaints of evildoers; if they are ignorant, what is the point of complaining? So I will not do it."

The Edge

Legally Blonde

A minister chooses a house and a burial date, and an official makes hemp clothes, cloth mourning clothes, and cloth belts, and mourning shoes. The black cloth cap is not frilly. The fortune teller wears a leather cap. If the divination is to be done, the historian wears a long cap and long clothes to divinate. The fortune teller wears court clothes. At the funeral of a senior official, a horse is offered. The horse offerer cries and dances, then goes out to make offerings and read. At the funeral of a senior official, the senior clan member looks at the deceased, and the junior clan member asks the tortoise shell to be made by the fortune teller. The princes wear the robe of paulownia and the robe of lords, and the ladies wear the robe of yudi, and the didi wears the white sand. The wives wear the robe of juyi, paulownia, and white sand. The junior officials wear the robe of jian, and the rest are like the scholars. Go up west again . The officials are not to be strangled, but belong to the pond. The officials are attached to the scholars, the scholars are not attached to the officials, but to the brothers of the officials. If there are no brothers, then they follow the order of their ancestors. Even if the king's parents are still alive, it is still the same. The wife is attached to the concubine of her husband, if there is no concubine, then she also follows the concubine of her ancestors. The concubine is attached to the concubine's aunt, if there is no concubine, then she also follows the concubine of her ancestors. A man is attached to the king's father, then he is a match; a woman is attached to the king's mother, then she is not a match. A prince is attached to a prince. When the king dies, the great The title of a son is "Zi", and he is treated like a lord.

Baolu Tianxing

Then why is it three years? Answer: The closest relatives are separated by a period. Why is that? Answer: The heaven and earth have changed, the four seasons have changed, and everything in the heaven and earth has been renewed, so it is a symbol. Then why is it three years? Answer: It is to add more, so why double it, so it is a double period. Why is it from September to below? Answer: Why not make it less than that. Therefore, three years is a period of mourning, a small mourning is a period of mourning, and a period of nine months is a period of mourning. Take the image from the sky above, the law from the earth below, and the example from people in the middle, and the principle of human beings living together and in harmony is complete. Therefore, the three-year mourning is the most elegant of human nature, and this is called the most solemn. This is the same for all kings, and the same for ancient and modern times, but no one knows where it comes from. Confucius said: "After three years of life, one can escape from the embrace of parents; the three-year mourning is the most common mourning in the world."