Book 2: 《為政》 Wei Zheng (Governance)
《為政》 Passage 2.5
孟懿子問孝。子曰：「無違。」樊遲御，子告之曰：「孟孫問孝於我，我對曰『無違』。」樊遲曰：「何謂也？」子曰：「生事之以禮；死葬之以禮，祭之以禮。」
Legge Translation (1861)
Meng Yizi asked what filial piety was. The Master said: "It is not being disobedient."Soon after, as Fan Chi was driving him, the Master told him, saying: "Mengsun asked me what filial piety was, and I answered him, 'not being disobedient.'"
Fan Chi said: "What did you mean?"
The Master replied: "That parents, when alive, be served according to propriety; that, when dead, they should be buried according to propriety; and that they should be sacrificed to according to propriety."
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