Yen Hui asked Kung-nì, saying, "When the mother of Mang-sun Tshâi died, in all his wailing for her he did not shed a tear; in the core of his heart he felt no distress; during all the mourning rites, he exhibited no sorrow.
"Without these three things, he was considered to have discharged his mourning well—is it that in the state of Lû one who has not the reality ma...