- Chapter One: Prologue
- Chapter Two: Doctrine
- Chapter Three: Practice
- Chapter Four: The Way of Humanity
- Chapter Five: Cause and Effect
- Chapter Six: Doubts Clarified
- Chapter Seven: The Principle of the Nature
- Chapter Eight: Buddhahood
- Chapter Nine: Sending on Spirits in Transition
- Chapter Ten: Belief and Dedication
- Chapter Eleven: Maxims
- Chapter Twelve: Exemplary Acts
- Chapter Thirteen: On the Order
- Chapter Fourteen: Prospects
- Chapter Fifteen: Entrusting
Dictionary
The Scripture of the Founding Master
Chapter Four: The Way of Humanity
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One of his disciples asked, “Is it right always to focus on frugality in conducting all ceremonies, such as coming of age, weddings, funerals, and ancestral worship?” The Founding Master said, “Extravagance in ceremonies must always be avoided. However, never contributing to the public welfare and only being frugal out of miserliness is not the original intent of the reformed rules of propriety. Also, in this same matter of frugality, since a wedding represents the start of a new life, it would be better if one is more frugal so as to help the newlyweds establish a foundation for their new lives; and since a funeral represents the consummation of a life, it would be right not to neglect the duties of posterity in accordance with the merits of the deceased.”
The Scripture of the Founding Master
Chapter Four: The Way of Humanity
50
One of his disciples asked, “Is it right always to focus on frugality in conducting all ceremonies, such as coming of age, weddings, funerals, and ancestral worship?” The Founding Master said, “Extravagance in ceremonies must always be avoided. However, never contributing to the public welfare and only being frugal out of miserliness is not the original intent of the reformed rules of propriety. Also, in this same matter of frugality, since a wedding represents the start of a new life, it would be better if one is more frugal so as to help the newlyweds establish a foundation for their new lives; and since a funeral represents the consummation of a life, it would be right not to neglect the duties of posterity in accordance with the merits of the deceased.”
