Human life and death are like the cycle of day and night, and the seasons change. That's irreversible. Don't you see how many emperors and generals in the world, and the resources they can enjoy are like the sea. But when the time comes, you can't escape the bridge.

Cows such as Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo also had nothing to do with Mrs. Liu's body. Liu Bei could only cry silently where no one was. Mrs. Liu walked peacefully and painlessly, and even had a smile on her face. She should be happy and happy. In the first half of her life, she tasted almost all the suffering in this world.

The young man lost his husband, and his family was poor. Fortunately, she survived all this. single-handedly pulled her eldest son Liu Bei, not only grew up smoothly, opened up branches and leaves for the Liu family, but also established a career that she didn't even dare to think about in her dreams. Life is like this, what more can a husband ask for?

The son is healthy and safe, has a successful career, and has a group of grandchildren under his knees. When I died, I went to see my husband and my aunt, and I was very confident in my heart.

The Son of Heaven heard the Queen Mother of Zhongshan and wanted to worship in person, but was hurriedly dissuaded by Liu Bei. The Son of Heaven gave the Queen Mother a gift to return to the funeral, but Liu Bei also declined.

This is inconsistent with etiquette, Liu Bei is sad in his heart, and he just wants his wife to walk quietly. I don't want some people to chew their tongues. Choosing a date, Liu Bei took Liu Ke and the family to Fuling back to Lousangli in Zhuoxian County, and buried Mrs. Liu next to his father Liu Hong.

Presiding over the big things here is Liu Bei's uncle Liu Gong. Ten years of bullet index, Liu Gong, a high-spirited and majestic hero, is now full of gray hair and drooping old.

The sadness on his face was even deeper than Liu Bei's. When he was a child, it can be said that he was brought up by his brother Liu Hong and sister-in-law. My brother died early, and his bones were probably turned into loess. Now that decades have passed, the old sister-in-law is gone.

As people get older, the more likely they are to be sad. It is more and more difficult to see the dead. Especially your loved ones. At the time of the burial, Liu Gong cried loudly. When I went back, my steps seemed to be more and more faltering.

Liu Bei looked at the back that was no longer strong in the wind, and said to Liu Ke: "Eleven, uncle still doesn't want to go to Chang'an." ”

Liu Ke shook his head and said, "My father didn't want to go, and said that he would guard our home here." ”

From a distance, the mulberry trees in Lousang are still so tall and stout. Under the tree, the children playing around the tree did not know how many stubbles had been changed. But here, will always be their roots, no matter where they will go in the future, Lou Sangli will always be the place where their dreams linger.

Liu Bei asked the court for a decree to mourn at home for three years. The imperial court was immediately confused, and in the shogunate, the advisers led by Xun Yu also spoke out against it.

The funeral system of the Han Dynasty was actually a big pit.

One of the basic national policies of the Han family was to rule the world with filial piety. Confucianism pinned its hopes on turning filial piety into loyalty. Filial piety to parents at home, loyalty to the king in the country. So as to achieve the ultimate goal of stabilizing the country and maintaining the rule of the Han family.

At that time, the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and it was also followed by a three-year mourning. But Emperor Wen of Han soon discovered that the three years of mourning were unreliable. After three years of mourning, it is okay not to eat meat and drink alcohol, not to marry a wife and have children, and not to engage in social production. The Han Dynasty had just gone through war, the population was greatly reduced, and various resources were extremely poor. If the dead are mourned for three years, how will the country develop and how will the society progress?

Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty realized that "its system cannot be practiced for a long time", so he changed this system in his edict, requiring "three days out, all are released"; After the burial, "serve Dahong (Gong) for 15 days, Xiaohong (Gong) for 14 days, and Fiber for 7 days, and release it". That is to say, even if he dies, the subjects of the world will mourn him for thirty-six days. Here, the Confucian system of three-year mourning was changed to "change the day for the month", which became thirty-six days, and has been customized since then.

This good policy was persistently implemented until the end of the Western Han Dynasty. Even during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who supported Confucianism to come to power, respected Confucianism alone, and deposed hundreds of schools, the three-year mourning system of Confucianism could not be restored by Confucianism.

That's because the kings with a little bit of intelligence know that the execution of the three-year mourning is simply a joke on their own country.

It's just that the Han Dynasty itself vigorously advocated filial piety, and even inspected and selected officials, and first filled the position of people with good morals (filial piety). In this way, it is inevitable that there will be a trend of attaching importance to filial piety among the people. Because filial piety has a future. Hold back for three years to get a chance to change your life's destiny, and a fool won't do it.

When the folk trend intensified. The imperial court finally got involved. When Emperor Han mourned, "Wang Liang of Hejian mourned the Empress Dowager for three years, and he was the instrument of the clan and benefited ten thousand households." ”；“ The parents of the doctoral disciple died, and Yu Ning was given three years. "The three-year funeral of the king of Hejian has increased by 10,000 households; If the parents of the doctoral disciples studying in Taixue die, they can also take a leave of absence for three years.

In the past, how long to mourn was free and arbitrary for the people. The imperial court did not take a stand. Now that the Son of Heaven is doing this, it is just a matter of not saying it explicitly. And the benefits of the reward of 10,000 households are happening right in front of you, who is not impressed? As a result, the upward and downward effects have become a trend.

Later, there was a Wang Mang, in order to gain prestige, he personally implemented the rules of the three-year funeral. The edict of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty ordered a thin burial, and everything was like the system of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty. Then he told the ministers not to tell him peace. And then it will be too late.

Of course, in order not to waste major national events, the imperial court specially stipulated that the secretary of state and those with more than 2,000 stones were not allowed to mourn for three years. As for those under 2,000 stones, feel free to do so. The court can't manage it if it wants to, and it's too lazy to manage it.

It's just that when the Empress Dowager Deng of the Eastern Han Dynasty came to the dynasty to weigh the system. Her old man even issued an edict stipulating: "Those below the chief officials, who do not serve in person, shall not be elected in the city." This edict was later included in the "Han Law" and became a qualification for the election of Shijin. This is for the sake of official hats, who dares to slack off. So over time, the Confucian three-year mourning system finally turned over and became the "universal mourning of the world".

Of course, there will also be some special circumstances, such as soldiers can "be mourned and disobeyed", they have to fight outside, leave the army and run back to mourn, and the Son of Heaven is not so stupid. And for some ministers who really can't leave, the emperor can also issue a special edict ordering his ministers to release their offices and not leave.

Now in society, it is generally three years of mourning. A behavior that wants to change when it becomes a common custom for the whole society. That's really hard. Why Yuan Shao is famous all over the world is not that he has been mourning his parents at home for six consecutive years. So as to win the praise of the corporal all over the world?

The imperial court has extremely strict requirements for the conduct of nobles and ministers. Liu Bei mourned for his father for three years, and now that his mother has died, if he doesn't propose a funeral, won't he be drowned by the saliva of the world?