林放问礼之本。子曰：“大哉问！礼，与其奢也，宁俭；丧，与其易也，宁戚。”
Lin Fang asked about the root of li. The Master said, "an important question! In li it would be better to be frugal than to be extravagant. In funeral ritual it would be better to be guided by one's grief than simply to attend to the ritual stipulations. "
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