孟懿子问孝。子曰:“无违。”
樊迟御,子吿之曰:“孟孙问孝于我,我对曰,‘无违。’”樊迟曰:“何谓也?”子曰:“生,事之以礼;死,葬之以礼,祭之以礼。”
Meng Yizi
asked about filial conduct (
xiao
孝
). The Master replied, “Do not act contrary?”Fan Chi
was driving the Master's chariot, and the Master informed him further: “Meng Yizi asked me about filial conduct,and I replied, “Do not act contrary?”Fan Chi asked,“What did you mean by that?”The Master replied,“While they are living, serve them according to the observances of ritual propriety (
li
礼
); when they are dead, bury them and sacrifice to them according to the observances of ritual propriety.”