[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036) › 12.55 # 佛祖歷代通載 12.55 佛祖歷代通載 12.55 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.12.55) （乙酉）　改垂拱○制母齊縗。古者母亡朞年而已。喪服篇云。天無二日。士無二主。國無二君。家無二尊。以一制朞年禮也。自天皇上元元年。天后表請。父在為母三年。下詔依行。至今垂拱始編入格。 > (Yiyou \[685 CE\]) The era was changed to Chuigong. ○ The mourning grade of trimmed sackcloth (qicui) was instituted for mothers. In ancient times, the mourning period on the death of a mother was only one full year. The "Mourning Attire" chapter \[of the Yili\] states: "Heaven has no two suns; a scholar has no two masters; a state has no two rulers; a household has no two heads of family." By this single principle, a one-year mourning period was prescribed by ritual. Starting from the first year of Tianhuang's Shangyuan era, the Empress of Heaven submitted a memorial requesting that mourning for a mother while the father is still alive should last three years. An imperial edict was issued approving its implementation. Only now in Chuigong was it first codified into law. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.12.54) - [Next: 12.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.12.56) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.12.55) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.12.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.12.55) · Pramāṇa