The Unclaimed Friend: “Leave the Burial to Me”

When a friend died with no one to rely on, Confucius would say, “I will bury him.”

When any of his friends died, if he had no relations who could be depended on for the necessary offices, he would say, ‘I will bury him.’

朋友死,无所归。曰:“于我殡。”

Source: The Analects, Xiang Dang X, Chapter 15

Author: The Compilers

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