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高祖认为不是这样。他说： 《礼》中说的慈母，共有三处：一是妾之子生母死了，命其他无子之妾抚养逭孩子，命为母子关系，养母死了之后，养子为她服丧三年，《丧服。齐衰章》说的 为慈母服丧如同为母亲服丧，指的就是这种情况；二是嫡妻之子生母死了，使妾养育逭孩子，仁爱抚育，关怀备至，虽和母亲之爱相同，但是嫡妻之子，没有以妾为母的规定，由于感情深、恩义重，所以养母死后，养子为之服小功丧服，《丧服叫、功章》不直接说 慈母 ，而说 抚养自己的庶母 的原因，就是为了表明这和那要为之服三年之丧的 慈母，有所不同；三是孩子并非没有母亲，衹是选择身份低贱的人养育遣孩子，这种形式如同师傅、保姆，但也有慈母爱子之情，所以也有慈母的名称。
高祖以为不然，曰： 《礼》言慈母，凡有三条：一则妾子之无母，使妾之无子者养之，命为母子，服以三年，《丧服齐衰章》所言 慈母 是也；二则嫡妻之子无母，使妾养之，慈抚隆至，虽均乎慈爱，但嫡妻之子，妾无为母之义，而恩深事重，故服以小功，《丧服小功章》所以不直言慈母，而云 庶母慈己 者，明异于三年之慈母也；其三则子非无母，正是择贱者视之，义同师保，而不无慈爱，故亦有慈母之名。
Emperor Gaozu did not think so. He said, "There are three places in the Rites that refer to loving mothers: first, when the birth mother of a concubine's son dies, other concubines who do not have children are ordered to raise the child, and they are called mother and child. When the foster mother dies, the foster son mourns her for three years. The Mourning Clothes. Qi Zhai Chapter says that mourning a loving mother is the same as mourning a mother, which refers to this situation; second, when the birth mother of the son of the main wife dies, a concubine is used to raise the child, and she is loving, caring, and caring, although she is treated like a mother. It is the same as the love of the mother, but the son of the main wife has no provision to take the concubine as his mother. Due to the deep feelings and kindness, when the foster mother dies, the foster son mourns for her in a small merit mourning. The reason why the Mourning Clothes. Jiao, Gong Zhang does not directly mention "loving mother", but "the common mother who raised him" is to show that it is different from the "loving mother" who should mourn for three years; third, it is not that the child has no mother, but only chooses someone of low status to raise the child. This form is like a teacher or a nanny, but there is also the love of a loving mother for her son, so it is also called a loving mother.