《宋史·列传·卷七十九》
福州习俗重视丧葬礼仪，父母死亡有的秘不发丧，而大肆铺张地请和尚做法事，甚至有因此而破产的，蔡襄下令予以禁止。
俗重凶仪，亲亡或秘不举，至破产饭僧，下令禁止之。
The custom of Fuzhou was to place great importance on funeral rites, when parents died, some people kept the mourning secret, and instead spent lavishly to engage Buddhist monks to conduct religious services, some even ended up bankrupt because of this, Cai Xiang issued an order to prohibit this practice.