《宋书·志·卷十五》
现在如果以为因朝廷事务需要丈夫应该除丧服，妇人可服满三年的丧服，这就让吉礼和凶礼的礼仪，混杂地实施于宫廷中，让彩服和白色丧服的服制，在宫廷内外不相一致，造不是人情和礼制都被逮弃，哀乐失当吗?
今若以丈夫宜夺以王事，妇人可终本服，是为吉凶之仪，杂陈于宫寝；彩素之制，乖异于内外，无乃情礼俱违，哀乐失所乎！
Now, if we think that because a husband should remove his mourning clothes due to court business needs, women can wear mourning clothes for three years, the ritual of good fortune and the ritual of bad luck would be carried out in a mixed fashion in the court, so that colorful clothes and white mourning clothes would differ inside and outside the court, isn't it getting away from human nature and ritual, and mourning and joy being out of place?