《明史·志·卷三十六》
太常卿上奏： 某官来报丧，某年月日，臣某官因某疾病死，请号哭哀悼。 
太常卿奉： 某官来讣，某年月日，臣某官以某疾薨，请举哀。 
The Minister of Rites stepped forward and said: `Such and such an official announces that on such and such a date, his subject such and such died of such and such illness, and he begs permission to howl and mourn his death.`