《墨子·25章 节葬(下)》
而要以此使人民数量增加，或许可以吧？这种说法又是不行的。现在以厚葬久丧的原则去治理国家，国君死了，服丧三年；父母死了，服丧三年，妻与嫡长子死了，又都服丧三年。
是故求以富家，而既已不可矣，欲以众人民，意者可邪？其说又不可矣！今唯无以厚葬久丧者为政：君死，丧之三年；父母死，丧之三年；妻与后子死者，五皆丧之三年。
But will this succeed in increasing the population? We can't use this argument either! Now with burial lasting three year and mourning lasting a long time as the general rule, when ruler dies, three year of mourning are observed, when parents die, three years of mourning are observed, and when one's wife and eldest son die, three years of mourning are also observed.
<s>[INST] Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 是故求以富家，而既已不可矣，欲以众人民，意者可邪？其说又不可矣！今唯无以厚葬久丧者为政：君死，丧之三年；父母死，丧之三年；妻与后子死者，五皆丧之三年。 [/INST] But will this succeed in increasing the population? We can't use this argument either! Now with burial lasting three year and mourning lasting a long time as the general rule, when ruler dies, three year of mourning are observed, when parents die, three years of mourning are observed, and when one's wife and eldest son die, three years of mourning are also observed.</s>
Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 是故求以富家，而既已不可矣，欲以众人民，意者可邪？其说又不可矣！今唯无以厚葬久丧者为政：君死，丧之三年；父母死，丧之三年；妻与后子死者，五皆丧之三年。
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But will this succeed in increasing the population? We can't use this argument either! Now with burial lasting three year and mourning lasting a long time as the general rule, when ruler dies, three year of mourning are observed, when parents die, three years of mourning are observed, and when one's wife and eldest son die, three years of mourning are also observed.
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