In Wang Chong's view, this practise was of no benefit to people in their old age, and did nothing to increase filial piety, so he advocated simple funerals instead.
漢代講究厚葬，不僅王公大人崇尚厚葬，普通百姓也大事鋪張。厚葬品刻金鏤玉，用來築棺墓的石材，重達萬斤，但厚葬卻無益於奉終，無增於孝行，王充遂提倡薄葬來與之抗衡。