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Volume Ten


Formal words for dismissing debts	Prohibition of marriage between those of the same surname In traditional Chinese society, people with the same surname were considered to share a common ancestry, making marriage between them taboo.	No cancellation of marriage without cause	Miscellaneous rituals for the mourning period	Diagrams of mourning grades for paternal kin	Formula for making ancestral tablets The "Ancestral Tablet" (Shenzhu) is a wooden plaque believed to house the spirit of the deceased for veneration.	Explanation of rituals for offering condolences	Forms for funeral gift documents	Forms for responding to condolences
New regulations by Zhongcai Appended	Choosing not to marry out of personal grief	Signing and fingerprinting marriage contracts Refers to marriages between people of the same social standing	Master Wen’s funeral rites Refers to the influential ritual manuals of the Neo-Confucian scholar Zhu Xi, also known as Master Wen.	Diagrams of mourning grades for maternal and external kin	Explanation on the construction of ancestral tablets	Discourse on funerals	Forms for letters of thanks	General introduction to sacrificial rites
Gradations for joining societies	Widows maintaining their devotion to their late husbands		Durations for the five mourning grades Five Mourning Grades (Wufu): A system of ritual dress and mourning periods ranging from three months to three years, determined by the closeness of the relationship.	Diagrams of mourning grades for various parental figures	Explanation of mourning rituals	Discourse on cypress coffins	Forms for condolence letters	Diagram of seasonal sacrifices in the main hall The "main hall" (zhengqin) was the central formal space of a traditional home where rituals were conducted.