in mind, that, excepting where otherwise specified, the relationship indicated is male, and only by descent through the male line, as, for example, that by "cousin" a father's brother's son alone is meant, and not a father's sister's son or daughter.
The five kinds of mourning, the names of which serve, as has been said, to indicate the degrees of relationship to which they belong, are:—
1st, Kan-zui (斬裒), nominally worn for three years, really for twenty-seven months;
2nd, Zze-zui (齊裒), worn for one year, for five months, or for three months;
3rd, Tâ-kung (大大功), worn for nine months;
4th, Hsiâo-kung (小功), worn for five months;
5th, Sze-mâ (緦痳), worn for three months.
The character of each habit, and the relatives for whom it is worn, are prescribed as follows:—
1st, Kan-zui indicates relationships of the first degree. The prescribed habit for it is composed of the coarsest hempen fabric, and left unhemmed at the borders. It is worn:—
By a man, for his parents; by a wife, for her husband, and husband's parents; and by a concubine, for her master.
2nd, Zze-zui indicates relationships of the second degree. The prescribed habit for it is composed of coarse hempen fabric, with hemmed borders. It is worn for one year:—
By a man, for his grandparents; uncle; uncle's wife; spinster aunt; brother; spinster sister; wife; son (of wife or concubine); daughter-in-law (wife of first-born); nephew; spinster niece; grandson (first-bom son of first-born); by a wife, for her husband's nephew, and husband's spinster niece; by a married woman, for her parents, and grand-parents; and by a concubine, for her master's wife; her master's parents; her master's sons (by wife or other concubine), and for sons. It is worn for five months:—
