期居庐,终丧不御于内者,父在为母为妻;齐衰期者,大功布衰九月者,皆三月不御于内。妇人不居庐,不寝苫。丧父母,既练而归;期九月者,既葬而归。公之丧,大夫俟练,士卒哭而归。大夫、士父母之葬,既练而归。朔月忌日,则归哭于宗室。诸父兄弟之丧,既卒哭而归。父不次于子,兄不次于弟。
"The family rose in importance in Shanghai from the late Qing dynasty into the twentieth century and went through more than 70 years of ups and downs until 1950," he said