[原文]
13.1 赋宪之谥，短折曰哀。哀者，依也。悲实依心，故曰哀也。以辞遣哀，盖[不泪]下流之悼，故不在黄发，必施夭昏。昔三良殉秦，百夫莫赎，事均夭[横]枉，《黄鸟》赋哀，抑亦诗人之哀辞乎?
[今译]
公布法令中的谥法，称短命死的叫哀。哀是依恋。悲哀确实依恋在心里，所以说哀。用文辞来表达悲哀，大概在悼念幼辈，所以不用在老人，一定用在小孩。从前三个好人为秦穆公陪葬，用一百人换一人也换不回来，事情跟短命枉死相同，《黄鸟》诗里表达这种悲哀，也是诗人的哀辞吧?
13.1 In ancient funeral rites, a person who dies young is to be lamented. The word "lament" is related to "cling": Grief "clings" to the heart, hence "lament." A "lament" expresses sorrow for the early death of the young; it is not used for elderly gray-haired people. Once three worthy young men were buried alive in the tomb of Duke Mu of Qin. Although a hundred lives were offered as ransom for those three, they all died prematurely. The poem "Yellow Birds" in the Book of Poetry mourns their death. This is a lament.
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