[原文]
13.3 原夫哀辞大体，情主于痛伤，而辞穷乎爱惜。幼未成德，故誉止于察惠;弱不胜务，故悼加乎肤色。隐心而结文则事惬，观文而属心则体奢。奢体为辞，则虽丽不哀;必使情往会悲，文来引泣，乃其贵耳。
[今译]
推求哀辞的体制，抒情主要表达哀伤，措辞要尽量表达爱惜。死者幼小品德还没有养成，所以赞美只停在聪慧上;年幼不能担任工作，所以悼念只在他的容貌和皮肤上。痛心而作文便情辞切合;为了文辞而表示痛心，便文体浮夸。浮夸的文体写出来的文辞，尽管华丽却不悲哀;一定要使感情融合在悲痛里，文辞能够使人下泪，才是可贵了。
13.3 The characteristics of a lament are as follows. Its main purpose is to express sorrowful feelings; its language is redolent of regret and loss. Because the subject died young and was unable to fulfil his potential, it praises only the promise of his bright intelligence. As the dead was too young to assume a public role, the loss of his physical form is mourned, not his official presence. A lament written from sadness is sincere; a forced lament is ostentatious. The ostentatious style uses ornate language without creating a sorrowful effect. A worthy lament is one where the feeling goes out to embrace sorrow and the language induces the reader's tears.
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