一作为十三经之一的《礼记》,是除《论语》、《孔子家语》之外,后世了解孔子颇为倚重的一份原始材料。《礼记》由孔门七十子后学所编,时代距孔子未远,对孔子的描述当无大误。孔子在《礼记》中多次出现,且主要集中于《檀弓》篇。《檀弓》绝大部分是杂记丧礼的文字,清人孙希旦评论道:“篇中多言丧事,可以证《士丧礼》之所未备。”又,这些杂记丧礼的文字,多与“哭”有关,因哭丧有制,哭而有礼,丧葬之礼中,“哭礼”原是必不可少的内容。在《檀弓》中, A Book of Rites, one of the thirteen passages, is a source of materialism that Confucius relies heavily on in later generations, except for The Analects and Confucius. “Book of Rites” by Confucius seventy sub-schools compiled, not far away from Confucius, the description of Confucius without major errors. Confucius appeared many times in The Book of Rites, and mainly concentrated on Tan Tan. Most of the “Tan Gong” is a miscellany of funerals written by the Qing Sun Xidan commented: “articles in multiple funerals, you can” funeral “was not prepared. ” Also, these miscellany funeral text, and more “Cry ” about, due to the crying system, crying and polite, funeral ceremony, “crying ” was originally essential content. In Tan Tan,