5. 15. When the ceremony of wailing is over[1], a
son should no longer speak of his deceased father
by his name. The rules do not require the avoiding
of names merely similar in sound to those not to be
spoken. When (a parent had) a double name, the
avoiding of either term (used singly) is not required.
16. While his parents (are alive), and a son is able
to serve them, he should not utter the names of his
grandparents; when he can no longer serve his
parents (through their death), he need not avoid
the names of his grandparents. 17. Names that
would not be spoken (in his own family) need not be
avoided (by a great officer) before his ruler; in the
great officer s, however, the names proper to be
suppressed by the ruler should not be spoken. 18. In
(reading) the books of poetry and history, there need
be no avoiding of names, nor in writing compositions.
19. In the ancestral temple there is no such avoiding.
20. Even in his presence, a minister need not
avoid the names improper to be spoken by the ruler's
wife. The names to be avoided by a wife need not
be unspoken outside the door of the harem. The
names of parties for whom mourning is worn (only)
nine months or five months are not avoided[2]. 21.
When one is crossing the boundaries (of a state), he
should ask what are its prohibitory laws; when he
has fairly entered it, he should ask about its customs;
before entering the door (of a house), he should ask
about the names to be avoided in it.
