何休論外諸侯卒葬之例，分大國、小國、微國三等，大國卒日葬月，不論三世。小國、微國之卒葬，三世各有等差。杞為王者後，雖是微國，然自有例。楚、吳為夷狄，其卒葬與諸夏國異。秦多夷狄行，又非真夷狄，其卒葬例既與諸夏不同，也與楚、吳有別。何氏之論外諸侯卒葬，又有日月相蒙及漸進之例等。知悉其間細微，則可以舉網提綱、挈裘振領，於全篇之例，無一不通矣。

He Xiu 何休 demonstrates that, with the exception of the state of Lu 魯, large, small and tiny states followed different principles for recording the deaths (卒 zu) and burials (葬 zang) of feudal lords. In large states, it was necessary to record both the date when a king died and the month in which he was buried, and this principle did not vary. In the small and tiny states, the manner of recording death and burial dates differed over time. Though a tiny state of the Zhou dynasty, Qi 杞 had its own rules for recording deaths and burials. The non-Han states Chu 楚 and Wu 吳 followed different ways from the Central Plains states. Qin 秦, though a Han state, in many ways behaved like a non-Han state, and differed from both the Central Plains states and Chu and Wu in the recording of deaths and burials. With the exception of Lu, He Xiu demonstrates the ways in which the date of death and the month of burial of the feudal lords were recorded. He records the date together with the month and makes some breakthroughs in understanding the principles.