Shoyoroku - Case 73: Sozan's Filial Fulfillment A monk asked Sozan, "When one leaves off his mourning clothes [1], how about that?" Sozan said, "Sozan today has fulfilled filial piety." The monk said, "How about after you have fulfilled piety?" Sozan said, "Sozan loves to get drunk." [1]: In Japanese: Reii. The mourning closes that one wore when one of the parents was dead. Here it is symbolically used to designate the clothes during Zen practice.