Motif
ancestral authorization of a rite
ancestral_authorization_of_a_rite
A motif of the Ancestor Rites and Feeding the Dead family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
confucian
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The Li Ki, Books XI-XLVI (The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism, Part IV; Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 28) THE GAME OF PITCH-POT?. / BOOK XXXIX. TA HSIO / THE GREAT LEARNING? / BOOK XL. KWAN ?; lines 16679-16782 confidence: medium
The ancients performed capping in the ancestral temple to honour the service, humbling themselves and giving honour to their forefathers.
The passage says the capping was performed in the ancestral temple because the ancients did not dare assume responsibility themselves and gave honour to their forefathers.
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