Motif
Ancestral temple as locus of honor and deference
ancestral_temple_as_locus_of_honor_and_deference
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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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) BOOK XV. SHAO f / THE GREATER RECORD OF MOURNING RITES. / BOOK XX. Al FA / BOOK XXI. At fi; lines 9211-9347 confidence: medium
Good is attributed upward: by the Son of Heaven to Heaven, by lords to the Son of Heaven, by ministers to their prince, and by common persons to parents and elders; honors and rewards are transacted in the ancestral temple.
The passage locates emolument, rank, felicitations, and rewards in the ancestral temple as a way of showing submissive deference.
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