Motif
Austerity of filial mourning
austerity_of_filial_mourning
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition 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 XXVII. FANG At / BOOK XXVIII. AUNG YUNG / BOOK XXIX. PIAO At / RULES ON HURRYING TO MOURNING RITES?.; lines 14860-14995 confidence: high
After completing the grave, the son avoids occupying his chamber, dwells in the mourning shed, sleeps on rushes with a clod pillow, wails without fixed time, and endures grief for three years.
The filial son avoids his chamber, lives in the mourning shed, sleeps on rushes with a clod pillow, and endures grief for three years.
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