Motif
calling back and naming the dead
calling_back_and_naming_the_dead
A motif of the Soul Loss and Restoration family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
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) BOOK XI. YU 3A0 / PLAN OF THE HALL OF DISTINCTION. / BOOK XII. MING THANG WEI / BOOK XIII. SANG FU HSIAO Al; lines 1997-2146 confidence: high
The chamber where the body was kept in the coffin is opened only on the regular occasion; wailing otherwise occurs in the mourning shed; calling the dead back and coffin inscriptions use the same language for ranks from Son of Heaven to ordinary officer, with specified naming rules.
The passage explicitly regulates calling the dead back and writing the inscription over the coffin, including the language and personal identifiers used.
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