Motif
ceremonial light as honour
ceremonial_light_as_honour
A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light 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) PLAN OF THE HALL OF DISTINCTION. / BOOK XII. MING THANG WEI / BOOK XIII. SANG FU HSIAO Al / BOOK XV. SHAO f; lines 3343-3503 confidence: medium
At a drinking entertainment, when the host carries a light or torch before guests, the guests rise and decline the honour; the torch is given to a torch-bearer, who remains silent and still.
The host’s carrying of a light or torch before guests is treated as an honour that guests ritually decline.
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