Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Kinship-graded mourning obligation

kinship_graded_mourning_obligation

A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

2 occurrences

1 traditions


confucian

  • The Li Ki, Books I-X (The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism, Part III; Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 27) Part IV. / Part V. / BOOK Il. THE THAN KUNG. / SECT. I. PT. II, THE THAN KUNG. IAI; lines 6832-6979 confidence: high

    After a parent's coffining, the son must condole for a distant cousin but not a non-relative neighbour; at mourning for an acquaintance he visits all his brethren.

    The son's obligation to condole differs for a cousin, a non-relative neighbour, an acquaintance, and brethren.

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  • The Li Ki, Books I-X (The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism, Part III; Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 27) SECT. II. PT. II. THE THAN KUNG. IOI / APPENDIX, TO BOCK UL / DEGREES, / SELF.; lines 9368-9583 confidence: high

    A kinship table headed “SELF” lists maternal relatives and father’s-sister descendants, with a note that father’s-sister descendants are inserted although not relatives by the mother’s side.

    The mourning tables classify ritual mourning duties by relationship to wife’s kinsfolk and a concubine’s mother’s kinsfolk.

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