Motif
Proper place for recalling the spirit after death away from home
proper_place_for_recalling_the_spirit_after_death_away_from_home
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 I-X (The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism, Part III; Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 27) BOOK IV. THE YUEH LING / SUPPLEMENTARY SECTION. / Part TL / BOOK V. THE QUESTIONS OF 3ANG-3ZE1; lines 14839-14974 confidence: medium
3ang-3ze asks about recalling the spirit of an official who dies on mission in a government hotel but not a private one; Confucius defines private and public hotels and says the spirit is recalled at a public hotel.
The passage discusses when the spirit of an official who dies on mission is recalled, depending on whether the death occurs in a public or private hotel.
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