Motif
Soul-calling after death on official mission
soul_calling_after_death_on_official_mission
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) PLAN OF THE HALL OF DISTINCTION. / BOOK XII. MING THANG WEI / BOOK XIII. SANG FU HSIAO Al / BOOK XV. SHAO f; lines 5782-5915 confidence: high
For an officer who dies on a ruler’s commission, the soul is called back if death occurs in a public hotel but not in a private hotel; the passage defines those places by ownership and rank.
The passage states that an officer’s soul is called back when he dies on a ruler’s commission in a public hotel, but not in a private hotel.
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