@article{ART000961956},
author={Yoo Kwon Jong},
title={Confucian funeral rites and the meaning of the death},
journal={Philosophical Investigation},
issn={1598-7213},
year={2004},
volume={16},
pages={5-32}
TY - JOUR
AU - Yoo Kwon Jong
TI - Confucian funeral rites and the meaning of the death
JO - Philosophical Investigation
PY - 2004
VL - 16
IS - null
PB - Institute of philosophy in Chung-Ang Univ.
SP - 5
EP - 32
SN - 1598-7213
AB - This paper tried to explain the meanings of death found in the funeral rites of Confucianism and in the scriptures of Confucianism and collections of works of Confucian scholars. The funeral rites of Confucianism has been showing not the cognition of the dead itself but the living person's cognition confronting the dead. The cognition contains some meanings that the death is a sad thing, that the sadness comes from the fact of losing one's parent, and that even though parting with one's parent filial piety should be continued.
We can find out a distinguishing view of life after death in the funeral rites of Confucianism. That is the life after death is not established in the Heaven like the Christianity or in the Elysian fields of Buddhism, but in the living persons' living space, specially in the an ancestral shrine. And the other features are as follow:
Confucians generally have been ignoring the existence of the Paramita. They have tried to shake off the love of life and dislike of death, but to pursuit spiritual peace and enlightenment based on the realization that the death and the living is a really one process of a human existence. Especially they have a general belief that according with the Tao of the Heaven, one can enjoy an eternal life even though the biological death. Finally they think that the death is an eternal rest after a long process for the fulfilling of Morality personally and socially.
KW - Confucian funeral rites;filial piety;Tao of the Heaven;eternal life;eternal rest
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Yoo Kwon Jong. (2004). Confucian funeral rites and the meaning of the death. Philosophical Investigation, 16, 5-32.
Yoo Kwon Jong. 2004, "Confucian funeral rites and the meaning of the death", Philosophical Investigation, vol.16, pp.5-32.
Yoo Kwon Jong "Confucian funeral rites and the meaning of the death" Philosophical Investigation 16 pp.5-32 (2004) : 5.
Yoo Kwon Jong. Confucian funeral rites and the meaning of the death. 2004; 16 5-32.
Yoo Kwon Jong. "Confucian funeral rites and the meaning of the death" Philosophical Investigation 16(2004) : 5-32.
Yoo Kwon Jong. Confucian funeral rites and the meaning of the death. Philosophical Investigation, 16, 5-32.
Yoo Kwon Jong. Confucian funeral rites and the meaning of the death. Philosophical Investigation. 2004; 16 5-32.
Yoo Kwon Jong. Confucian funeral rites and the meaning of the death. 2004; 16 5-32.
Yoo Kwon Jong. "Confucian funeral rites and the meaning of the death" Philosophical Investigation 16(2004) : 5-32.
