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'At the first use of ceremonies,
they began with meat and drink.
They roasted millet and pieces of pork;
they excavated the ground in the form of a jar, and scooped the water from it with their two hands;
they fashioned a handle of clay, and struck with it an earthen drum.
(Simple as these arrangements were), they yet seemed to be able to express by them their reverence for Spiritual Beings.
(By-and-by), when one died,
they went upon the housetop, and called out his name in a prolonged note,
saying,
"Come back,
。」 So and So."
After this they filled the mouth (of the dead) with uncooked rice, and (set forth as offerings to him) packets of raw flesh.
Thus they looked up to heaven (whither the spirit was gone), and buried (the body) in the earth.
The body and the animal soul go downwards;
and the intelligent spirit is on high.
Thus (also) the dead are placed with their heads to the north,
while the living look towards the south.
In all these matters the earliest practice is followed.


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