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陈子亢
chén kàng ㄔㄣˊ ㄗˇ ㄎㄤˋ : [人名] [Name of a person]
礼记·檀弓下》:陈子车死于卫,其妻与其家大夫谋以殉葬,定,而后陈子亢至,以告曰:“夫子疾,莫养于下,请以殉葬。”
Chen Zi-ju having died in Wei, his wife and the principal officer of the family consulted together about burying some living persons (to follow him). When they had decided to do so, (his brother), Chen Zi-kang arrived, and they informed him about their plan, saying, 'When the master was ill, (he was far away) and there was no provision for his nourishment in the lower world; let us bury some persons alive (to supply it).'

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