ANIMISTIC SACRIFICE  祭自然神

SACRIFICE to DEITIES of NATURE
Hypernym
  • SACRIFICERITUAL in the form of GIVING gifts to DEITIES.
    • RITUALTYPICALLY COMPLEX SHOULD:obligatory PUBLIC CUSTOM.
      • CUSTOMREPEATED ACT CONFORMING to what is a COMMON RULE in one's GROUP.
        • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision....
Old Chinese Criteria
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Modern Chinese Criteria
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Old Chinese Contrasts
SACRIFICE 15.

埋，祭山林之後埋物於地，以使神靈享用。

瘞，深埋，祭地之後埋牲幣（多為玉）於地以示神靈享用之意。

沉，沉物於水以祭，也有發誓之後沉玉於水，以取信神靈。

Words

望  wàng OC: maŋs MC: mi̯ɐŋ
望  (wáng) OC: maŋ MC: mi̯ɐŋ 6 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nabactname of a sacrifice to the gods of mountains and rivers (SHU)
  • nabactthe wàng sacrificeCH
  • viactcarry out the wa4ng sacrifice to the gods of mountains and rivers
  • vtoNperform the Wàng sacrifice for/to NTW
社  shè OC: ɡljaʔ MC: dʑɣɛ 6 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nabactsacrifice to the spirits of the earth
  • viactconduct the shè-sacrifice, sacrifice at the altar of the land
伯  bó OC: praaɡ MC: pɣɛk 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • viactsacrifice to the horse god
宜  yí OC: ŋɡral MC: ŋiɛ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • viactto sacrifice to the god of soil (LIJI)
  • vt+prep+Nsacrifice to N
祠  cí OC: sɢlɯ MC: zɨ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nspring sacrifice at which one prays for good harvest from the spirits after having sown for the year

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