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Show CHINESE CEREMONIAL PAPE 4 countersigned by theancestra spiritsor their representative,and by the god of the hearth. This warrant is supposed to have been received three days beforethe demise wo messengers ofthe god of Hades:the living /e/, ‘ang (35 4 %) and the dead Wiu-ch ang Mkr?\ th name Wu-chang, meaning "uncertain," symboli of th uncertainty of the approachof death. The ling V chang s the soul ofa iving man who s employed by th body washed, and his fingerand toe nails carefull cut the parings being rehgmnx]) retained for preservation The shavingand washin of th perArL'\Lcumplvsht byabarber "numnmmmn Jore than the customar feeforattendinguponalivingman. According to the rule ouuqmm the mone is handed to the barber wrappe ina square of thin,red paper,or red is symboli of goo dispels all bad influences that might aris e et mantd wm dxhzvcdhcisrummcd m the death couc mad to st upright n hi »m,.m,..m..fi,x.‘ {eld desrabletha e tpmlma s upper part o Digitlimag © 2004 Marritt Library,Universtty of tah. Al rights reserved |