ABSTRACT
https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315828060/49546f0e-ce84-4e70-9b40-7107f16ee305/content/unfig_i_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>N the second volume we set out to show that the framework of the Hung ceremony dealt with the journey of the soul through the Underworld to the City of the Gods, wherein we gave numerous parallel legends which seemed to prove that fact, but there still remain certain details in the Hung ritual which, coupled with what has gone before, will satisfy all students on this point. Among these are references to the funeral customs still prevalent in China, such as the use of certain woods for coffins, the offering of certain sacrifices, and the manner in which the dead are clothed for their last journey.
