 | Lafcadio Hearn - 1904 - 574 páginas
...erected over the grave of his brother, Yamato-hiko-no-mikoto, the Emperor is recorded to have said : " It is a very painful thing to force those whom one has loved in life to follow one in death. Though it be an ancient custom, why follow it, if it is bad ? From this time forward... | |
 | Horace Grant Underwood - 1910 - 292 páginas
...wept and wailed day and night. At last they died and rotted. Dogs and crows gathered and ate them. " The Emperor, hearing the sound of their weeping and wailing, was grieved at heart, and commanded his high officers, saying, 'It is a very painful thing to force these whom... | |
 | George Francis Scott Elliot - 1915 - 490 páginas
...quote this in full, as it might interfere with the reader's peace o' nights. But the Emperor himself, hearing the sound of their weeping and wailing, was...force those whom one has loved in life to follow him to the grave. Though it be an ancient custom, why continue it if it is bad?"24 After this, in Japan,... | |
 | George Henry Payne - 1916 - 532 páginas
...wept and wailed day and night. At last they died and rotted. Dogs and crows gathered and ate them. "The Emperor, hearing the sound of their weeping and wailing, was grieved at heart, and commanded his high officers, saying: 1 G. Underwood, Religions of Eastern Asia, p. 75.... | |
 | Seigo Takahashi - 1917 - 112 páginas
...and night. At last they died and rotted. Dogs and crows gathered and ate them. The Emperor (Suinin) hearing the sound of their weeping and wailing, was...heart, and commanded his high officers saying: 'It is very painful thing to force those whom one has loved in life to follow him in death. Though it be an... | |
 | Lafcadio Hearn - 1922 - 600 páginas
...erected over the grave of his brother, Yamato-hikono-mikoto, the Emperor is recorded to have said: "It is a very painful thing to force those whom one has loved in life to follow one in death. Though it be an ancient custom, why follow it, if it is bad? From this time forward take... | |
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It is a very painful thing to force those whom one has loved in life to follow him in death. Though it be an ancient custom, why follow it if it is bad ? From this time forward, take counsel so as to put a stop to the following of the dead. 