Eric Henry
Zigong147 once asked Kongzi, “Do the dead have consciousness?” “If I said that the dead have consciousness,” said Kongzi, “I would fear that filial sons and devoted grandchildren might do violence to themselves and follow the deceased to the grave; but, if I said that the dead have no consciousness, I would fear that filial sons and grandsons would cast aside their forebears’ remains without properly burying them.