[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 97.22 # 法苑珠林 97.22 法苑珠林 97.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [97.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.97.22) 問曰。何須幡上書其姓名。答曰。幡招魂置其乾地。以魂識其名。尋名入於闇室。亦投之於魄。或入於重室（直龍反）重者重也（徒用反）以重之內。具安祭食。以存亡各別明闇不同故。鬼神闇食。生人明食。故重用籧篨。裹其食具。以安重內。置其坤地也。 > Question: "Why must one write their surname and personal name on the banner?" Answer: "The banner summons the hun and is placed on the dry ground (qian position), so that the hun recognizes its name, follows the name, and enters the dark room, and also entrusts itself to the po, or enters the zhong chamber (chong, pronounced zhi-long fan; zhong \[ancestral tablet / food pavilion\] is chong \[layered\], pronounced tu-yong fan). Within the zhong, the sacrificial offerings of food are fully arranged. Because life and death are distinct and light and darkness are different, ghosts and spirits eat in darkness, while living people eat in light. Therefore, the zhong uses coarse bamboo mats to wrap the food vessels, so as to place them inside the zhong, situating it in the earth (kun position)." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 97.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.97.21) - [Next: 97.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.97.23) - [Up: 97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.97) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.97.22) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19.53) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.97.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.97.22) · Pramāṇa