| dc.description.abstract | The history of burying the living with the dead in Chinese has its certain context of development. Due to morality and justice, this kind of burying become rare after Tang and Song Dynasty. However, it come back during Ming Dynasty and had tremendous influence regarding the overall society. Until Emperor Ying-Zong, it sustained for near one hundred years among feudal lords in palace. It can be seen, this kind of burying turned into a formal system had become customary. In addition, related to the popular concept of chastity among women, many women die for their husband. To be fair, it has the causal link with the live burial system among feudal lords. For a start, this paper tries to investigate how the live burial system was formed and to verify the mechanism of live burial system in palace of the Ming Dynasty. Secondly, the live burial system among feudal lords and common people will be discussed. After that, it will be compared with the other chaste behaviors and discuss their relevance. Discussions about the differences between suicide, in Western scholars point of view, and been interred with the dead, in Eastern point of view, will be followed. Finally, the researcher tries to propose new opinions for conclusion.
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