认知吊死鬼Recognizing the Hanged Ghost

宋明朝廷出怪招 旌表自缢为节烈 亡国之君崇祯帝 绝望上吊槐树上 民间衍生不同声 缢鬼死后难转世 鬼魂飘荡变尺蛾 无人怜悯吊死鬼 The Song and Ming dynasties devised strange methods, honoring those who hanged themselves as virtuous and chaste. The last emperor of the dynasty, Chongzhen, hanged himself from a locust tree in despair. Different voices arose among the people: the hanged ghost could not be reincarnated; its wandering spirit transformed into a moth. No one pitied the hanged ghost.