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— David Henry Hwang"Chinese culture in general is not very religious. Confucianism is more a code of ethics than a religion, and ancestor worship is a way for parents to control you even after theyre dead."
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People who can comfort the dead can also chase after them to hurt them further-a reverse ancestor worship.
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