Three Corpses - Sanshi

Japanese: 三尸 - さんし

〘Noun〙 In Taoism, three insects that are said to live inside the human body. They constantly watch over people's actions, and on the night of Koshin day, they leave the body of the sleeping person and report all of that person's sins to the Heavenly Emperor. Sanshichu (three corpse insects) . Three insects. Nine insects. Three mothers-in-law. Three pengs. → Koshin-machi. ※Suga Family Books (around 900) Three and the same children, Koshin night at an inn, poem about the cold light in the quiet room: "A traveler watches over _{two or} three _corpses every night. What's more, if there is _no _cold light to face him when he _lies down" [Baopuzi - Weishi]

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Japanese:

〘名〙道教で、人の体内に住んでいると説く三匹の虫。絶えず人の行動を監視していて、庚申の日の夜には、睡眠中の人の体から抜け出てその人の罪過の一々を天帝に告げるという。三尸虫(さんしちゅう)。三虫。九虫。三姑。三彭。→庚申待。※菅家文草（900頃）三・同諸小児、旅館庚申夜、賦静室寒燈明之詩「旅人毎夜守_二三尸_一。況対_二寒燈_一不_レ臥時」〔抱朴子‐微旨〕

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