2024年12月10日 · 棺 (now Southern Min or in compounds) coffin; inner coffin 鯉 也 死,有棺而 無 椁。 [Classical Chinese, trad.] 鲤 也 死,有棺而 无 椁。 [Classical Chinese, simp.] From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE Lǐ yě sǐ, yǒu guān ér wú guǒ. [Pinyin] There was Li; when he died, he had a coffin but no outer shell.