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Our ancestors have recognized the world of the dead as the place which is connected with the world of living. It's also regarded so quite close place that one is able to go and come back again. And people have often quoted the world of the dead as the subject of story pretending that they really had been there. By the way, the looks of the world of the dead has its own trait in the point that living human beings tell about the unknown world. And this can be regarded as an irony. In the custom of a shaman, the devotion of human inner mind was considered as a quite important factor. One sets the sacrifice of himself forth as a premise and invokes a blessing others. In this way people prayed that their power of the will affect in real world. Through the religious rituals for ancestor which are centered for the coexistence of the living and the dead, confucianism arranged the part of harmony in which the inspirations between ancestor and descendent are able to be shared. The doctrine of ‘報本追遠’ finally established its own construction that man prays the living person a blessing through the power of the dead. In buddhism people regarded the living world and the world of the dead as a same circulation stage and presented the doctrine of ‘福善禍淫’ powerfully. "諸善奉行, 諸惡莫作" the commandment of original buddhism can be also applied to the standard for the human in living world. Regardless of eastern and western society, the recognition of the world of the dead is closer to the ultimately original form which contains the related conception of human crime and punishment, the awareness of ethics, and the achievement feelings. I think that it is not until the moment of facing death that people can get the chance to think the meaning of their life. Usually most people's standard which defines their lives obscurely stems from on the awareness of ethics which is based on the conscience. In a buddhist's case, one pursues being born again in the heaven after death through the active asceticism of oneself. Regardless of the times, it is true fact that the recognition of death(whether it is active or passive) depends on each person's circumstances and social position. The reason why the human feels afraid of the world of the dead is that they want to lead their lives worthier and more meaningful. So I can conclude that people recognize the world of the dead as a fictional place based on the human conscience.