That in the East, a corpse is considered a "person" can be seen in the use of embalming medicines to preserve the body of a national leader for posterity, in practices such as publicly displaying a body, flogging a corpse, or destroying a tomb so as to cause unrest for the deceased.
就如許多東方國家會將元首的遺體以化學藥物保存，供世人長久追念，而將屍首示眾、鞭屍、破壞陵墓，藉以讓死者不得安息，都可以說明屍體被視為是「人」的一種延伸。