People lit candles in the square to mourn the dead.
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history
In the 《论语》, Confucius stands by a river and says 逝者如斯夫，不舍昼夜: 'what passes is like this, never ceasing day or night'. There 逝者 is the flowing water and passing time, not the dead.
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逝者 is the respectful, formal word, at funerals and in speeches; 死者 is the neutral term of news and police reports.
