To have one's hands tied behind the back and bring along a coffin, meaning to give up all resistance and ask for punishment; a gesture of total surrender.

to accompany a coffin to its burial place

(literary) A coffin that contains a body; also written as [[灵柩|靈柩|ling2 jiu4]].

(literary) to carry a coffin on a carriage to show that one is prepared to die or is admitting to a capital crime