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Reading edition
Barge of Mercy, Taoist, 160
Beards. Little worn, 47
Beginning. Of Form, 90; of Pneuma, 90; the Great, 90; of Substance, 90
Bell, Casting of the Great. Legend of, 394 sq.
Bezoar. See Niu Huang
Bible. Parallelisms of, with Chinese religious and mythological beliefs, 79 n.
“Biographies of the Gods.” Shên hsien chuan, by Ko Hung, 79
Bird. Of Dawn, 186–187; the one-legged, 206
Birth of the Soul, 93
Blackwater River, Demons of. In the Hsi yu chi, 352
Blank, The Great, 90
Blower. See Ch’ên Ch’i
Blue Dragon. Ch’ing Lung; spirit of the Blue Dragon Star; guardian of Taoist temple gates, 146 sq.
Blue River. Hsüan Chuang exposed in, as an infant, 337
“Book of Ceremonial.” Li chi, 103
“Book of History,” 84
Brothers, The Three Musical, 151
Buddha. Ju Lai, 78; and the Law and the Priesthood, 119; Tathagata, 119; Fo Pao, one of the San Pao, 119; Shâkyamuni, 119; Yüeh-shih Fo, the Master-Physician, 120; Miao Shan (Kuan Yin) becomes a, 271; his jumping competition with Sun Hou-tzŭ, 332–333
Buddhism. As a Chinese religion, 53; effect on mythology, 62–63; one of the three religions, 100; brought to China, 118; Mahayanistic form of, 118; origin in ancestor-worship, 118; and Taoism, 118; and Confucianism, 118; Buddha, the Law, and the Priesthood, 119
Buddhist-s. Account of P’an Ku, 77; guardians of temple gates, 146; evil dragons, 208; number of dragons, 209; saviour of the Buddhists in Slow-carts Country, 353 sq.
Buffalo. Of T’ung-t’ien Chiao-chu, 133–134
Burial, Methods of, 39 sq.
Bushel Mother. See Tou Mu
Butterfly. Chuang Tzŭ and the, 91 and n., 148–149