Myths and Legends of China

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Myths & Legends of China George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London Bombay Sydney Preface Illustrations

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Southern Origin Improbable Expansion of Races from North to South Arrival of the Chinese in China The K’un-lun Mountains Provisional Conclusion Inorganic Environment Organic Environment Sociological Environment Physical, Emotional, and Intellectual Characters Marriage in Early Times Marriage in Monarchical and Republican Periods Parents and Children Political History General Government Laws Local Government Military System Ecclesiastical Institutions Professional Institutions Accessory Institutions Bodily Mutilations Funeral Rites Laws of Intercourse Habits and Customs Sports and Games Domestic Life Industrial Institutions Arts Agriculture and Rearing of Livestock Sentiments and Moral Ideas Religious Ideas Superstitions Knowledge Language Achievements of the Chinese

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The Influence of Religion History and Myth Chinese Rigidity The Prerequisites to Myth Stimulus Necessary Persistent Soul-expression The Character of Chinese Myth Periods Fertile in Myth Sources of Chinese Myth Phases of Chinese Myth Tso-ch’iu Ming and Lieh Tzŭ The T’ang and Sung Epochs Myth and Doubt Myth and Legend

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The Sun and the Moon P’an Ku and Ymer P’an Ku a Late Creation Nü Kua Shih, the Repairer of the Heavens Early Cosmogony Dualistic The Canon of Changes Chou Tzŭ’s “T’ai Chi T’u”Chu Hsi’s Monistic Philosophy Lao Tzŭ’s “Tao”Confucius’s Agnosticism Mo Tzŭ and Creation Mencius and the First Cause Lieh Tzŭ’s Absolute Popular Cosmogony still Personal or Dualistic

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The Populous Otherworld Worship of Shang Ti Worship of T’ien Confusion of Shang Ti and T’ien The Otherworld Similar to this World The Three Religions The Super-triad Worship of the Living Confucianism Confucius not a God The God of Literature Wên Ch’ang and the Great Bear Wên Ch’ang and Tzŭ T’ung Heaven-deaf and Earth-dumb Mr Redcoat Mr Redcoat nods his Head Mr Golden Cuirass The God of War The Meat-seller’s Challenge The Oath in the Peach-orchard Buddha, the Law, and the Priesthood Diamond Kings of Heaven Legend of the Diamond Kings Hua-hu Tiao devours Yang Chien The Three Pure Ones The Three Causes Yüan-shih T’ien-tsun An Avatar of P’an Ku Yü Huang The Cask of Pearls The Legend of Yü Huang T’ung-t’ien Chiao-chu Immortals, Heroes, Saints The God of the Immortals Hsi Wang Mu The Feast of Peaches The First Taoist Pope The Founder of Modern Taoism The Peach-gathering Chang Tao-ling’s Great Power T’ai I Goddess of the North Star Snorter and Blower Blue Dragon and White Tiger Apotheosized Philosophers Fanning the Grave Husband and Wife Canonized Generalissimos The Three Musical Brothers Chiang Tzŭ-ya The Battle of Mu Yeh A Legend of Chiang Tzŭ-ya No-cha defeats Chang Kuei-fang Tzŭ-ya goes to K’un-lun He receives the List of Immortals The Soaring Head The Ancient Immortal saves the Situation Ch’iung Hsiao’s Magic Scissors Chiang Tzŭ-ya defeats Wên Chung The Red Sand Battle Further Fighting Thousand-li Eye and Favourable-wind Ear How the Brothers were Defeated Celestial Ministries Protectors of the People The Ch’êng-huang The Kitchen-god Ts’an Nü The God of Happiness The God of Wealth The God of Longevity The Door-gods Chinese Polytheism

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Various Star-gods Shooting the Heavenly Dog The Sun-king The Steep Summit The Divine Archer Vanquishes the Wind-spirit Dispels the Nine False Suns Slays Various Dangerous Creatures Builds a Palace for Chin Mu Kills Chisel-tooth Hêng Ô flies to the Moon The Sun-palace and the Bird of Dawn Shên I visits the Moon Star-worship The Herdsman and the Weaver-girl The Twenty-eight Constellations A Victim of Ta Chi Myths of Time The Planet Jupiter Legend of T’ai Sui Worship of T’ai Sui

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The President of the Ministry of Thunder The Duke of Thunder Lei Kung in the Tree The Mysterious Bottle Lei Chên-tzŭ The Mother of Lightning The God of the Wind The Master of Rain The One-legged Bird Ma Yüan-shuai

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The Dragon-kings The Foolish Dragon The Ministry of Waters An Unauthorized Portrait The Shipwrecked Servant A Battle and its Results The Dragon in the Pond The Spirits of the Well The Dragon-king’s Daughter Golden Dragon Great Prince The Old Mother of the Waters Hsü, the Dragon-slayer The Spiritual Alligator The Great Flood The Marriage of the River-god Legend of the Building of Peking Chu-ti The Sealed Packet A Desolate Region The Prince opens the Sealed Packet The City is Founded General Prosperity A Drought and its Cause The Prince’s Dream The Pursuit of the Dragons An Unexpected Flood The Waters Subside The Origin of Chên-shui T’a

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A Conflagration C’ih Ching-tzŭ The Red Emperor Hui Lu The Fire-emperor

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The President of the Ministry The Plague-disseminating Umbrellas The Five Graduates The Emperors Strategy The Musicians are Slain The Emperor Tormented The Graduates Canonized The Ministry of Medicine The Medicine-gods The Ministry of Exorcism The Exorcism of ‘Emptiness and Devastation’

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The Buddhist Saviour Miao Chuang desires an Heir Prayers to the Gods The Murder of the Tais Birth of the Three Daughters Miao Shan’s Ambition Her Sisters Marry Miao Shan’s Renunciation She is Exiled to the Garden The Nunnery of the White Bird Her Reception at the Nunnery She makes Offering to the Buddha Spiritual Aid The Nunnery on Fire The Execution of Miao Shan Miao Shan visits the Infernal Regions Hell a Paradise A Test of Virtue Miao Shan attains to Perfection A Ruse The Transformation of Shan Ts’ai ‘Brother and Sister’The King’s Punishment The Disguised Priest-doctor Strange Medicine A Conspiracy that Failed A Confession and its Results The Gruesome Remedy Half-measures The King Cured The King’s Daughter The King and Queen taken Prisoners The King’s Repentance Sackcloth and Ashes The King renounces the Throne Pardon of the Green Lion and the White Elephant Miao Shan becomes a Buddha

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Li T’ieh-kuai Chung-li Ch’üan Lan Ts’ai-ho Chang Kuo Ho Hsien Ku Lü Tung-pin Han Hsiang Tzŭ Ts’ao Kuo-chiu Pa Hsien Kuo Hai

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An Avatar of the Intelligent Pearl A Precocious Youth The Slaying of the Dragon-king’s Son An Unruly Son Drastic Measures No-cha draws a Bow at a Venture Another Encounter No-cha commits Hara-Kiri A Habitation for the Soul Li Ching destroys his Son’s Statue No-cha consults his Master A New No-cha A Battle between Father and Son Peace at the Last

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Chun T’i The One-eyed Peacock Arrangements for the Siege Impediments Offence and Defence Attempts at Revenge The Golden-bearded Turtle The Battle Won Buddhahood

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Legend of Sun Hou-tzŭ A Rod of Iron Grand Master of the Heavenly Stables Grand Superintendent of the Heavenly Peach-garden Double Immortality Sun Hou-tzŭ Captured Sun escapes from Lao Chün’s Furnace Broad-jump Competition Conditions of Release Sha Ho-shang Sha Ho-shang becomes Baggage-coolie Chu Pa-chieh Hsüan Chuang, the Master The Released Carp The Chuang Yüan Murdered Hsüan Chuang finds his Grandmother The Murderer Executed The Carp’s Gratitude Pai Ma, the White Horse Perils by the Way The Grove of Cypress-trees A Proposal of Marriage Blind Man’s Buff The Lotus Cave The Monkey under the Mountain The Magic Gourd The Magic Rope The Master Rescued The Red Child Demon A Prospective Feast The Generals Tricked The Demons of Blackwater River The Slow-carts Country Restraints on Freedom Immortal for Suffering The Saviour of the Buddhists Anger of the Buddhist Priests Sun bestows Talismans The Magic Circle Help from Ju Lai The Fire-quenching Fan The Power of the Magic Fan Defeat of the Ox-demon The Lovely Women An Awkward Predicament How the Master was Rescued The Spiders and the Extinguisher Shaving a Whole City The Return to China The Travellers Honoured

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W Y Uniform with this Volume

Vairotchana. Dharma, the highest of the Three Embodiments (Triratna), representing Purity; Chinese P’i-lu Fo, 120 Page 452

Vajrâpani. God of Thunder. See Lei Kung

Vega. Star; legend of Aquila and, 189 sq.

Vihârapâla. See Wei-t’o

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