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Earlier Spirit Festival, 44
Earth. Gods of the, 46; the Earth-mother, 82, 109–110, 165. See also Soil and Ti
Earth-dumb. Ti-ya, or Ti-mu, the Earth-mother; one of the attendants of Wên Ch’ang, 82, 109–110
Earth-mother. Ti-ya, Ti-mu, or Hou-t’u, 82, 109–110, 165. See also Earth-dumb
Eastern Air, Sovereign of The, 136–137
Eastern Palace. Residence of T’ai I, star-spirit, 143
Ecclesiastical Institutions, 34 sq.
Education. Stereotyped at an early age, 37; restricted to study of the classics, 37; competitive examination system of, 37, 38; modern, 38
Eight Immortals. See Pa Hsien
Eight Trigrams. See Pa Kua and Trigrams
Eighteen Provinces. China Proper, 27
Elam. Probable origin of Chinese in, 15, 17
Elephant, White, 283, 284, 285–286
Emperor-s. Yü Huang, the Jade Emperor, 130, and see Yü Huang; ‘Throne of the Five,’ 176 Page 434
Emptiness and Devastation. Hsü Hao, a demon; exorcism of, 249–250
Environments of the Chinese. Inorganic, 18–19; organic, 19–20; sociological, 20–21
Epidemics. Gods of, 240 sq.; myths of, 240 sq.; Ministry of Seasonal, 240–241; God of Epidemics afflicts Miao Chuang, 274
Equinoxes. Festivals of the, 44
Êrh-lang. Helps to capture Sun Hou-tzŭ, 331
Examinations. Literary, as means of appointment to office, 29
Exchange. By barter, 49; coins, 49; weights and measures, 49
Exorcism-ists. The wu, 34; Ministry of, 248; gods of, 248–249; of ‘Emptiness and Devastation,’ 249
Expectant Wife. Legend of the, 391–392
Extinguisher. Sun Hou-tzŭ and the, 364–365