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Fa Pao. Dharma, the Law, one of the San Pao of Buddhism, 119
Fan-s. Use of, 47; the Fire-quenching, 359 sq.
Fanning the Grave. Story of Chuang Chou and the widow, 149
Favourable-wind Ear. See Shun-fêng Êrh
Feast. Of Lanterns, 43–44; of Peaches, P’an-t’ao Hui, 137–138. See also Festival-s
Feathered People. Legend of, 390
Fei, Lady. Concubine of Mêng Ch’ang, 178. See Hua-jui Fu-jên
Fei Lien. See Fêng Po
Fêng Hou. And Chuang Chou, 150
Fêng Lin. Vanquished by No-cha, 153
Fêng Po. God of the Wind; and Shên I, 181, 204–205; legend of, 204–205; a stellar divinity, 204; a dragon, Fei Lien, 181, 204–205
Fêng Shên T’ai. Chiang Tzŭ-ya builds, for List of Promotions to Immortals, 154, 157
“Fêng Shên Yen I.” Legends in, 192 sq., 242, 320 sq.
Fêng-shan. Sacrifices offered on T’ai Shan by Ch’êng Tsung, 127
Fêng-shui, Doctrine of, 54; dragons connected with, 209
Festival-s, 43 sq.; Mid-autumn (All Souls’ Day), 35, 44–45; New Year, 43; of Lanterns, 43–44; of the four seasons and their equinoxes and solstices, 44; Earlier Spirit, 44; of the Tombs, 44; Middle Spirit, 44; Later Spirit, 44; Dragon-boat, 44, 152; Chung Yang (kite-flying), 45; New Year’s Eve, 45
Feudal Period. Duration of, 18; administrative system in, 28–29; ecclesiastical institutions in, 34 sq.; professional institutions in, 36; accessory institutions in, 37
Feudal States. Subjugated by Ch’in, 27
Finger-nails. Worn long by literary and leisured classes, 47
Fire. Ch’ih Ching-tzŭ an alleged discoverer of, 199; myths of, 236 sq.; Ministry of, 236; God of, burns Hsi Ch’i, 236–237; Ch’ih Ching-tzŭ a personification of, 237; Ch’ih Ti, the Red Emperor, 237–238; Hui Lu, 238–239; Shên Nung, 239; the Fire-quenching Fan, 359 sq.
Fire-quenching Fan, The Magic, 359 sq.
First Cause. Sung philosophers and, 85–86; Mencius and, 90
Five Elements (wu hsing), 84
Five Graduates. Legend of the, 242 sq.; gain favour of the Emperor, 243; and Chang T’ien-shih, 244–245; killed, 244; their spirits appear at the palace, 244–245; canonized, 246
Flag. Republican, 28; dragon-symbol on Manchu, 28
Flood, Legend of the Great, 224–225
Flowers. Chinese love for, 51
Flying Cart, Land of the, 391
Fo Pao. Buddha, one of the San Pao of Buddhism, 119
Food. Kinds of, 58
Foot-binding. Origin of, 39; abolition of, 39 Page 435
Form. See Hsing
Formosa. A Chinese possession, 27; annexed by Japan, 27
Foxes. Legends of, 370 sq.; generally of ill omen, 370; powers of, 370; transformations of, 370
Fu Hsi, or T’ien Huang Shih. Mythical sovereign; brother of Nü Kua, 81, 82; creator of human beings, 239, 247–248; a God of Medicine, 247–248
Fu Shên, Yang Ch’êng, or Yang Hsi-chi. The God of Happiness, 165, 169–170; origin of, 169; other Gods of Happiness, 170
Fu-sang Tree. One which grows at the place where the sun rises, 186–187
Funeral Rites, 39 sq.; the idea of death, 39; recalling the soul, 39–40; feeding the corpse, 40; the soul-tablet, 40; signs of mourning, 40; exacting nature of ceremonial, 41; cemeteries, 41