LIST OF PLATES
Reading edition
Facing Page
THE GOD OF THUNDER (in colour) Frontispiece
From a Chinese picture in the John Rylands Library, Manchester
POTTER’S WHEEL, SIMLA, INDIA 16
From a sketch by J. Lockwood Kipling in the Victoria and Albert Museum
A MODERN CHINESE JUNK ON THE CANTON RIVER 24
CHINESE DRAGON-BOAT FESTIVAL 40
From a picture woven in coloured silks and gold thread in the Victoria and Albert Museum
CHINESE DRAGONS AMONG THE CLOUDS 48
From a painting in the British Museum
CHINESE DRAGON VASE WITH CARVED WOOD STAND 56
(Victoria and Albert Museum)
CARP LEAPING FROM WAVES 81
From a Japanese painting in the British Museum
CHINESE PORCELAIN VASE DECORATED WITH FIVE-CLAWED DRAGONS RISING FROM WAVES 88
(Victoria and Albert Museum)
RESONANT STONE OF JADE SHOWING DRAGON WITH CLOUD ORNAMENTS, SUSPENDED FROM CARVED BLACKWOOD FRAME 96
By courtesy of B. Laufer, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
TORTOISE AND SNAKE 104
From a rubbing in the British Museum of a Chinese original
GATHERING FRUITS OF LONGEVITY 112
From a Chinese painting in the British Museum
SHOU SHAN (i.e. “HILLS OF LONGEVITY”), THE TAOIST PARADISE 124
From a woven silk picture in the Victoria and Albert Museum
THE CHINESE SI WANG MU (JAPANESE SEIOBO) AND MAO NU 136
From a Japanese painting (by Hidenobu) in the British Museum
MOUNTAIN VIEW WITH SCHOLAR’S RETREAT 140
From a Chinese painting in the British Museum
GENII AT THE COURT OF SI WANG MU 152
From a Chinese painting in the British Museum
SQUARE BRICK OF THE HAN DYNASTY, WITH MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES AND INSCRIPTIONS 160
CHINESE BOWL WITH SYMBOL OF LONGEVITY 168
(Victoria and Albert Museum)
GOATS CROPPING PLANT OF LIFE 172
From the jade sculpture in the Scottish National Museum, Edinburgh
THE GODDESS OF THE DEW 184
From a Chinese painting in the British Museum
AN OFFERING TO THE GODS, PEKING 200
From a photograph by H. G. Ponting, F.R.G.S.
ANCIENT BRONZE ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS ON THE CITY WALL, PEKING 208
MORTUARY FISH IN JADE, OF HAN PERIOD 212
FIGURE OF BUTTERFLY IN WHITE AND BROWNISH-YELLOW JADE, TSʼIN OR HAN PERIOD 212
AMULETS FOR THE DEAD, AND OTHER OBJECTS IN JADE 220
The subjects on pages 212 and 220 are reproduced by courtesy of B. Laufer, author of “Jade”, Field Museum, Chicago
THE TEMPLE OF HEAVEN, PEKING 228
From a photograph by H. G. Ponting, F.R.G.S.
THREE SAGES STUDYING SYMBOL OF YIN AND YANG 230
From a Chinese painting in the British Museum
KWAN-YIN, THE CHINESE “GODDESS OF MERCY” 271
From a porcelain figure decorated in soft enamels in the Victoria and Albert Museum
LAO TZE AND DISCIPLES 300
From a Chinese painting in the British Museum
THE MOST FAMOUS PAI-LO (GODDESS SYMBOL) IN CHINA: AT THE MENG TOMBS, NEAR PEKING 328
From a photograph by H. G. Ponting, F.R.G.S.
THE FAMOUS OLD TORI-WI (GODDESS SYMBOL), MIYAJIMA, JAPAN 338
From a photograph by H. G. Ponting, F.R.G.S.
THE JAPANESE TREASURE SHIP 352
From a woodcut in the British Museum
SUSA-NO-WO MAKING A COMPACT WITH DISEASE SPIRITS 360
From a Japanese painting (by Hoga) in the British Museum
AMATERÂSU, THE SUN GODDESS, EMERGING FROM HER CAVE 368
From a Japanese painting in the British Museum
SEIOBO (= THE CHINESE SI WANG MU) WITH ATTENDANT AND THREE RISHI 380
From a Japanese painting (by Sanraku) in the British Museum