Note 48 — V. THE TAOIST PRIEST OF LAO-SHAN.
Herbert Allen Giles translation
The “angels” of Taoism—immortality in a happy land being the reward held out for a life on earth in accordance with the doctrines of Tao, for which, as Mr. Chalmers says, “three terms suggest themselves—the Way, Reason, and the Word; but they are all liable to objection.”
Taoist priests are believed by some to possess an elixir of immortality in the form of a precious liquor; others again hold that the elixir consists solely in a virtuous conduct of life. return to footnote anchor 48 return to footnote 261 return to footnote anchor 342