Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Vol. 2 (of 2)

Note 214 — CXV. ARRIVAL OF BUDDHIST PRIESTS.

Herbert Allen Giles translation

For Kuan-yin, see No. XXXIII., note 208. Wên-shu, or Manjusiri, is the God of Wisdom, and is generally represented as riding on a lion, in attendance, together with P‘u-hsien, the God of Action, who rides an elephant, upon Shâkyamuni Buddha. return to text

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