Note 569 — 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