Note 45 — CHAP. VIII.
Reading edition
Thus among the inscriptions written over the doors of Temples, some are dedicated
To the Holy Mother, Queen of Heaven; the Goddess of peace and power, descended from the island of Moui-tao, who stills the waves of the sea, allays storms, protects the empire.
Another has
The ancient temple of the goddess (Kin-wha) of the golden flower, through whose influence fields are green and fertile like a grove of trees, and benefits are diffused as the frothy wave of the sea, that shines like splendid pearls.