Domestic Institutions. Marital, 22 sq.; filial, 25–26; domestic customs and habits, 46–47
Door-gods. See Mên Shên
Dragon-s. Symbol of, on Manchu flag, 28; P’an Ku with head of, 78; Blue—see Blue Dragon; Fêng Po, God of the Wind, 204, 205; are spirits of the waters, 208; generally beneficent, 208; essence of yang principle; evil dragons are Buddhist, 208; nagas, mountain dragons, 208; chief of the scaly reptiles, 208; description and properties of, 208 sq.; Buddhist, 209–210; fêng-shui and, 209; legend of the foolish, 211–212; spirits in charge of Salt Waters, 212; spirits in charge of Sweet Waters, 212; spirits in charge of Secondary Waters, 212; legend of Ch’in Shih Huang-ti and the, 212 sq.; Chang Tao-ling and the, 216–217; Hsü Chên-chün and the, 222 sq.; a spiritual alligator, 223–224; and drought in Peking, 232 sq.
Dragon-boat Festival. Origin and nature of, 44, 152
Dragon-king-s. The Sea-dragon Kings, the Chinese Neptunes; three daughters of, mothers of the San Kuan, 126; description of, 210–211, 212; Ao Ch’in and the Eight Immortals, 214 sq.; legend of Dragon-king’s daughter, 217 sq.; and Li No-cha, 307 sq.
Dragon-tiger Mountain. Abode of family of Chang Tao-ling, 142
“Dream of the South Branch.” Nan k’o mêng, 410; story of, 410 sq.
Dualism. In early cosmogony, 83; I ching and, 84; yin-yang system of, 85; illustrated by pantheon, 93
Du Bose. Cited, 98–99
Duke of Thunder. See Lei Kung
E
Earlier Spirit Festival, 44
Earth. Gods of the, 46; the Earth-mother, 82, 109–110, 165. See also Soil and Ti
Earth-dumb. Ti-ya, or Ti-mu, the Earth-mother; one of the attendants of Wên Ch’ang, 82, 109–110
Earth-mother. Ti-ya, Ti-mu, or Hou-t’u, 82, 109–110, 165. See also Earth-dumb
Eastern Air, Sovereign of The, 136–137
Eastern Palace. Residence of T’ai I, star-spirit, 143
Ecclesiastical Institutions, 34 sq.
Education. Stereotyped at an early age, 37; restricted to study of the classics, 37; competitive examination system of, 37, 38; modern, 38
Eight Immortals. See Pa Hsien
Eight Trigrams. See Pa Kua and Trigrams
Eighteen Provinces. China Proper, 27
Elam. Probable origin of Chinese in, 15, 17
Elephant, White, 283, 284, 285–286
Emperor-s. Yü Huang, the Jade Emperor, 130, and see Yü Huang; ‘Throne of the Five,’ 176 Page 434
Emptiness and Devastation. Hsü Hao, a demon; exorcism of, 249–250
Environments of the Chinese. Inorganic, 18–19; organic, 19–20; sociological, 20–21
Epidemics. Gods of, 240 sq.; myths of, 240 sq.; Ministry of Seasonal, 240–241; God of Epidemics afflicts Miao Chuang, 274
Equinoxes. Festivals of the, 44
Êrh-lang. Helps to capture Sun Hou-tzŭ, 331
Examinations. Literary, as means of appointment to office, 29
Exchange. By barter, 49; coins, 49; weights and measures, 49
Exorcism-ists. The wu, 34; Ministry of, 248; gods of, 248–249; of ‘Emptiness and Devastation,’ 249
Expectant Wife. Legend of the, 391–392
Extinguisher. Sun Hou-tzŭ and the, 364–365
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Fa Pao. Dharma, the Law, one of the San Pao of Buddhism, 119
Fan-s. Use of, 47; the Fire-quenching, 359 sq.
Fanning the Grave. Story of Chuang Chou and the widow, 149
Favourable-wind Ear. See Shun-fêng Êrh
Feast. Of Lanterns, 43–44; of Peaches, P’an-t’ao Hui, 137–138. See also Festival-s
Feathered People. Legend of, 390
Fei, Lady. Concubine of Mêng Ch’ang, 178. See Hua-jui Fu-jên
Fei Lien. See Fêng Po
Fêng Hou. And Chuang Chou, 150
Fêng Lin. Vanquished by No-cha, 153
Fêng Po. God of the Wind; and Shên I, 181, 204–205; legend of, 204–205; a stellar divinity, 204; a dragon, Fei Lien, 181, 204–205
Fêng Shên T’ai. Chiang Tzŭ-ya builds, for List of Promotions to Immortals, 154, 157
“Fêng Shên Yen I.” Legends in, 192 sq., 242, 320 sq.
Fêng-shan. Sacrifices offered on T’ai Shan by Ch’êng Tsung, 127
Fêng-shui, Doctrine of, 54; dragons connected with, 209
Festival-s, 43 sq.; Mid-autumn (All Souls’ Day), 35, 44–45; New Year, 43; of Lanterns, 43–44; of the four seasons and their equinoxes and solstices, 44; Earlier Spirit, 44; of the Tombs, 44; Middle Spirit, 44; Later Spirit, 44; Dragon-boat, 44, 152; Chung Yang (kite-flying), 45; New Year’s Eve, 45
Feudal Period. Duration of, 18; administrative system in, 28–29; ecclesiastical institutions in, 34 sq.; professional institutions in, 36; accessory institutions in, 37
Feudal States. Subjugated by Ch’in, 27
Finger-nails. Worn long by literary and leisured classes, 47
Fire. Ch’ih Ching-tzŭ an alleged discoverer of, 199; myths of, 236 sq.; Ministry of, 236; God of, burns Hsi Ch’i, 236–237; Ch’ih Ching-tzŭ a personification of, 237; Ch’ih Ti, the Red Emperor, 237–238; Hui Lu, 238–239; Shên Nung, 239; the Fire-quenching Fan, 359 sq.
Fire-quenching Fan, The Magic, 359 sq.
First Cause. Sung philosophers and, 85–86; Mencius and, 90
Five Elements (wu hsing), 84
Five Graduates. Legend of the, 242 sq.; gain favour of the Emperor, 243; and Chang T’ien-shih, 244–245; killed, 244; their spirits appear at the palace, 244–245; canonized, 246
Flag. Republican, 28; dragon-symbol on Manchu, 28
Flood, Legend of the Great, 224–225
Flowers. Chinese love for, 51
Flying Cart, Land of the, 391
Fo Pao. Buddha, one of the San Pao of Buddhism, 119
Food. Kinds of, 58
Foot-binding. Origin of, 39; abolition of, 39 Page 435
Form. See Hsing
Formosa. A Chinese possession, 27; annexed by Japan, 27
Foxes. Legends of, 370 sq.; generally of ill omen, 370; powers of, 370; transformations of, 370
Fu Hsi, or T’ien Huang Shih. Mythical sovereign; brother of Nü Kua, 81, 82; creator of human beings, 239, 247–248; a God of Medicine, 247–248
Fu Shên, Yang Ch’êng, or Yang Hsi-chi. The God of Happiness, 165, 169–170; origin of, 169; other Gods of Happiness, 170
Fu-sang Tree. One which grows at the place where the sun rises, 186–187
Funeral Rites, 39 sq.; the idea of death, 39; recalling the soul, 39–40; feeding the corpse, 40; the soul-tablet, 40; signs of mourning, 40; exacting nature of ceremonial, 41; cemeteries, 41
G
Games, 45–46
Gardens, 47, 51
Garuda. See Lei Kung
Gems, Lake Of. Yao Ch’ih, 137
Generalissimo-s. Canonized, 150 sq.; the three musical brothers, T’ien Chih-piao, T’ien Yüan-shuai, and T’ien Hung-i, 151; Chiang Tzŭ-ya, 152 sq.
Genii. Hsi Wang Mu head of the, on K’un-lun Mountains, 137
Gentry. Shên Shih; a social division, 28
Geological Features, 19
Giants. Legends of, 387
God-s. Of China, 93 sq.; amuse themselves, 99; marry, 99; sin, 99; punishment of the, 99; die, 99; super-triad of, 100–101; Confucius not a, 102 sq.; shên general name for, 103; stellar deities, 176 sq., 242; constellations, planets, and stars abodes of, 192; dragons, 208 sq.; battle of the, 320 sq.; of Agriculture, 165; of the City, 165; of the
