“Canon of Changes.” See I Ching

Capture, Marriage By, 22

Carp. Ch’ên Kuang-jui and the released, 336, 339–340

Cart, Land of the Flying, 391

Cask of Pearls. Wang Tan and the, 131–132

Cause-s. First, Yüan-shih T’ien-tsun, 127; Superior, Medium, and Inferior, 126; the Three, 125 sq.

Celestial Ministries, 98–99, 164

Cemeteries, Chinese, 41

Ceremonial Institutions. Changes in marriage ceremonial, 24–25; exacting nature of funeral rites, 41; codes of ceremonial, 42 Page 429

Ch’an-yü. Daughter of Têng Chiu-kung; helps her father, 147; marries T’u Hsing-sun, 147

Chang Fei. Chang I Tê, the meat-seller; and Kuan Yü, 114 sq.

Chang Hsien. The patron of child-bearing women, 177 sq.; shoots the Heavenly Dog, 177–178; spirit of the star Chang, 178–179; origin of worship of, 178

Chang I Tê. See Chang Fei

Chang Kuei-fang. Defeated by No-cha, 153–154

Chang Kuo. One of the Eight Immortals, 288, 303; legend of, 294–295

Chang Lao. The old priest who rescued the infant son of Ch’ên Kuang-jui, 337–338

Ch’ang Ô, or Hêng Ô. Called T’ai-yin Huang-chün and Yüeh-fu Ch’ang Ô; the younger sister of the Spirit of the Waters, 179 sq.; Shên I marries, 182; eats pill of immortality, 184–185; flies to the moon, 185; and the white rabbit, 185; changed to a toad, 176, 188

Chang Shao. His fight with Nan-chi Hsien-wêng, 158–159; defeated by White Crane Youth, 159

Chang Tao-ling. The first Taiost pope, 138 sq.; finds ancient writings, 138–139; founder of modern Taoism, 139; and pills of immortality, 139, 140; and talismans, 139; a ‘rice-thief,’ 139; his disciple, Wang Ch’ang, 140, 141, 216; Chao Shêng plucks the peaches for, 140–141; the Heavenly Teacher, 141; Vicegerent of Pearly Emperor, 141; Commander-in-Chief of the hosts of Taoism, 141; his descendants, 142; and the dragon, 216–217; and the Spirits of the Well, 216–217; and the hunter, 217

Chang T’ien-shih. Master of the Taoists; Emperor Li Shih-min and, 243 sq.; causes death of the five graduates, 244; gives magic objects to graduates, 245

Chang Ya. The God of Tzŭ T’ung 104 sq.

Change, The Great, 90

“Changes, The Canon of.” See I Ching

Chao Chên. Minister to Miao Chuang, 253, 257, 277, 279–280, 283; becomes Emperor, 285

Chao K’uei. Marries Miao Ch’ing, 258; conspires against Miao Chuang, 277 sq.

Chao Kung-ming. See Ts’ai Shên

Chao Shêng. Plucks the peaches, 140–141

Ch’ao Tu. A watchman; Li T’ieh-kuai and, 291

Chao Yen. His connexion with Shou Hsing, 172

Chaos. Evolution of, and i tu, 90–91

Characteristics. Emotional, intellectual, and physical, of the Chinese, 21–22

Charms. Use of, prevalent, 54

Ch’ê. And the fox, 379 sq.

Ch’ên. The Officials; the first class of the people, 28

Ch’ên. A Buddhist nun; collects subscriptions for casting an image of Buddha; and the maniac’s mite, 401–402

Chên, Mr. A fox; and Chia Tzŭ-lung, 381 sq.

Ch’ên Kuang-jui. A graduate of Hai Chou, 336; appointed Governor of Chiang Chou, 336; and the released carp, 336, 339–340; murder of, by Liu Hung, 337; his infant son exposed on the Blue River, 337; his murderer executed, 339; saved by Lung Wang, 339–340; is reunited with his family, 340. See also Hsüan Chuang

Ch’ên Ch’i, or Ha. The Blower, 145; his battle with the Snorter, 145–146; speared by Huang Fei-hu, 146; canonized, 146; appointed guardian of Buddhist temple gates, 146; overthrows Têng Chiu-kung, 148

Chên-jên. The Perfect Man, or Hero, 125, 135–136

Chên-shui T’a. See Yü Ch’üan Shan T’a Page 430

Chêng Chêng-ch’ang. Choir-mistress in Nunnery of the White Bird, 261, 263–264

Chêng Lung, or Hêng. The Snorter, 145; instructed by Tu Ô, 145; his battle with the Blower, 145–146; killed by Chin Ta-shêng, 146; canonized, 146; appointed guardian of the Buddhist temple gates, 146

Ch’êng Tsung. Emperor; and the San Yüan, 127; and Yü Huang, 130–131; and the casket of pearls, 131–132

Ch’êng-huang, God of the City, 165–166, 402 sq.

Ch’i. Pneuma, 90; Primary Matter, 86; Chu Tzŭ and, 87; tao and, 88

Chi Chou. The early seat of Chinese sovereignty, 82

Chia Tzŭ-lung. And Mr Chên, a fox, 381 sq.

Chiang Chou. Ch’ên Kuang-jui appointed Governor of, 336

Chiang Shang. See Chiang Tzŭ-ya

Chiang Tzŭ-ya. His name Chiang Shang, but known as Lü Shang, famous generalissimo, 122, 152 sq.; canonizes Hêng and Ha, 146; and Têng Chiu-kung, 147–148; and Chü Liu-sun, 147; and Yin Ch’êng-hsiu, 148; and battle of Mu Yeh, 152–153; transfers services to Chou, 152; and Wu Wang, 153, 154; and No-cha, 153–154; goes to K’un-lun, 154; receives List of Promotions to Immortals from Yüan-shih, 154; disobeys Yüan-shih’s commands, 155; tempted by Shên Kung-pao, 155; compact with Shên Kung-pao, 155; assisted by Ancient Immortal of the South Pole against Shên Kung-pao, 156–157; intercedes for Shên Kung-pao, 157; builds the Fêng Shên T’ai, 157; in battle with Wên Chung, 158 sq.; wounds Wên Chung, 160; his encounter with Ch’ien-li Yen and Shun-fêng Êrh, 162 sq.; causes death of Chao Kung-ming, 170–171; confers appanage of the twenty-eight constellations on T’ung-t’ien Chiao-chu and his followers, 191–192; and T’ai Sui, 196; and Lei Tsu, 199; and Lü Yüeh, 241

Chieh-yin Tao-jên. Fights with T’ung-t’ien Chiao-chu, 321

Ch’ien-li Yen, or Kao Ming. Thousand-li Eye, 161 sq.; general of tyrant Chou, 161–162; encounters with No-cha, Yang Chien, Chiang Tzŭ-ya, Li Ching, and Lei Chên-tzŭ, 162 sq.; defeated, 163–164; searches for heir to Miao Chuang, 254–255

Ch’ien-t’ang. Chief God of Rivers, 218–219

Chih. See Substance

Ch’ih Ching-tzŭ. Seeks Yüan-shih T’ien-wang, 129; defeats Wên Chung, 161; an alleged discoverer of fire, 199; fights Wên Chung, 199; personification of fire, 237

Ch’ih Sung-tzŭ. See Yü Shih

Ch’ih Ti. See Chu Jung

Ch’ih-chiang Tzŭ-yü. Visits Ô-mei Shan, 179; on the steep summit, 180; instructed in the doctrine of immortality, 186; a skilful archer, 180 sq.; named Shên I; his adventures as Shên I—see Shên I

Children. Position of, in China, 25–26

Ch’in. The feudal state which subjugated the other states and established the monarchy, 27

Chin Chia. ‘Mr Golden Cuirass’; protector of scholars, 112–113

Chin Hung. God of T’ai Shan; and Yüan-shih T’ien-wang, 128–129

Chin Mu. Shên I builds a palace for, 183–184; gives Shên I pill of immortality, 184

Ch’in Shih Huang-ti. The First Emperor; and the dragon, 212 sq.

Ch’in Shu-pao. A Door-god, 173–174. See Mên Shên

Chin Ta-shêng. ‘Golden Big Pint,’ an ox-spirit; kills the Snorter, 146; and niu huang, or bezoar, 146

Chin-cha. See Li Chin-cha

Chin-kang. The Four Diamond Kings of Heaven; governors of the four continents surrounding Page 431Mount Sumêru, 120 sq.; reflected in Taoist Kings of Heaven, 142

China. Extent in early times, 17, 18; physical features of, 18–19; Manchu conquest of, 18, 28; vegetable products of, 19–20; animals of, 20; Mongol rule over, 21; intercourse with other countries, 21; origin of name, 27; conquered by the Tartars, 27–28; government of, 28 sq. ; Republican, 30, 31–32, 36; laws of, 30 sq. ; local government of, 32; military and naval system of, 32 sq. ; ecclesiastical institutions, 34 sq.

; professional institutions, 36; accessory institutions, 37; industrial institutions, 47 sq. ; agriculture in, 49 sq. ; gods of, 93 sq.

Chinese. Theories of origin of, 13 sq. ; problem of sources of civilization of, 17; district occupied by early, 17, 18; cause of difference between, of North and South, 17; physical, emotional, and intellectual characteristics, 21–22; domestic institutions, 22 sq. , 47–48; expansion of Empire, 27–28; mutilations practised by, 38–39; funeral rites of, 39 sq. ; laws of intercourse, 42; habits and customs, 43; sports and games, 45; arts, 49; sentiments and moral ideas, 51–52; religious ideas, 52–53; superstitions, 53–54; knowledge, 54 sq.

; language, 56–57; achievements, 57 sq. ; intellect and mythology, 61; rigidity of their mythology, 61, 63–64; character of mythology of, 67; sources of mythology of, 69 sq.

Ching Tê. In legend of Yü Huang, 132–133

Chisel-tooth. A strange man of the South; a criminal, 184; killed by Shên I, 184

Ch’iung Hsiao. A goddess; assists the house of Chou with magic weapons, 158

Chou. Colonies of early Chinese established among the aborigines, 27

Chou Dynasty. No-cha and, 146; helped by Chiang Tzŭ-ya, 152 sq.

Chou Hsin. The Ch’êng-huang of Hangchou, 166

Chou Tun-i. See Chou Tzŭ

Chou Tzŭ, or Chou Tun-i. Philosopher; author of T’ai chi t’u shu, 86, 87

Chou Wang. Tyrant king of Yin; his battles with Wu Wang, 133–134

Chou-pien. In legend of Ch’un-yü Fên, 413–414, 415–416, 419

Ch’u Chieh. General of Miao Chuang, 253

Chu Fu Tzŭ. See Chu Tzŭ

Chu Hsi. See Chu Tzŭ

Chu I. ‘Mr Redcoat’; purveyor of official posts, 110 sq.

Chu Jung. The Red (Fire) Emperor, Ch’ih Ti; a minister of Huang Ti, 81; victorious over Kung Kung, 81; legend of, 237 sq.; becomes emperor, 238; defeats Hui Lu, 239

Chü Liu-sun. A magic-master; and Chiang Tzŭ-ya, 147

Chu Pa-chieh. The Pig Fairy in the Hsi yu chi, 326; half man, half pig, 335; Mao Êrh-chieh and, 335; Kuan Yin and, 335; is made a priest and receives religious name of Chu Wu-nêng, 335; journeys with the Master, 341 sq.; and the widow and her daughters, 342 sq.; carried away to the Lotus Cave, 345 sq.; his reward, 368

Chu Tzŭ, Chu Hsi, or Chu Fu Tzŭ. Historian and Confucian commentator, 85, 86–87; monistic philosophy of, 86–87

Ch’u Wang-sun. Chuang Chou as, 149–150

Chu Wu-nêng. See Chu Pa-chieh

Ch’ü Yüan. Statesman-poet; drowns himself in Mi-lo River, 152

Chu-ti, Prince. Founder of Peking, 228 sq.; son of Emperor Hung Wu, 228; and the sealed packet, 228, 229 sq.; begins to build city, 230; and the dragons, 232 sq. Page 432

Chuang Chou. See Chuang Tzŭ

Chuang Tzŭ, Chuang Chou, or Chuang Shêng. His cosmogony, 80; his super-tao, 91; his dream, 91 and n., 148–149; philosophical critic, 148–149; apotheosized, 148; reincarnation of, 149; and the young widow fanning the grave, 149; and his wife, 149–150; as Ch’u Wang-sun, 149–150; and Fêng Hou, 150; and Hsüan Nü, 150; receives from Shang Ti the planet Jupiter, 150

Chun T’i. A gifted warrior; his battles with T’ung-t’ien Chiao-chu, 133–134, 321 sq.; and K’ung Hsüan, the one-eyed peacock, 320–321; and Wu Yün, 323–324; and the golden-bearded turtle, 324; and P’i-lu Hsien, 324

Ch’un-yü Fên. And the dream of the south branch, 410 sq.; in the kingdom of Huai-an, 411 sq.; marries the King’s daughter, 412 sq.; takes office under the King, 414 sq.; his greatness, 416; meets with disasters, 416–417; the prophecies, 417; returns home, 418; the prophecies come true, 419

Ch’ung Chêng. Emperor; and the cursed temple, 398 sq.

Chung K’uei, or K’uei. As God of literature, 106 sq.; as God of Exorcism, 248; and Hsü Hao, 249–250; canonized, 250

Chung Yang Festival, 45

Chung-li Ch’üan, or Han Chung-li. One of the Eight Immortals, 288, 289, 297–298, 301, 303; legends of, 291–292

Circle, The Magic, 357–358

City. God of the, 165; shaving a whole city, 365–366

City-god of Yen Ch’êng. Legend of the, 402 sq.

Classes. The four classes of the people, 28

Classics. See Book of Ceremonial, Book of History, I Ching

Climate. Nature of Chinese, 19

Clothing. Nature of, 58

Clubs. See Accessory Institutions

Codes. Ceremonial, 42; legal—see Laws

Coins. Kinds in use, 49

Concubinage, 22–23, 24

Confucius. Social and ethical philosopher; his cosmogony, 80; and agnosticism, 88–89; not a god, 102 sq.; titles conferred on, 103

Confucianism. The State religion, 52, 99–100; effect on mythology, 61–62; Ju Chiao, religion of the learned, 102; scope of, 102; and Buddhism, 118

Constellations. Worship of the, 191; the twenty-eight, 191–192; propitious and unpropitious, 191; abodes of gods, 191–192; Tzŭ-wei and Po I-k’ao, 192 sq.

Corea. Dependency of China, 27; annexed by Japan, 27

Corpse. Feeding of, 40

Cosmetics. Use of, 47

Cosmogony. Myth of P’an Ku, 76 sq., 80–81; of the I ching, 80; of Lao Tzŭ, 80; of Confucius, 80; of Kuan Tzŭ, 80; of Mencius, 80; of Chuang Tzŭ, 80; Chinese and Babylonian, 80; Nü Kua and, 81–82; Wen Ch’ang’s attendants and, 82; dualistic nature of early, 83; how the Chinese obtained a, 84 sq.; tao and, 88; popular, 91–92; and the T’ai chi t’u, 92; non-mythological, 92; and constructive imagination, 92. See also Creation

Myths and Legends of China, Part 1

Myths and Legends of China

Myths and Legends of China, Part 1