Massacres of Christians by heathen Chinese, and horrors of the Boxers; containing a complete history of the Boxers; the Tai-Ping insurrection and massacres of the foreign ministers; manners, customs and peculiarities of the Chinese .. . r province. The dreaminterpreter knows no more the truth of what he says than thedreamer, but he is an accepted authority and John Chinamanhastens to remove his household goods and gods and locate him-self in another part of the Empire. It is related of one of theEmperors that he dreamed one night that a great black dog wasstanding on his breast. He awoke in gr
Massacres of Christians by heathen Chinese, and horrors of the Boxers; containing a complete history of the Boxers; the Tai-Ping insurrection and massacres of the foreign ministers; manners, customs and peculiarities of the Chinese .. . r province. The dreaminterpreter knows no more the truth of what he says than thedreamer, but he is an accepted authority and John Chinamanhastens to remove his household goods and gods and locate him-self in another part of the Empire. It is related of one of theEmperors that he dreamed one night that a great black dog wasstanding on his breast. He awoke in great alarm and sent for his soothsayers. Theywere stunned. In all their lore and law of dreams there was notan explanation for the presence of a large black dog. Such ananimal was unknown to them. They were in despair. The Em-peror demanded instant interpretation or their heads. Finally oneof their number, who was a quicker wit than the others, prostratedhimself before the Emperor and said : 101 102 POPULAR BELIEF IN DREAMS. BLACK DOGS EAGER TO DEVOUR, This is the meaning of your dream. There is in all theEmpire no such hideous thing as a black dog. But in the outerworld where dwell devils and strange things, there are black dogs. BEHEADING A CHINESE CRIMINAL. going about eager to devour whom they find. Now, therefore, isit true that this dream portends that your Empire is threatenedfrom without by a black devil of a dog and that your majesty mustat once call to your aid all your great men to slay the beast andthus prevent its entrance into your kingdom. Perchance, when itlearns of your having been forewarned, it may not come at all. The Emperor was so pleased at the interpretation that he be-stowed great honors upon the one who had spoken and promptlybeheaded the others who had been so slow in meeting the einerg- POPULAR BELIEF IN DREAMS. 103 ency. Then, as history records, he collected an army of thousandsof men and waited for the coining of the black dog. But itcame not. As t
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