. The dragon, image, and demon; or, The three religions of China: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, giving an account of the mythology, idolatry, and demonolatry of the Chinese. s ancestors. He then met with Buddha, who forgavehis sins, allowed him to throw off the serpents coil, andreturn as a man. He is one of a triad with Confucius andthe god of war. It is said that Wenchang prevents thevicious, even though learned, from obtaining academicdegrees. Behind Wenchangthere stands an old manclothed in red, who nodshis head if the essay isworthy of passing. It issaid the gods opiniondoes not pas
. The dragon, image, and demon; or, The three religions of China: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, giving an account of the mythology, idolatry, and demonolatry of the Chinese. s ancestors. He then met with Buddha, who forgavehis sins, allowed him to throw off the serpents coil, andreturn as a man. He is one of a triad with Confucius andthe god of war. It is said that Wenchang prevents thevicious, even though learned, from obtaining academicdegrees. Behind Wenchangthere stands an old manclothed in red, who nodshis head if the essay isworthy of passing. It issaid the gods opiniondoes not pass as law un-less he has the assent ofthe old man in red. Wenchangs specialattendants are two boys,named Heaven-Deaf andEarth- Dumb. In thebook of literary decreesthe names of successfulcandidates are written, and these two boys, Deaf andDumb, cannot divulge the secret. The Star of Literature.—Kwei-sing, the star ofliterature, holds in his right hand a pen, and in his lefta peck measure. He takes a more active part in the com-petitive examinations than does Wenchang; so literarymen, before going to the examination hall, invariablyoffer sacrifice to the star of Kw6i-sing. 128 The Dragon, Image, and Demon. The god of War.—Kwante, the god of war, is thehead of the military, as Confucius is of the gentry. Hewas a general who figured in the time of the Three King-doms, just after the commencement of our Christian era,and his bloody sword won for him the unenviable position of god of the is one of the mostpopular gods in theChinese pantheon, andduring this generationhis fame has been in-creasing. In 1856 heappeared in the heavens,as Castor and Pollux didto the Romans, and suc-cessfully turned the tideof battle in favour of theImperialists, for whichthe Emperor raised himto the rank of are 1,600 Statetemples at which themandarins worship twicea month, besides thethousands of smallertemples, where sacrificesof sheep and oxen are offered t
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