. Life and light for woman . FFICIAL. ing a small army of Chinese soldiers, who would be unpleasantlycurious, if not rude. We are told that the object of his visit is this: Ten or fif-teen years ago he was viceroy of this province, and as a work ofmerit he bought a cow and sent her up to Kushan Monastery, to be 202 LIFE AND LIGHT. nourished there. Xow, you must know that this is a Buddhistmonastery, and the monks are strict vegetarians, never destroyinglife or eating animal food. Here is the home of cows, sheep, andswine, with domestic fowls, by the hundred, and a large fish-pondall alive with
. Life and light for woman . FFICIAL. ing a small army of Chinese soldiers, who would be unpleasantlycurious, if not rude. We are told that the object of his visit is this: Ten or fif-teen years ago he was viceroy of this province, and as a work ofmerit he bought a cow and sent her up to Kushan Monastery, to be 202 LIFE AND LIGHT. nourished there. Xow, you must know that this is a Buddhistmonastery, and the monks are strict vegetarians, never destroyinglife or eating animal food. Here is the home of cows, sheep, andswine, with domestic fowls, by the hundred, and a large fish-pondall alive with fish, mostly carp. These have mostly been broughtand left there to enjoy a happy life, and die at a good old turtles and serpents are taken there and let loose. Of lateyears it has been reported that the monks sold the Generals cowto a man who made beef of her. Last autumn he was sent hereto defend this place against the French, and it had been reportedto him that the monks had sold off his cow. He sent deputies to. KUSHAN MONASTERY. investigate, and the monks assured them that the cow had died,and been buried, and the golden ear-rings which she had wornwere shown as one proof. We saw a cock strutting about withear-rings in his ears! But the general was still suspicious, so wenthimself to investigate. Whether he was satisfied, we did notlearn. Perhaps the cows bones were exhumed to satisfy theincredulous old man, who is over seventy years of age. It is commonly said that the upper classes in China are Con-fucionists, and have no faith in the low superstitions of the com-mon people; but this officer is, next to Li Hung Chang, the SOME CHINESE SUPERSTITIONS. 293 greatest man in China. He is said to have lost a son in the fol-lowing manner: — His wife was in feeble health, and the son had a piece of hisflesh cut off for her to eat, as a strengthening medicine, and inconsequence bled to death. According to Chinese ideas the sonperformed a most meritorious act, and secur
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