. International studio. red and several renowned philoso-phers gave great lustre to learning. Mu Wang,the sixth emperor, is venerated in Taoistlegends for the invasion of the WesternMountains; his wonderful charioteer TsaoFu driving the Eight Famous Horses ofChinese history to the beautiful aerialFairy Palace of Hsi Wang Mu, theroyal mother of the West. Thispalace and the Taoists paradisehave been prolific sources of inspira-tion to many generations of close of the sixth centuryB. C. produced Lao Tzu, enig-matic philosopher and reputedfounder of Taoism, who wasfinally deified as Sh
. International studio. red and several renowned philoso-phers gave great lustre to learning. Mu Wang,the sixth emperor, is venerated in Taoistlegends for the invasion of the WesternMountains; his wonderful charioteer TsaoFu driving the Eight Famous Horses ofChinese history to the beautiful aerialFairy Palace of Hsi Wang Mu, theroyal mother of the West. Thispalace and the Taoists paradisehave been prolific sources of inspira-tion to many generations of close of the sixth centuryB. C. produced Lao Tzu, enig-matic philosopher and reputedfounder of Taoism, who wasfinally deified as Shou Lao, thegod of longevity. Lao Tzu isrecorded as having had at leastone interview with Chinas mostfamous sage Confucius, who lived551-4^5 B. C. Their philosiseems to be summed up largelyin teaching eminent virtue,daily humility, loyallemperors and the continualthe worship ol wise ancestors. Mencius, the third of t hegreat teachers of this epoch, was THE GOD OFSUNG D\ N WI Y I 9 2 / b 1 e c elevt 11 inceRnAcionAL smm©. two bronze temple guardians f human figures yet known in OF THE MING DYNASTY born in 372 B. C, and while a disciple of the great sage Confucius China, but are most decorative seems to have developed and broadened out his and depict many traditional and legendary feats teachings in some degree. and exploits of the famous emperors of antiquity. Until this period the worship of Tao, Lao The figures in the panels are interestingly Tzus concrete name for all previous traditions garbed in the quaint ceremonial costumes of the and his own philosophy, was invested no doubt times. In one instance the methods of travelling with many curious superstitions, but does not are pictured, presenting war chariots variously seem to have been so ramified with the cult of the drawn by two and four horses, almost identical in myriads of incarnate demons, spirits, geomancy shape with our hansom cabs, now disappearing, and the searching for the Fairy Isles of the East- Another is comp
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