. 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. anded a besieged city, and was so busy dayand night that he could not change his raiment, andconsequently he was covered with ^ grey-backs, which,as the natives say, are generated by perspiration in the pores of the skin; theseswarms of little creatures gra-dually * drank his blood,acting as an enemys swordto the warrior. He wascanonized as the god of our neighbours make araid on their bodily attend-ants, t
. 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. anded a besieged city, and was so busy dayand night that he could not change his raiment, andconsequently he was covered with ^ grey-backs, which,as the natives say, are generated by perspiration in the pores of the skin; theseswarms of little creatures gra-dually * drank his blood,acting as an enemys swordto the warrior. He wascanonized as the god of our neighbours make araid on their bodily attend-ants, they wrap them up inpaper and put them underthe censer, and the god whisksthem to the paradise of in-sects. When one of thelower classes is seen sittingin the sunshine examining his clothes, and making ahearty meal off the multitude of insects which he finds,we do not wonder that the god of lice is worshippedin this country. Punch and Judy god.—As fond as the black-hairedrace is of Punch and Judy, it is not surprising that thelarge number who play with these wooden men andwomen should desire a patron for their theatricals. Hisname is Chen Ping, who was the minister of Han. Lice-god. The Absurdities of Polytheism. 339 Kaotsu, and first used a wooden man at the siege ofPeh Ten. God of Fire-crackers—Named Leedien. In themountains of the west there is a giant devil over tenfeet high, at the sight of whom men grow found that the popping of fire-crackers wouldfrighten him away, hence they are considered a pro-tection from evil spirits, and are not so much intendedfor boys to use in sport as for an article of heathenworship. God of Cruelty.—He was called Two death he was a monster of cruelty. Hankaotsuappointed him the god of cruelty. The Chinese sometimes go before the city god, and tellhim of any difficulty they have had with another, and askhim to adjudicate it after death. God of Revenge.—There is nothing so sweet to theChinese as revenge^, and th
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