. 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. or Hien Yuen. Open Road gods.—These are two tall giants, the onea European, and the other an Ethiopian, by name Yayiiand Wanwen, who are drawn on chariots made of boxeswith little wheels such as boys improvise for their amuse-ment, and go in front of the coffins of families of man-darins of the first, second, and third rank. They securethe repose of the soul in the coffin, and protect it fromany sudden frights of the
. 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. or Hien Yuen. Open Road gods.—These are two tall giants, the onea European, and the other an Ethiopian, by name Yayiiand Wanwen, who are drawn on chariots made of boxeswith little wheels such as boys improvise for their amuse-ment, and go in front of the coffins of families of man-darins of the first, second, and third rank. They securethe repose of the soul in the coffin, and protect it fromany sudden frights of the spirits it may meet on theway to the grave. White Tiger god.—The Emperor Hien Yuen saw agod riding on a white tiger, and coming to his Western Eoyal Mother appointed the White Tigergod as ruler of the world. Wang Ling Kwan.—In the temple of this god thereis a sign-board— Have you come ? , I am looking Taoist Gods. 397 for you, You are the very man I want. These threewords in this simple question frighten the man and makehim feel his sins. The Military Official.—In some of the Taoist servicesa small table is placed on a large one, and a bench upon. Wang Ling Kwan. that, with a dragon tablet on the top. At the windowopposite is a paper mounted horseman, to whom a leastis offered, and then he is burned ; the hypothesis is thathe goes to Heaven on horseback and brings back hissaddle-bags full of good things,—a deified Santa Glaus. CHAPTER XXVI. MEDICAL DIVINITIES. n^HEOLOGrlCAL works, in discussing the proofs for theexistence of God, have presented as an argument,the belief of all mankind, of all lands and races, in beingssuperior to men, who, in a measure, control their destinies;the argument is from the religious nature of man, thatmen must have some object to worship and adore. An equally strong argument may be adduced from thefact that there is a universal belief that invisible agenciescontrol disease, that men seek help from God, or the gods,in tim
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