. The mythology of all races. Fig. 27. Hsiang Fu-jen Shui Shen, of the god of the fishes, Yii Po, and of two othergods of the waters called Feng I and Shui I. The poem underthis heading in these Nine Songs refers to a journey madeby Ho Po in company with a maiden who fell into the water andwas rescued by him and taken to the fish-scale house (yil linwu). (7) Shan Kuei is a demon of the mountains. Giles, in hisChinese Literature has translated this poem, the first part of GREAT NATIONAL HEROES 91 which describes the demon as follows: Methinks there is agenius of the hills, clad in wistaria, gir
. The mythology of all races. Fig. 27. Hsiang Fu-jen Shui Shen, of the god of the fishes, Yii Po, and of two othergods of the waters called Feng I and Shui I. The poem underthis heading in these Nine Songs refers to a journey madeby Ho Po in company with a maiden who fell into the water andwas rescued by him and taken to the fish-scale house (yil linwu). (7) Shan Kuei is a demon of the mountains. Giles, in hisChinese Literature has translated this poem, the first part of GREAT NATIONAL HEROES 91 which describes the demon as follows: Methinks there is agenius of the hills, clad in wistaria, girdled with ivy, with smil-ing lips of witching mien, riding on the red pard, wild cats gal-loping in the rear, reclining in a chariot, with banners of cassia,cloaked with the orchid, girt with azalea, culling the perfume ofsweet flowers to leave behind a memory in the Fig. 28. Tung Chun (8) Kuo Shang, the patriot who died for his country. Thispatriot, according to the poem, faced a body of enemies asthick as the dark clouds. (9) Li Hun, the ceremonialist, is worshipped on account ofhis perseverance in the correct observation of ceremony even atthe cost of his own life. These nine heroes have been celebrated by many poets sincethe time of Chu Yiian, and the poetical phrases used in de- 92 CHINESE MYTHOLOGY scribing them have been reproduced and reconstructed in num-berless poems. To literary men they are national heroes, butthey have never become popular among the common are all mythical characters. In contrast to these, three historical characters must be men-tioned whose lives contributed in large measure to the belief
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