. The mythology of all races. ose forwhom his poem was written. There is much intermixture of the conceptions concerningthe god of the hearth, Tsao Shen, and the god of fire. HoShen. The origin of both is traced back to Chu Jung, one ofthe five ancient sacrifices (wu cht) of the Hsia dynasty. In theYiieh-ling Chapter of the Book of Rites {Li Ki)^ it is statedthat Chu Jung is the god of the Fourth Month. The TungChien ( Historical Annals ) explains that Chu Jung refersto a grandson of the legendary Emperor, Chuan Hsu, 2513— DOMESTIC RITES 77 2435 , who was an officer of fire {Ho cheng). Chu

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. The mythology of all races. ose forwhom his poem was written. There is much intermixture of the conceptions concerningthe god of the hearth, Tsao Shen, and the god of fire. HoShen. The origin of both is traced back to Chu Jung, one ofthe five ancient sacrifices (wu cht) of the Hsia dynasty. In theYiieh-ling Chapter of the Book of Rites {Li Ki)^ it is statedthat Chu Jung is the god of the Fourth Month. The TungChien ( Historical Annals ) explains that Chu Jung refersto a grandson of the legendary Emperor, Chuan Hsu, 2513— DOMESTIC RITES 77 2435 , who was an officer of fire {Ho cheng). Chu Hsi,the standard commentator on the Confucian classics, identifiesChu Jung as tsao^ furnace or hearth, but this is only-one of several explanations of the five sacrifices, a subjecton which only little information is available. Another inter-pretation of Chu Jung makes it equivalent to Ho Shen, the godof fire, presumably on account of the constant interchange ofthe use of tsao^ furnace or stove, for the fire, hOy con-.

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