. The mythology of all races. 88 CHINESE MYTHOLOGY popularity of this poem. These heroes have not only beenmade famous in poetryj they have also been painted by famousartists. The Nine Songs painted by Li Kung-lin of theSung dynasty is in the Government Museum at Peking, and isone of The Four Beautiful Objects (ssu met chu) of theEmperor Chien Lung. The illustrations of these heroes are. <JS Fig. 25. YiJN Chung Chun taken from Lis painting. The following is a short descriptionof each of the nine heroes: (1) Tung Huang Tai I was worshipped in the eastern partof Chu as the Eastern Emperor. (2
. The mythology of all races. 88 CHINESE MYTHOLOGY popularity of this poem. These heroes have not only beenmade famous in poetryj they have also been painted by famousartists. The Nine Songs painted by Li Kung-lin of theSung dynasty is in the Government Museum at Peking, and isone of The Four Beautiful Objects (ssu met chu) of theEmperor Chien Lung. The illustrations of these heroes are. <JS Fig. 25. YiJN Chung Chun taken from Lis painting. The following is a short descriptionof each of the nine heroes: (1) Tung Huang Tai I was worshipped in the eastern partof Chu as the Eastern Emperor. (2) Yiin Chung Chun is the god of the clouds. (3) Hsiang Chiin is the god of the waterways of Hsiang(modern Hunan). (a) Hsiang Fu-jen, the two daughters of Emperor Yao, theolder being named Wo Huang and the younger Nii Ying. GREAT NATIONAL HEROES 89 They became the Empress and Consort of the Emperor graves are reputed to be at Hsiang Shan, an island inthe Tung-ting lake of Hunan. The Emperor Shih Huangof the Chin dynasty is said to have been driven by a strong windon the island while attempting to cross the lake. He becamevery angry and ordered all the trees and shrubs on the island to
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