Myths and Legends of China by E. Werner (interesting books to read for teens .txt) 📕

218–219; marriage of River-god, 225 sq.

Rope, The Magic, 348

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Sacrifice-s. To Shang Ti, 95; to T’ai Sui, 194. See also Fêng-shan

Saint-s. See Shêng-jên

S’âkyamuni, See Shâkyamuni

Samgha. Sêng Pao; the Priesthood in Buddhism, 119

San Ch’ing. The three Heavens of Taoism, 124–125

San Kuan. The Three Agents,125; San Kuan Ta Ti, 125; T’ai Shang San Kuan, 125; sons of Dragon-king’s daughters, 126

“San Kuo Chih,” The Story of the Three Kingdoms; an historical romance, 117 sq.

San Pao. The Three Precious Things, or Treasures—Buddha, the Law, and the Priesthood, 119

San Yüan. The Three Origins,125; and the divisions of the year, 126; ‘the Three True Sovereigns, Guests of the Kingdom of Wu,’ 127

Scholars. Shih; the first class of the people, 28

Schools. See Accessory Institutions

Sciences, Little cultivated until modern times, 54 sq.

Sea. Dragon-kings of the, 210–211, 212; Yang Hou, Spirit of the, 212 sq.; legend of the Eight Immortals crossing the, 303–304

Seasons. Festivals of the, 44

Second Self. And worship of the living, 101, See also Other Self

Sêng Pao. Samgha; the Priesthood or Church, one of the San Pao of Buddhism, 119

Sentiments, Æsthetic and Moral, 51–52

Sha Ho-shang, or Sha Wu-ching. A priest in the Hsi yu chi, 326; and Kuan Yin, 3341 baggage coolie to Hsian Chuang, 334–335; journeys with the Master, 341 sq.; his reward, 368

Sha Wu-ching. See Sha Ho-shang

Shakya, or S’âkya. Same as S’âkyamuni Buddha, Shih-chia Fo, Gautama, 119. See Shâkyamuni

Shâkyamuni, S’âkyamuni, or Shih-chia Fo. The name used in Chinese literature for Gautama Buddha, 119; and Kuan Yin, 251 Page 447

“Shan Hai Ching.” The Hill and River Classic, 386

Shan Ts’ai. And Miao Shan, 271 sq.; his fidelity tested, 272 sq.; transformation of, 273; canonized, 287

Shang. The Merchants; the fourth class of the people, 28

Shang Ti. The Supreme Ruler, 94; and Ti, 94; worship of, 94–95; sacrifices to, 95; confused with T’ien, 96–97; confers on Chuang Chou the kingdom of Jupiter, 150

Shang Yang. Legend of the, 206–207

Shao, or Piao. Part of the constellation of the Great Bear, 106

Shê-chi. Gods of the Soil and Crops, 165

Shê-mo Wang. Gods of Serpents, 165

Shên. Name for gods, 103

Shên Chên-jên. And T’ai Sui, 195

“Shên Hsien Chuan.” Biographies of the Gods, by Ko Hung, 79

Shên I. The Divine Archer Ch’ih-chiang Tzŭ-yü, 180–181 and the Emperor Yao, 180 sq. and Fei Lien, 181, 204–205; shoots the nine false suns, 181–182; marries the sister of the Water-spirit, 182; canonized, 183; builds a palace for Chin Mu, 183–184; and the pill of immortality, 184–185; kills Chisel-tooth, 184; receives the sun-palace, 185–186; and the Bird of Dawn, 186–187; visits the moon, 187–188

Shên Kung-pao. Meets Chiang Tzŭ-ya, 155; tempts Chiang Tzŭ-ya to desert Chou, 155; his power to separate his head from his body, 155; discards his head, 156; his head taken by Ancient Immortal of the South Pole, 156–157; obtains his head again, 157

Shên Lang. Hsü Chên-chün and, 223–224

Shên Nung, or Ti Huang Shih. A legendary emperor, 81, 247; and T’ai I, 143; as God of Agriculture, 143, 165, 239; as God of Fire (Huo Ti, Yen Ti), 239; as God of Medicine, 247

Shên Pao, or Lao Tzŭ. Third person of Taoist triad, 125

Shên Shih. The Gentry; a social division, 28

Shên Shu. A Door-god, 173. See Mên Shên

Shêng-jên. Superhuman beings, saints, 125, 136

Shih. Officers, later Scholars; the first class of the people, 28

Shih Chin. Second son of Shih Ch’in-ch’ang, 255

Shih Ch’in-ch’ang. Father of the sons reborn as daughters of Queen Po Ya, 255

Shih Shan. Third son of Shih Ch’in-ch’ang, 255

Shih Wên. Eldest son of Shih Ch’in-ch’ang, 255

Shih-chi Niang-niang. And No-cha, 312–313

Shih-chia Fo. See Shâkyamuni

Shou Hsing, or Hsien Wêng. The God of Longevity, 165, 171–172; at first a stellar deity, 171–172; as an old man, 172; legend of, 172; and the Eight Immortals, 214; and Chu Jung, 238

Shu Yü. See Mên Shên

Shui. Water; and deliverance from evil, 125–126

Shui Kuan. Ruler of the Watery Elements, 216

Shui-mu Niang-niang. Old Mother of the Waters; legend of, 220 sq.; and Sun Hou-tzŭ, 221–222; and Kuan Yin, 221–222

Shun. Successor of the great Emperor Yao; with Yao and Yü as the Three Origins, 126–127

Shun-fêng Êrh, or Kao Chio. Favourable-wind Ear, 161 sq.; general of tyrant Chou, 161–162; encounters with No-cha, Yang Chien, Chiang Tzŭ-ya, Li Ching, and Lei Chên-tzŭ, 162 sq.; defeat of, 163–164; searches for heir to Miao Chuang, 254–255

Silkworms, Goddess of, 169

Sin. By the gods, 99

Sinkiang. The New Territory, or Eastern Turkestan; a dependency of China, 27

Six-toed People, 389 Page 448

Slavery. Unknown in early times, recognized in Monarchical Period, 48

Slow-carts Country. In Hsi yu chi, 352 sq.

Smallpox. God of, 175; Ministry of, 246–247; prevalence of, in China, 246–247

Snake, The Jointed. Legend of, 393

Snuff. Use of, 47

Snorter. See Chêng Lung

Social Intercourse, Laws of. Ceremonial observances, 42–43; ranks, how distinguished, 42; visits, 42; forms of address, 42; presents, 42; a source of misunderstanding between East and West, 42–43

Sociological Environment, 20–21

Soil, Gods of the, 165

Solitary Indeterminate. See I Tu

Solstices. Festivals of the, 44

Sombre Youth. See Heaven-deaf

Soul. Recalling the, 39–40; birth of the, 93

Soul-tablet, 40

“South Branch, Dream of the.” Nan k’o mêng; story of, 410 sq.

Sovereign-s. The Three True— see San Yüan; of the Eastern Air, 136–137; of the Western Air, 137; the nine Human—see Jên Huang

Spiders. Sun Hou-tzŭ and the, 364

Spine, Deformed in infancy to produce a scholarly stoop, 37

Spirit-s. Festivals, 44; T’ien the abode of the, 95–96; the Great One, the Great Unity, 142–143; an ox-spirit, 146; Spirit of the Blue Dragon Star, 146; of the White Tiger Star, 148; Spirit-boat, 151; of Ô-mei Shan—see T’ai-i Huang-jên; Spirit of the Waters, 182, and see Ho Po; Spirit of Lightning, 203–204; dragons regarded as spirits of the waters, 208; Spirit of the Sea, 212 sq.; of the Well, 217; of the North Star, 262–263, 270; of the South Pole Star, 329, 337

Sports and Games, 45–46

Ssŭ Ha Li Kuo. The Red Country, 359

Ssŭ Ta T’ian-wang. The Four Kings of Heaven; Taoist reflection of Chin-kang, 142

Ssŭ Tu. The Four Kings of the Sweet Water Department, 212

Ssŭ-ma Chêng. Author of Historical Records; his account of Nü Kua, 81–82

Star-s. Myths of the, 176 sq.; star-worship, 188–189; star-ruler, 189; effects of worship of, 189

Star-god-s. The Great Bear, 106 sq.; the God