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Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
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. SeeShâkyamuni
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. SeeMên 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, 220sq.; 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, 161sq.; 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, 389Page 448
Slavery. Unknown in early times, recognized in Monarchical Period, 48
Slow-carts Country. In Hsi yu chi, 352sq.
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. SeeChêng 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. SeeI Tu
Solstices. Festivals of the, 44
Sombre Youth. SeeHeaven-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