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Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
Pa Hsien. The Eight Immortals venerated by the Taoist sect; and the Dragon-king Ao Ch’in, 214 sq.; and Ao Ch’in’s son, 215; favourite subjects of romance and frequently represented, 288; term used figuratively for happiness, 288; legend of, probably belongs to Yüan dynasty, 288; Li T’ieh-kuai, 289 sq.; Chung-li Ch’üan, 291–292, 297–298; Lan Ts’ai-ho, 293; Chang Kuo, 294–295; Ho Hsien-ku, 296–297; Lü Tung-pin, 297 sq.; Han Hsiang Tzŭ, 299–300; Ts’ao Kuo-chiu, 300 sq.; legend of the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, 303–304
Pa Kua. The Eight Trigrams; Wên Wang uses, to divine the flesh of his son, 193; discovered by Fu Hsi, 247–248
Pa-ch’a. God of Grasshoppers, 165
Pagoda-bearer, The. Li Ching, 237, 305sq.
Pai Ma. The White Horse of the Hsi yu chi; Sun Hou-tzŭ and, 340; son of Dragon-king of the Western Sea, 340–341; Kuan Yin and, 340–341; changed into a horse, 341; journeys with the Master to the Western Paradise, 341 sq.; bearer of the sacred books, 341; Temple of the White Horse, 341; his reward, 368
Palace. Of God of Literature, 106; of Hsi Wang Mu, 137; Shên I builds, for Chin Mu, 183–184; of the sun, conferred on Shên I, 185–186
P’an Ku. Mythical being, alleged first development out of Chaos and fashioner of the universe, the Chinese Adam; myths of, 76sq.; creator of the universe, 76sq.; origin of, 76; meaning of name, 76; representations of, 76; death of, 77; and the sun, 77–78; and the moon, 77–78; with head of a dragon, 78; with body of a serpent, 78; Ymer and, 79; a late creation, 79–80; date of legend of, 92; Yüan-shih T’ien-wang an avatar of, 128 sq.; and T’ai Yüan, 129–130; a God of Medicine, 247
P’an Kuan. God of Exorcism, 248; administrator of the infernal regions, 248, 268, 274
P’an-t’ao Hui. Feast of Peaches, 137–138
Pao Lao-yeh. Imperial Censor; and Ts’ao Ching-chih and Ts’ao Ching-hsiu, 302–303
Pao Shu. Kuan Chung and, the Chinese types of friendship, 383and n.
Pao Tê. Maiden name Po Ya; Queen of Miao Chuang, 253sq.; canonized, 287Page 545
Pao Yüeh. In legend of Yü Huang, 132–133
Parents and Children, 25–26
Pastors. Also called Lord-Lieutenants; the chief of the nobles in a province, 29
Patriarch-s. Of Buddhism, 120; T’ung-t’ien Chiao-chu, 133, 191
Peaches. Feast of, 137–138; Chang Tao-ling and the plucking of the, 140–141
Peach-orchard, The Oath in the, 114sq.
Pearl, The Intelligent. SeeLi No-cha
Pearly Emperor. Yü Huang; Chang Tao-ling Vicegerent of, 141
Peking. Capital of China; Shun-t’ien Fu, originally Yu Chou; Pei-p’ing Fu in T’ang dynasty; legend of the building of, 227 sq.; Prince Chu-ti and, 228 sq.; Liu Po-wên and the founding of, 228 sq.; to be called No-cha Ch’êng, 229; description of, 230–231; prosperity of, 231–232; the dragons and the drought in, 232 sq.
People, Four Classes of the, 28
Perfect Man. SeeChên-jên
Period of the Warring States. Mythology in, 72
“Permutations, Book of.” See I Ching
Pestilence. Demons of, subdued by the three musical brothers, 151
Pets. Kinds kept, 47
Philosophers. Of the Sung Period, and mythology, 73; apotheosized, 148
Philosophy. Effect of Chinese, on mythology, 423
Pi Fang. Mysterious bird belonging to Hui Lu, 239
Pi Hsiang-yang. Attacks Han Chih-hsien, 159
Pi Hsiao. Sister of Ch’iung Hsiao; killed by Yüan-shih, 158
P’i-lu Fo. SeeP’i-lu HsienandVairotchana
P’i-lu Hsien, or P’i-lu Fo. An Immortal; and Chun T’i, 324; becomes a Buddha, 324
Piao. SeeShao
Pig Fairy of the “Hsi Yu Chi,” 326 sq.
Pills of Immortality. And vital force, 135; Chang Tao-ling and, 139, 140; Shên I and, 184–185; Hêng Ô and, 184–185
Pitch-pot. A game, 45
Planet-s. Influence terrestrial events, 176; abodes of stellar divinities, 192; Jupiter and T’ai Sui, 194
Pneuma. Ch’i; one of the elements of creation, 90