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Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
Earlier Spirit Festival, 44
Earth. Gods of the, 46; the Earth-mother, 82, 109–110, 165. See also Soil and Ti
Earth-dumb. Ti-ya, or Ti-mu, the Earth-mother; one of the attendants of Wên Ch’ang, 82, 109–110
Earth-mother. Ti-ya, Ti-mu, or Hou-t’u, 82, 109–110, 165. See also Earth-dumb
Eastern Air, Sovereign of The, 136–137
Eastern Palace. Residence of T’ai I, star-spirit, 143
Ecclesiastical Institutions, 34sq.
Education. Stereotyped at an early age, 37; restricted to study of the classics, 37; competitive examination system of, 37, 38; modern, 38
Eight Immortals. SeePa Hsien
Eight Trigrams. SeePa KuaandTrigrams
Eighteen Provinces. China Proper, 27
Elam. Probable origin of Chinese in, 15, 17
Elephant, White, 283, 284, 285–286
Emperor-s. Yü Huang, the Jade Emperor, 130, and see Yü Huang; ‘Throne of the Five,’ 176 Page 434
Emptiness and Devastation. Hsü Hao, a demon; exorcism of, 249–250
Environments of the Chinese. Inorganic, 18–19; organic, 19–20; sociological, 20–21
Epidemics. Gods of, 240sq.; myths of, 240sq.; Ministry of Seasonal, 240–241; God of Epidemics afflicts Miao Chuang, 274
Equinoxes. Festivals of the, 44
Êrh-lang. Helps to capture Sun Hou-tzŭ, 331
Examinations. Literary, as means of appointment to office, 29
Exchange. By barter, 49; coins, 49; weights and measures, 49
Exorcism-ists. The wu, 34; Ministry of, 248; gods of, 248–249; of ‘Emptiness and Devastation,’ 249
Expectant Wife. Legend of the, 391–392
Extinguisher. Sun Hou-tzŭ and the, 364–365