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Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
Ti Chih. The twelve terrestrial branches, 197
Ti-mu, Ti-ya, or Hou-t’u. ‘Earth-dumb,’ the Earth-mother; one of the attendants of Wên Ch’ang, 82, 109–110, 165
Ti-tsang Wang. The God of Hades, 120
Ti-ya. SeeTi-mu
Tibet. A dependency of China, 27
Tien Mu. Mother of Lightning, 203
T’ien. Heaven; worship of, 94, 95–96; abode of the spirits, 95–96; confused with Shang Ti, 96–97; one of the sources of happiness, 125–126
T’ien Chih-piao. Third of the three musical brothers, 151
T’ien Fei. Heavenly Concubine; helps Yin Chiao, 196
T’ien Huang Shih, or Fu Hsi. As God of Medicine, 247–248
T’ien Hung-i. Second of the three musical brothers, 151
T’ien Kan. The ten celestial tree-trunks, 197
T’ien Kou. The Heavenly Dog; and Chang Hsien, 178; and Sun Hou-tzŭ, 331
T’ien Mu, or Hsüan Nŭ. Mother of Heaven; and Chuang Chou, 150
T’ien Yüan-shuai. Eldest of the three musical brothers, 151
T’ien-hou. Goddess of Sailors, 165
T’ien-lung. ‘Heaven-deaf’; one of the attendants of Wên Ch’ang, 82, 109–110
Tiger. Yellow Flying, 146; White—see White Tiger
Time. Myths of, 194sq.; Ministry of, 194
To-pao Tao-jên. Disciple of T’ung-t’ien Chiao-chu, 133; fights with Kuang Ch’êng-tzŭ, 133
Tobacco. Use of, 47
Tombs, Festival of the, 44
Tones. In Chinese speech, 56
Tortoise, Golden Mother of the, 136
Tou. A measure; name of a constellation, 106
Tou Mu. Bushel Mother, Goddess of the North Star; the Indian Maritchi, 144; mother of the nine Jên Huang, 144, 145; the Kuan Yin of Taoism, 144; her palace, Tou Shu, the Pivot of the Pole, 144; description of, 144–145 Page 451
Tou Shu. The Pivot of the Pole, palace of Tou Mu, 144
Trade. Foreign, 21, 48–49; home, 48–49
Triad. The super-triad, 100–101; of gods, 101; Taoist, 124–125
Transformations. Of the fox, 370
Treasures, The Three. SeeSan Pao
Trigrams. A combination of lines used in divination; the Eight (pa kua), 193, 248
Triratna. The Three Embodiments, 120
Ts’ai Shên. God of Wealth, 165, 170–171; Chao Kung-ming prototype of, 170–171; legend of, 170–171; canonized, 171
Ts’ai-yün Hsien-tzŭ. Fights for Wên Chung, 159–160
Ts’an Nü. Also called Ma-t’ou Niang; Goddess of Mulberry-trees and Silkworms, 165, 168–169; legend of, 168–169; also represented as a stellar divinity, 169
Ts’ao Ching-chih. In legend of Ts’ao Kuo-chiu, 301–302
Ts’ao Ching-hsiu. Becomes the Immortal Ts’ao Kuo-chiu, 301 sq.
Tsao Chün. The Kitchen-god, 45, 128, 165, 166sq.; reports to Supreme Being, 45, 167–168; chief of Yüan-shih T’ien-tsun’s secret police, 128; origin of worship of, 166–167; Li Shao-chün and, 166–167
Ts’ao Kuo-chiu. One of the Eight Immortals, 214, 303; legend of, 300sq.