B
Barge of Mercy, Taoist, [160]
Beards. Little worn, [47]
Beginning. Of Form, [90]; of Pneuma, [90]; the Great, [90]; of Substance, [90]
Bell, Casting of the Great. Legend of, [394] sq.
Bezoar. See Niu Huang
Bible. Parallelisms of, with Chinese religious and mythological beliefs, [79] n.
“Biographies of the Gods.” Shên hsien chuan, by Ko Hung, [79]
Bird. Of Dawn, [186]–[187]; the one-legged, [206]
Birth of the Soul, [93]
Blackwater River, Demons of. In the Hsi yu chi, [352]
Blank, The Great, [90]
Blower. See Ch’ên Ch’i
Blue Dragon. Ch’ing Lung; spirit of the Blue Dragon Star; guardian of Taoist temple gates, [146] sq.
Blue River. Hsüan Chuang exposed in, as an infant, [337]
“Book of Ceremonial.” Li chi, [103]
“Book of History,” [84]
Brothers, The Three Musical, [151]
Buddha. Ju Lai, [78]; and the Law and the Priesthood, [119]; Tathagata, [119]; Fo Pao, one of the San Pao, [119]; Shâkyamuni, [119]; Yüeh-shih Fo, the Master-Physician, [120]; Miao Shan (Kuan Yin) becomes a, [271]; his jumping competition with Sun Hou-tzŭ, [332]–[333]
Buddhism. As a Chinese religion, [53]; effect on mythology, [62]–[63]; one of the three religions, [100]; brought to China, [118]; Mahayanistic form of, [118]; origin in ancestor-worship, [118]; and Taoism, [118]; and Confucianism, [118]; Buddha, the Law, and the Priesthood, [119]
Buddhist-s. Account of P’an Ku, [77]; guardians of temple gates, [146]; evil dragons, [208]; number of dragons, [209]; saviour of the Buddhists in Slow-carts Country, [353] sq.
Buffalo. Of T’ung-t’ien Chiao-chu, [133]–[134]
Burial, Methods of, [39] sq.
Bushel Mother. See Tou Mu