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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, [34] sq.
Education. Stereotyped at an early age, [37]; restricted to study of the classics, [37]; competitive examination system of, [37], [38]; modern, [38]
Eight Immortals. See Pa Hsien
Eight Trigrams. See Pa Kua and Trigrams
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, [240] sq.; myths of, [240] sq.; 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]