F
Fa Pao. Dharma, the Law, one of the San Pao of Buddhism, [119]
Fan-s. Use of, [47]; the Fire-quenching, [359] sq.
Fanning the Grave. Story of Chuang Chou and the widow, [149]
Favourable-wind Ear. See Shun-fêng Êrh
Feast. Of Lanterns, [43]–[44]; of Peaches, P’an-t’ao Hui, [137]–[138]. See also Festival-s
Feathered People. Legend of, [390]
Fei, Lady. Concubine of Mêng Ch’ang, [178]. See Hua-jui Fu-jên
Fei Lien. See Fêng Po
Fêng Hou. And Chuang Chou, [150]
Fêng Lin. Vanquished by No-cha, [153]
Fêng Po. God of the Wind; and Shên I, [181], [204]–[205]; legend of, [204]–[205]; a stellar divinity, [204]; a dragon, Fei Lien, [181], [204]–[205]
Fêng Shên T’ai. Chiang Tzŭ-ya builds, for List of Promotions to Immortals, [154], [157]
“Fêng Shên Yen I.” Legends in, [192] sq., [242], [320] sq.
Fêng-shan. Sacrifices offered on T’ai Shan by Ch’êng Tsung, [127]
Fêng-shui, Doctrine of, [54]; dragons connected with, [209]
Festival-s, [43] sq.; Mid-autumn (All Souls’ Day), [35], [44]–[45]; New Year, [43]; of Lanterns, [43]–[44]; of the four seasons and their equinoxes and solstices, [44]; Earlier Spirit, [44]; of the Tombs, [44]; Middle Spirit, [44]; Later Spirit, [44]; Dragon-boat, [44], [152]; Chung Yang (kite-flying), [45]; New Year’s Eve, [45]
Feudal Period. Duration of, [18]; administrative system in, [28]–[29]; ecclesiastical institutions in, [34] sq.; professional institutions in, [36]; accessory institutions in, [37]
Feudal States. Subjugated by Ch’in, [27]
Finger-nails. Worn long by literary and leisured classes, [47]
Fire. Ch’ih Ching-tzŭ an alleged discoverer of, [199]; myths of, [236] sq.; Ministry of, [236]; God of, burns Hsi Ch’i, [236]–[237]; Ch’ih Ching-tzŭ a personification of, [237]; Ch’ih Ti, the Red Emperor, [237]–[238]; Hui Lu, [238]–[239]; Shên Nung, [239]; the Fire-quenching Fan, [359] sq.
Fire-quenching Fan, The Magic, [359] sq.
First Cause. Sung philosophers and, [85]–[86]; Mencius and, [90]
Five Elements (wu hsing), [84]
Five Graduates. Legend of the, [242] sq.; gain favour of the Emperor, [243]; and Chang T’ien-shih, [244]–[245]; killed, [244]; their spirits appear at the palace, [244]–[245]; canonized, [246]
Flag. Republican, [28]; dragon-symbol on Manchu, [28]
Flood, Legend of the Great, [224]–[225]
Flowers. Chinese love for, [51]
Flying Cart, Land of the, [391]
Fo Pao. Buddha, one of the San Pao of Buddhism, [119]
Food. Kinds of, [58]
Foot-binding. Origin of, [39]; abolition of, [39] Page 435
Form. See Hsing
Formosa. A Chinese possession, [27]; annexed by Japan, [27]
Foxes. Legends of, [370] sq.; generally of ill omen, [370]; powers of, [370]; transformations of, [370]
Fu Hsi, or T’ien Huang Shih. Mythical sovereign; brother of Nü Kua, [81], [82]; creator of human beings, [239], [247]–[248]; a God of Medicine, [247]–[248]
Fu Shên, Yang Ch’êng, or Yang Hsi-chi. The God of Happiness, [165], [169]–[170]; origin of, [169]; other Gods of Happiness, [170]
Fu-sang Tree. One which grows at the place where the sun rises, [186]–[187]
Funeral Rites, [39] sq.; the idea of death, [39]; recalling the soul, [39]–[40]; feeding the corpse, [40]; the soul-tablet, [40]; signs of mourning, [40]; exacting nature of ceremonial, [41]; cemeteries, [41]