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La Mei. A flower; the three musical brothers and, [151]
Labour. Division of, [47]–[48]
Lake. Of Gems, [137]; legend of the origin of a, [405]–[406]
Lan Ts’ai-ho. One of the Eight Immortals, [214], [303]; legend of, [293]
Land. System of tenure of, [48]; greater portion under cultivation, [49]–[50]
Lang Ling. Disciple of Li T’ieh-kuai, [289], [290]
Language, Chinese, [14]; nature of, [56]–[57]; written, [57]
Lao Chün. See Lao Tzŭ
Lao Tzŭ. Called also Lao Chün, T’ai-shang Lao-chün, and Shên Pao; teacher, founder of Taoist system of philosophy; and monism, [87]; his Tao-tê ching, [87]; and tao, the ‘Way,’ [87]–[88]; third person of Taoist triad, [125]; and Yü Huang, [132]; battles with T’ung-t’ien Chiao-chu, [133], [321]–[322]; and Chuang Tzŭ, [148]–[149]; fights with Ch’iung Hsiao, [158]; and Li T’ieh-kuai, [289], [290]; Sun Hou-tzŭ steals pills of immortality from, [330]; helps to capture Sun Hou-tzŭ, [331]–[332]; distils Sun Hou-tzŭ in his furnace, [331]–[332]
Later Spirit Festival, [44]
Law, The. In Buddhism, [149]
Laws. Character of early, [30]; lex talionis, [30]; legal codes, [30]–[31]
Legend-s. Mythology and, [74]–[75]; of the One-legged Bird, [206]–[207]; of the Great Flood, [224]–[225]; of the building of Peking, [227] sq.; fox, [370] sq.; of the Unnatural People, [386] sq.; of the Pygmies, [386]–[387]; of the Giants, [387]; of the Headless People, [387]–[388]; of the Armless People, [388]; of the Long-armed People, [388]–[389]; of the Long-legged People, [389]; of the One-eyed People, [389]; of the One-armed People, [389], [391]; of the One-legged People, [389]; of the One-sided People, [389]; of the Long-eared People, [389]; of the Six-toed People, [389]; of the Feathered People, [390]; of the People of the Punctured Bodies, [390]; of the Women’s Kingdom, [390]–[391]; of the Flying Cart, Page 440391; of the Expectant Wife, [391]–[392]; of the Wild Men, [392]–[393]; of the Jointed Snake, [393]; of the great bell of Peking, [394] sq.; of the Cursed Temple, [398] sq.; of the Maniac’s Mite, [401]–[402]; of the City-god of Yen Ch’êng, [402] sq.; of the origin of a lake, [405]–[406]; of creation, among Miao tribes, [406] sq.; of the South Branch, [410] sq.; of Jung tribe with heads of dogs, [419] sq.
Lei Chên-tzŭ. One of Wu Wang’s marshals; attacks Ch’ien-li Yen and Shun-fêng Êrh, [164]; kills unicorn of Wên Chung, [199]; legend of, [202]–[203]; a Son of Thunder, [202]; called Wên Yü, [202]; and Yün Chung-tzŭ, [202]–[203]
Lei Kung. Duke of Thunder, [198], [199]–[200]; and Garuda, [200]; and Vajrâpani, [200]; caught in the cleft of a tree, [200]–[201]; and the mysterious bottle, [202]
Lei Tsu, or Wên Chung. God of Thunder; agent to Yüan-shih T’ien-tsun, [128]; President of the Ministry of Thunder, [198]–[199]; description of, [198]; origin of, [198]–[199]; and Ch’ih Ching-tzŭ, [199]; and Yün Chung-tzŭ, [199]; and Chiang Tzŭ-ya, [199]; confused with the Spirit of Thunder, [199]
Li. The Immaterial Principle; Chu Hsi and, [86]–[87]; Chou Tzŭ and, [87]
“Li Chi.” The classical Book of Ceremonial, [103]
Li Chin-cha. Eldest son of Li Ching, [305]
Li Ching, or Li T’ien-wang. The Pagoda-bearer; his encounter with Ch’ien-li Yen and Shun-fêng Êrh, [162] sq.; kills Lo Hsüan, [237]; legend of, [305] sq.; receives golden pagoda, [319]; is made Guardian of the Gate of Heaven, [319]. See also Li T’ien-wang
Li Kuei-tsu. Known as Tsêng-fu Hsiang-kung; a God of Happiness, [170]
Li Lao-chün. And Shui-mu Niang-niang, [221]
Li Mu-cha. Second son of Li Ching, [305], [317]; duel with Lü Yüen, [241]
Li No-cha. Third son of Li Ching; defends the Chou, [146]; and Têng Chiu-kung, [147]; vanquishes Fêng Lin, [153]; defeats Chang Kuei-fang, [153]–[154]; and Chiang Tsŭ-ya, [154]; fights and slays Ts’ai-yün Hsien-tzŭ, [159]–[160]; fights with Ch’ien-li Yen and Shun-fêng Êrh, [162]; and Peking, [229]; legend of, [305] sq.; frequently mentioned in Chinese romance, [305]; an avatar of the Intelligent Pearl, [306]; and Lung Wang, [307] sq.; and Ao Ping, [308]–[309]; discharges a magic arrow, [312]; and Shih-chi Niang-niang, [312]–[313]; commits hara-kiri, [313]–[314]; temple built to, [314]; his statue destroyed by his father, [315]; consults his master, [316]; is transformed, [316]–[317]; battles with his father, [317] sq.; is reconciled to his father, [318]–[319]
Li P’ing. Sixth officer of the Ministry of Epidemics, [242]
Li Shao-chün. And Tsao Chün, [166]–[167]
Li Shih-min, Emperor; and legend of the five graduates, [243] sq.; and Chang T’ien-shih, [243] sq.; visited by spirits of the graduates, [245]–[246]; canonizes the graduates, [246]
Li T’ieh-kuai. One of the Eight Immortals, [214], [303]; legends of, [289] sq.
Li T’ien-wang. And Sun Hou-tzŭ, [331]. See also Li Ching
“Liao Chai Chih I.” Seventeenth-century work; and fox-legends, [370]–[371]
Libraries. See Accessory Institutions
Lieh Tzŭ, or Lieh Yü-k’ou. A philosopher, by some regarded as fictitious; Chinese mythology and, [72]; his Absolute, [90]–[91]; apotheosized, [148]
Lieh Yü-k’ou. See Lieh Tzŭ
Lightning. Mother of, [203]; and the yin and the yang, [203]–[204]; myths of, [203]–[204]; Spirit of, [203]–[204]
Ling Chên-tzŭ. Gives the Bird of Dawn to Shên I, [187]
Ling Hsü. Dragon-king, [218]–[219] Page 441
Ling-pao T’ien-tsun, or Tao Chûn. Second person of Taoist triad, [124]
Lion, The Green, [283], [284], [285]–[286]
List of Promotions to Immortals. Given to Chiang Tzŭ-ya, [154]; Tzŭ-ya builds Fêng Shên T’ai for, [154], [157]
Literary Degrees. K’uei Hsing distributor of, [110]
Literary Examinations. Means of appointment to office, [29]
Literature. Gods of, [104] sq., [299]; Wên Ch’ang and the Great Bear, [105] sq.; palace of God of, [106]; God of War as God of, [113] sq.; Chinese, [408] sq.
Liu Ch’in. Minister of Miao Chuang, [277], [279]–[280], [282]
Liu Hsüan Te. See Liu Pei
Liu Hung. Murderer of Ch’en Kuang-jui, [336]–[337]
Liu I. And the Dragon-king’s daughter, [217] sq.
Liu Pei, Liu Hsüan Tê, or Hsien Chu. Hawker of straw shoes, and founder of the Shu Han dynasty; and Kuan Yü, [114] sq.
Liu Po-wên. Taoist priest; and Chu-ti, [228] sq.
Living, Worship of the, [101]
Lo Ching Hsin. See Yüan-shih T’ien-tsun
Lo Hsüan, or Huo-tê Hsing-chün. Originally Yen-chung Hsien; President of the Ministry of Fire, [236]–[237]; description of, [236]; burns Hsi Ch’i, [236]–[237]
Lo Yü. First name of P’o Chia (Miao Chuang), [253]
Long-armed People. Legend of, [388]–[389]
Long-eared People. Legend of, [389]
Long-legged People. Legend of, [389]
Longevity, God of. See Shou Hsing
Lotus Cave, The, [345] sq.
Lu Ch’i. Legend of, and Princess T’ai Yin, [110]–[111]; appointed Minister of the Empire, [111]
Lü Shang. See Chiang Tzü-ya
Lü Tung-pin, or Lü Yen. One of the Eight Immortals, [288], [292],296, [300], [301], [303]; legends of, [297] sq.
Lu Tung-shih. Follower of Ch’in Shih Huang-ti; draws portrait of the God of the Sea, [213]; results of his offence, [214]
Lü Yüeh. President of the Ministry of Epidemics, [241]; legend of, [241]–[242]; in battle at Hsi Ch’i [241]; his duel with Mu-cha, [241]; in battle with Huang T’ien-hua [241]; Chiang Tzŭ-ya and, [241]; and the magic umbrellas, [241]–[242]; Yang Chien and, [242]; Yang Jên and, [242]
Lü Yen. See Lü Tung-pin
Lung Chi. Princess; saves city of Hsi Ch’i from fire, [237]
Lung Nü. Becomes pupil of Miao Shan, [274]; canonized, [287]
Lung Wang. Dragon-king of the Eastern Sea; his son saved by Miao Shan, [273]–[274]; and No-cha, [307] sq.; and Sun Hou-tzŭ, [328]–[329]; saves Ch’Sn Kuang-jui, [339]–[340]