P
Pa Hsien. The Eight Immortals venerated by the Taoist sect; and the Dragon-king Ao Ch’in, [214] sq.; and Ao Ch’in’s son, [215]; favourite subjects of romance and frequently represented, [288]; term used figuratively for happiness, [288]; legend of, probably belongs to Yüan dynasty, [288]; Li T’ieh-kuai, [289] sq.; Chung-li Ch’üan, [291]–[292], [297]–[298]; Lan Ts’ai-ho, [293]; Chang Kuo, [294]–[295]; Ho Hsien-ku, [296]–[297]; Lü Tung-pin, [297] sq.; Han Hsiang Tzŭ, [299]–[300]; Ts’ao Kuo-chiu, [300] sq.; legend of the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, [303]–[304]
Pa Kua. The Eight Trigrams; Wên Wang uses, to divine the flesh of his son, [193]; discovered by Fu Hsi, [247]–[248]
Pa-ch’a. God of Grasshoppers, [165]
Pagoda-bearer, The. Li Ching, [237], [305] sq.
Pai Ma. The White Horse of the Hsi yu chi; Sun Hou-tzŭ and, [340]; son of Dragon-king of the Western Sea, [340]–[341]; Kuan Yin and, [340]–[341]; changed into a horse, [341]; journeys with the Master to the Western Paradise, [341] sq.; bearer of the sacred books, [341]; Temple of the White Horse, [341]; his reward, [368]
Palace. Of God of Literature, [106]; of Hsi Wang Mu, [137]; Shên I builds, for Chin Mu, [183]–[184]; of the sun, conferred on Shên I, [185]–[186]
P’an Ku. Mythical being, alleged first development out of Chaos and fashioner of the universe, the Chinese Adam; myths of, [76] sq.; creator of the universe, [76] sq.; origin of, [76]; meaning of name, [76]; representations of, [76]; death of, [77]; and the sun, [77]–[78]; and the moon, [77]–[78]; with head of a dragon, [78]; with body of a serpent, [78]; Ymer and, [79]; a late creation, [79]–[80]; date of legend of, [92]; Yüan-shih T’ien-wang an avatar of, [128] sq.; and T’ai Yüan, [129]–[130]; a God of Medicine, [247]
P’an Kuan. God of Exorcism, [248]; administrator of the infernal regions, [248], [268], [274]
P’an-t’ao Hui. Feast of Peaches, [137]–[138]
Pao Lao-yeh. Imperial Censor; and Ts’ao Ching-chih and Ts’ao Ching-hsiu, [302]–[303]
Pao Shu. Kuan Chung and, the Chinese types of friendship, [383] and n.
Pao Tê. Maiden name Po Ya; Queen of Miao Chuang, [253] sq.; canonized, [287] Page 545
Pao Yüeh. In legend of Yü Huang, [132]–[133]
Parents and Children, [25]–[26]
Pastors. Also called Lord-Lieutenants; the chief of the nobles in a province, [29]
Patriarch-s. Of Buddhism, [120]; T’ung-t’ien Chiao-chu, [133], [191]
Peaches. Feast of, [137]–[138]; Chang Tao-ling and the plucking of the, [140]–[141]
Peach-orchard, The Oath in the, [114] sq.
Pearl, The Intelligent. See Li No-cha
Pearly Emperor. Yü Huang; Chang Tao-ling Vicegerent of, [141]
Peking. Capital of China; Shun-t’ien Fu, originally Yu Chou; Pei-p’ing Fu in T’ang dynasty; legend of the building of, [227] sq.; Prince Chu-ti and, [228] sq.; Liu Po-wên and the founding of, [228] sq.; to be called No-cha Ch’êng, [229]; description of, [230]–[231]; prosperity of, [231]–[232]; the dragons and the drought in, [232] sq.
People, Four Classes of the, [28]
Perfect Man. See Chên-jên
Period of the Warring States. Mythology in, [72]
“Permutations, Book of.” See I Ching
Pestilence. Demons of, subdued by the three musical brothers, [151]
Pets. Kinds kept, [47]
Philosophers. Of the Sung Period, and mythology, [73]; apotheosized, [148]
Philosophy. Effect of Chinese, on mythology, [423]
Pi Fang. Mysterious bird belonging to Hui Lu, [239]
Pi Hsiang-yang. Attacks Han Chih-hsien, [159]
Pi Hsiao. Sister of Ch’iung Hsiao; killed by Yüan-shih, [158]
P’i-lu Fo. See P’i-lu Hsien and Vairotchana
P’i-lu Hsien, or P’i-lu Fo. An Immortal; and Chun T’i, [324]; becomes a Buddha, [324]
Piao. See Shao
Pig Fairy of the “Hsi Yu Chi,” [326] sq.
Pills of Immortality. And vital force, [135]; Chang Tao-ling and, [139], [140]; Shên I and, [184]–[185]; Hêng Ô and, [184]–[185]
Pitch-pot. A game, [45]
Planet-s. Influence terrestrial events, [176]; abodes of stellar divinities, [192]; Jupiter and T’ai Sui, [194]
Pneuma. Ch’i; one of the elements of creation, [90]
P’o Chia. Name of King Miao Chuang, [253]
Po I-k’ao. Stellar deity of Tzŭ-wei constellation, [192]; eldest son of Wên Wang, [192]; and Ta Chi, [192]–[193]; canonized, [194]
Po Shih. And legend of Ch’in Shin Huang-ti’s visit to the Spirit of the Sea, [212] sq.
Po Ya. Maiden name of Pao Tê, [253]
Pole, Pivot of the. Tou Shu; a palace, [144]
Political History. Summary of, [27]–[28]
Polyandry, [23]
Polydemonism. Great extent of, [93]
Polytheism. Great extent of, [93]–[94], [174]–[175]
Pootoo Island. See P’u T’o Island
Population. In early times, [27]; in Manchu Period, [28]
Presents. Ceremonial governing giving of, [42]
Priest-s. Wu, or exorcists, [34]–[35]; first, [34]; king as high, [34]; held in low esteem, [36]
Priesthood. In Buddhism, [119]
Primary Matter. See Ch’i
Princes of States, [29]
Princess of the Golden Stem. Ch’un-yü Fên marries, [412] sq.
Products. Processes of production, [48]; habitations, [57]–[58]; food, [58]; clothing, [58]; land-works, [58]–[59]; implements and weapons, [59]; æsthetic products, [59]
Professional Institutions, [36]
Prostitution, [24]
Provinces. Administrative divisions of the country, [28]–[29]
P’u-t’i Tsu-shih. Immortal; becomes master of Sun Hou-tzŭ, [327] Page 546
P’u T’o Island, or Pootoo. Throne of Kuan Yin on, [252]; Miao Shan goes to, [270]
Punctured Bodies. Legend of People of the, [390]
Punishments. Nature of legal, [30]; lex talionis, [30]; codes of, [30] sq.; changes made by Provisional Criminal Code, [31]–[32]; of the gods, [99]