S
Sacrifice-s. To Shang Ti, [95]; to T’ai Sui, [194]. See also Fêng-shan
Saint-s. See Shêng-jên
S’âkyamuni, See Shâkyamuni
Samgha. Sêng Pao; the Priesthood in Buddhism, [119]
San Ch’ing. The three Heavens of Taoism, [124]–[125]
San Kuan. The Three Agents,125; San Kuan Ta Ti, [125]; T’ai Shang San Kuan, [125]; sons of Dragon-king’s daughters, [126]
“San Kuo Chih,” The Story of the Three Kingdoms; an historical romance, [117] sq.
San Pao. The Three Precious Things, or Treasures—Buddha, the Law, and the Priesthood, [119]
San Yüan. The Three Origins,125; and the divisions of the year, [126]; ‘the Three True Sovereigns, Guests of the Kingdom of Wu,’ [127]
Scholars. Shih; the first class of the people, [28]
Schools. See Accessory Institutions
Sciences, Little cultivated until modern times, [54] sq.
Sea. Dragon-kings of the, [210]–[211], [212]; Yang Hou, Spirit of the, [212] sq.; legend of the Eight Immortals crossing the, [303]–[304]
Seasons. Festivals of the, [44]
Second Self. And worship of the living, [101], See also Other Self
Sêng Pao. Samgha; the Priesthood or Church, one of the San Pao of Buddhism, [119]
Sentiments, Æsthetic and Moral, [51]–[52]
Sha Ho-shang, or Sha Wu-ching. A priest in the Hsi yu chi, [326]; and Kuan Yin, [334]1 baggage coolie to Hsian Chuang, [334]–[335]; journeys with the Master, [341] sq.; his reward, [368]
Sha Wu-ching. See Sha Ho-shang
Shakya, or S’âkya. Same as S’âkyamuni Buddha, Shih-chia Fo, Gautama, [119]. See Shâkyamuni
Shâkyamuni, S’âkyamuni, or Shih-chia Fo. The name used in Chinese literature for Gautama Buddha, [119]; and Kuan Yin, [251] Page 447
“Shan Hai Ching.” The Hill and River Classic, [386]
Shan Ts’ai. And Miao Shan, [271] sq.; his fidelity tested, [272] sq.; transformation of, [273]; canonized, [287]
Shang. The Merchants; the fourth class of the people, [28]
Shang Ti. The Supreme Ruler, [94]; and Ti, [94]; worship of, [94]–[95]; sacrifices to, [95]; confused with T’ien, [96]–[97]; confers on Chuang Chou the kingdom of Jupiter, [150]
Shang Yang. Legend of the, [206]–[207]
Shao, or Piao. Part of the constellation of the Great Bear, [106]
Shê-chi. Gods of the Soil and Crops, [165]
Shê-mo Wang. Gods of Serpents, [165]
Shên. Name for gods, [103]
Shên Chên-jên. And T’ai Sui, [195]
“Shên Hsien Chuan.” Biographies of the Gods, by Ko Hung, [79]
Shên I. The Divine Archer Ch’ih-chiang Tzŭ-yü, [180]–[181] and the Emperor Yao, [180] sq. and Fei Lien, [181], [204]–[205]; shoots the nine false suns, [181]–[182]; marries the sister of the Water-spirit, [182]; canonized, [183]; builds a palace for Chin Mu, [183]–[184]; and the pill of immortality, [184]–[185]; kills Chisel-tooth, [184]; receives the sun-palace, [185]–[186]; and the Bird of Dawn, [186]–[187]; visits the moon, [187]–[188]
Shên Kung-pao. Meets Chiang Tzŭ-ya, [155]; tempts Chiang Tzŭ-ya to desert Chou, [155]; his power to separate his head from his body, [155]; discards his head, [156]; his head taken by Ancient Immortal of the South Pole, [156]–[157]; obtains his head again, [157]
Shên Lang. Hsü Chên-chün and, [223]–[224]
Shên Nung, or Ti Huang Shih. A legendary emperor, [81], [247]; and T’ai I, [143]; as God of Agriculture, [143], [165], [239]; as God of Fire (Huo Ti, Yen Ti), [239]; as God of Medicine, [247]
Shên Pao, or Lao Tzŭ. Third person of Taoist triad, [125]
Shên Shih. The Gentry; a social division, [28]
Shên Shu. A Door-god, [173]. See Mên Shên
Shêng-jên. Superhuman beings, saints, [125], [136]
Shih. Officers, later Scholars; the first class of the people, [28]
Shih Chin. Second son of Shih Ch’in-ch’ang, [255]
Shih Ch’in-ch’ang. Father of the sons reborn as daughters of Queen Po Ya, [255]
Shih Shan. Third son of Shih Ch’in-ch’ang, [255]
Shih Wên. Eldest son of Shih Ch’in-ch’ang, [255]
Shih-chi Niang-niang. And No-cha, [312]–[313]
Shih-chia Fo. See Shâkyamuni
Shou Hsing, or Hsien Wêng. The God of Longevity, [165], [171]–[172]; at first a stellar deity, [171]–[172]; as an old man, [172]; legend of, [172]; and the Eight Immortals, [214]; and Chu Jung, [238]
Shu Yü. See Mên Shên
Shui. Water; and deliverance from evil, [125]–[126]
Shui Kuan. Ruler of the Watery Elements, [216]
Shui-mu Niang-niang. Old Mother of the Waters; legend of, [220] sq.; and Sun Hou-tzŭ, [221]–[222]; and Kuan Yin, [221]–[222]
Shun. Successor of the great Emperor Yao; with Yao and Yü as the Three Origins, [126]–[127]
Shun-fêng Êrh, or Kao Chio. Favourable-wind Ear, [161] sq.; general of tyrant Chou, [161]–[162]; encounters with No-cha, Yang Chien, Chiang Tzŭ-ya, Li Ching, and Lei Chên-tzŭ, [162] sq.; defeat of, [163]–[164]; searches for heir to Miao Chuang, [254]–[255]
Silkworms, Goddess of, [169]
Sin. By the gods, [99]
Sinkiang. The New Territory, or Eastern Turkestan; a dependency of China, [27]
Six-toed People, [389] Page 448
Slavery. Unknown in early times, recognized in Monarchical Period, [48]
Slow-carts Country. In Hsi yu chi, [352] sq.
Smallpox. God of, [175]; Ministry of, [246]–[247]; prevalence of, in China, [246]–[247]
Snake, The Jointed. Legend of, [393]
Snuff. Use of, [47]
Snorter. See Chêng Lung
Social Intercourse, Laws of. Ceremonial observances, [42]–[43]; ranks, how distinguished, [42]; visits, [42]; forms of address, [42]; presents, [42]; a source of misunderstanding between East and West, [42]–[43]
Sociological Environment, [20]–[21]
Soil, Gods of the, [165]
Solitary Indeterminate. See I Tu
Solstices. Festivals of the, [44]
Sombre Youth. See Heaven-deaf
Soul. Recalling the, [39]–[40]; birth of the, [93]
Soul-tablet, [40]
“South Branch, Dream of the.” Nan k’o mêng; story of, [410] sq.
Sovereign-s. The Three True— see San Yüan; of the Eastern Air, [136]–[137]; of the Western Air, [137]; the nine Human—see Jên Huang
Spiders. Sun Hou-tzŭ and the, [364]
Spine, Deformed in infancy to produce a scholarly stoop, [37]
Spirit-s. Festivals, [44]; T’ien the abode of the, [95]–[96]; the Great One, the Great Unity, [142]–[143]; an ox-spirit, [146]; Spirit of the Blue Dragon Star, [146]; of the White Tiger Star, [148]; Spirit-boat, [151]; of Ô-mei Shan—see T’ai-i Huang-jên; Spirit of the Waters, [182], and see Ho Po; Spirit of Lightning, [203]–[204]; dragons regarded as spirits of the waters, [208]; Spirit of the Sea, [212] sq.; of the Well, [217]; of the North Star, [262]–[263], [270]; of the South Pole Star, [329], [337]
Ssŭ Ha Li Kuo. The Red Country, [359]
Ssŭ Ta T’ian-wang. The Four Kings of Heaven; Taoist reflection of Chin-kang, [142]
Ssŭ Tu. The Four Kings of the Sweet Water Department, [212]
Ssŭ-ma Chêng. Author of Historical Records; his account of Nü Kua, [81]–[82]
Star-s. Myths of the, [176] sq.; star-worship, [188]–[189]; star-ruler, [189]; effects of worship of, [189]
Star-god-s. The Great Bear, [106] sq.; the God of Literature a star-god, [106] sq.; T’ai I, [144]; Bushel Mother, [144]–[145]; Blue Dragon, [146]; White Tiger, [148]; Ts’an Nü, [169]; the God of Happiness, [169]–[170]; the God of Longevity, [171]–[172]; Leo, ‘Throne of the Five Emperors’ in, [176]; the Cycle-gods, [177]; Chang Hsien, [177] sq.; the Heavenly Dog, [177]–[178]; Po I-k’ao, [192] sq.; God of the Wind, [204]; ‘the Five Mountains,’ [242]–[243]
Starting, The Great. T’ai ch’u, [90]
States. Parts of provinces in early times, [29]; power of princes of, [29]
Storms, Ministry of, [198]
“Story of the Three Kingdoms,” See San Kuo Chih
Substance. Chih; one of the elements of creation, [90]
Sumêru. The central mountain or axis of the universe in Hindu mythology, [16]; called Hsü-mi Shan in Chinese, [142]
Sun-s. P’an Ku and the, [77]–[78]; influences terrestrial events, [176]; symbol of the, [176]; worship of, [176]–[177], [179]; the nine false, [181]–[182]; palace of the, conferred on Shên I, [186]
Sun Hou-tzŭ. See Sun Wu-k’ung
Sun Wu-k’ung, or Sun Hou-tzŭ. The Monkey Fairy in the Hsi yu chi; and Shui-mu Niang-niang,221–[222]; represents human nature, [325]; various names of, [326]; born on Hua-kuo Shan, [326]–[327]; Yü Huang and, [327] sq.; his rod of iron, [328]; Grand Master of the Heavenly Stables, [329]; Grand Superintendent of Page 449the Heavenly Peach-garden, [329]–[330]; acquires double immortality, [330]; and T’ien Kou, [331]; distilled in Lao Chün’s furnace, [331]–[332]; in jumping competition with Buddha, [332]–[333]; and Kuan Yin, [333]; journeys to the Western Paradise with the Master, [341] sq.; and the Demons of the Lotus Gave, [345] sq.; saves the Master, [345] sq., [352], [358] sq., [363]–[364], [365]–[366]; and the Red Child Demon, [350] sq.; and the Demons of Blackwater River, [352]; in Slow-carts Country, [352] sq.; in the Buddhist temple, [364]–[365]; returns home, [367] sq.; canonized, [368]
Sun-king. T’ai-yang Ti-chün, or Jih-kung Ch’ih-chiang; [179]; and legend of Ch’ih-chiang Tzŭ-yü, [179] sq.; legend of the—see Ch’ih-chiang Tzŭ-yü and Shên I
Sung Dynasty. Philosophers of, and mythology, [73]
Super-tao. Chuang Tzŭ’s, [91]
Super-triad of Gods, [100]–[101]
Superstition-s, [53]–[54]; fêng-shui, [54], [209]; astrological, [176]
Supreme Ruler. See Shang Ti