[21] Charioteer of the Sun.
[22] Who, like Joshua, stopped the sun during a battle. See Huai-nan Tzŭ, chap. vi.
[23] It is hard to believe that “bed” or “chair” is meant, as hitherto translated. “Trellis” is, however, only a guess.
[24] A man had promised to meet a girl under a bridge. She did not come, but although the water began to rise, he trusted so firmly in her word, that he clung to the pillars of the bridge and waited till he was drowned.
[25] So called because a woman waited there so long for her husband that she turned into stone.
[26] Quotation from the Yangtze boatman’s song:
“When Yen-yü is as big as a man’s hat
One should not venture to make for Ch’ü-t’ang.”
[27] A phrase from the Li Sao.
[28] Tou Tzŭ-an, who was carried to Heaven by a yellow crane near Wu-ch’ang.
[29] A story from Lieh Tzu.