Bible. Parallelisms of, with Chinese religious and mythological beliefs, [79] n.

“Biographies of the Gods.” Shên hsien chuan, by Ko Hung, [79]

Bird. Of Dawn, [186][187]; the one-legged, [206]

Birth of the Soul, [93]

Blackwater River, Demons of. In the Hsi yu chi, [352]

Blank, The Great, [90]

Blower. See Ch’ên Ch’i

Blue Dragon. Ch’ing Lung; spirit of the Blue Dragon Star; guardian of Taoist temple gates, [146] sq.

Blue River. Hsüan Chuang exposed in, as an infant, [337]

“Book of Ceremonial.” Li chi, [103]