Door-gods. See Mên Shên
Dragon-s. Symbol of, on Manchu flag, [28]; P’an Ku with head of, [78]; Blue—see Blue Dragon; Fêng Po, God of the Wind, [204], [205]; are spirits of the waters, [208]; generally beneficent, [208]; essence of yang principle; evil dragons are Buddhist, [208]; nagas, mountain dragons, [208]; chief of the scaly reptiles, [208]; description and properties of, [208] sq.; Buddhist, [209]–[210]; fêng-shui and, [209]; legend of the foolish, [211]–[212]; spirits in charge of Salt Waters, [212]; spirits in charge of Sweet Waters, [212]; spirits in charge of Secondary Waters, [212]; legend of Ch’in Shih Huang-ti and the, [212] sq.; Chang Tao-ling and the, [216]–[217]; Hsü Chên-chün and the, [222] sq.; a spiritual alligator, [223]–[224]; and drought in Peking, [232] sq.
Dragon-boat Festival. Origin and nature of, [44], [152]
Dragon-king-s. The Sea-dragon Kings, the Chinese Neptunes; three daughters of, mothers of the San Kuan, [126]; description of, [210]–[211], [212]; Ao Ch’in and the Eight Immortals, [214] sq.; legend of Dragon-king’s daughter, [217] sq.; and Li No-cha, [307] sq.
Dragon-tiger Mountain. Abode of family of Chang Tao-ling, [142]
“Dream of the South Branch.” Nan k’o mêng, [410]; story of, [410] sq.
Dualism. In early cosmogony, [83]; I ching and, [84]; yin-yang system of, [85]; illustrated by pantheon, [93]
Duke of Thunder. See Lei Kung