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Earlier Spirit Festival, [44]

Earth. Gods of the, [46]; the Earth-mother, [82], [109][110], [165]. See also Soil and Ti

Earth-dumb. Ti-ya, or Ti-mu, the Earth-mother; one of the attendants of Wên Ch’ang, [82], [109][110]

Earth-mother. Ti-ya, Ti-mu, or Hou-t’u, [82], [109][110], [165]. See also Earth-dumb

Eastern Air, Sovereign of The, [136][137]

Eastern Palace. Residence of T’ai I, star-spirit, [143]

Ecclesiastical Institutions, [34] sq.

Education. Stereotyped at an early age, [37]; restricted to study of the classics, [37]; competitive examination system of, [37], [38]; modern, [38]

Eight Immortals. See Pa Hsien