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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