Land. System of tenure of, [48]; greater portion under cultivation, [49]–[50]
Lang Ling. Disciple of Li T’ieh-kuai, [289], [290]
Language, Chinese, [14]; nature of, [56]–[57]; written, [57]
Lao Chün. See Lao Tzŭ
Lao Tzŭ. Called also Lao Chün, T’ai-shang Lao-chün, and Shên Pao; teacher, founder of Taoist system of philosophy; and monism, [87]; his Tao-tê ching, [87]; and tao, the ‘Way,’ [87]–[88]; third person of Taoist triad, [125]; and Yü Huang, [132]; battles with T’ung-t’ien Chiao-chu, [133], [321]–[322]; and Chuang Tzŭ, [148]–[149]; fights with Ch’iung Hsiao, [158]; and Li T’ieh-kuai, [289], [290]; Sun Hou-tzŭ steals pills of immortality from, [330]; helps to capture Sun Hou-tzŭ, [331]–[332]; distils Sun Hou-tzŭ in his furnace, [331]–[332]
Later Spirit Festival, [44]
Law, The. In Buddhism, [149]
Laws. Character of early, [30]; lex talionis, [30]; legal codes, [30]–[31]
Legend-s. Mythology and, [74]–[75]; of the One-legged Bird, [206]–[207]; of the Great Flood, [224]–[225]; of the building of Peking, [227] sq.; fox, [370] sq.; of the Unnatural People, [386] sq.; of the Pygmies, [386]–[387]; of the Giants, [387]; of the Headless People, [387]–[388]; of the Armless People, [388]; of the Long-armed People, [388]–[389]; of the Long-legged People, [389]; of the One-eyed People, [389]; of the One-armed People, [389], [391]; of the One-legged People, [389]; of the One-sided People, [389]; of the Long-eared People, [389]; of the Six-toed People, [389]; of the Feathered People, [390]; of the People of the Punctured Bodies, [390]; of the Women’s Kingdom, [390]–[391]; of the Flying Cart, Page 440391; of the Expectant Wife, [391]–[392]; of the Wild Men, [392]–[393]; of the Jointed Snake, [393]; of the great bell of Peking, [394] sq.; of the Cursed Temple, [398] sq.; of the Maniac’s Mite, [401]–[402]; of the City-god of Yen Ch’êng, [402] sq.; of the origin of a lake, [405]–[406]; of creation, among Miao tribes, [406] sq.; of the South Branch, [410] sq.; of Jung tribe with heads of dogs, [419] sq.