Miao Chi. A Taoist priest; and T’ai I, [142]–[143]
Miao Ch’ing. Daughter of Miao Chuang, [257]; marries Chao K’uei, [258]; canonized, [286]
Miao Chuang, or P’o Chia. First name Lo Yü; kinglet of Hsi Yü, [253]; Hsing Lin kingdom of, [253]; Chao Chên minister to, [253]; Ch’u Chieh general to, [253]; Pao Tê (Po Ya) Queen of, [253]; prays for a son, [253]–[254]; birth of daughters to, [256]–[257]; exiles Miao Shan, [260]; orders destruction of the Nunnery of the White Bird, [264]; orders death of Miao Shan, [265] sq.; is punished for burning the nunnery, [274] sq.; is healed by Miao Shan, [276] sq.; conspiracy against, [277] sq.; goes to Hsiang Shan, [283]; his repentance, [284] sq.; canonized, [287]
Miao Shan, Daughter of Miao Chuang, [257]; her ambition, [257]–[258]; her renunciation, [258] sq.; at the Nunnery of the White Bird, [261] sq.; worships Buddha, [262]; receives spiritual aid, [262]–[263]; saves the nunnery, [264]; her execution ordered, [265] sq.; visits the infernal regions, [267]–[268]; makes Hell a paradise, [268]; her virtue is tested, [269]; and Ju Lai, [269]–[270]; attains to perfection, [271]; becomes a Buddha, [271], [286]; and Shan Ts’ai, [271] sq.; tests Shan Ts’ai’s fidelity, [272]–[273]; sends help to son of Lung Wang, [273]–[274]; disguises herself as a priest-doctor, [275] sq.; suffers in order that her father may be cured, [277], [279] sq.; defeats conspiracy of the King’s sons-in-law, [278]–[279]. See also Kuan Yin
Miao Yin. Daughter of Miao Chuang, [257]; marries Ho Fêng, [258]; canonized, [286]
Mid-autumn Festival (All Souls’-Day), [35], [44]–[45]
Middle Kingdom. A term for the Chinese Empire, [29]
Middle Spirit Festival, [44]
Military System. In primitive times, [32]–[33]; in relation to the ruler, [33]; weapons, [33]; standing armies, [33]; changes in, [33]–[34]
Ministry-ies. Of Agriculture, [50]–[51]; celestial, [164], [198]–[199]; of Epidemics, [240]–[241]; of Exorcism, [248]; of Fire, [236]; of Medicine, [246]–[247]; of Smallpox, [246]–[247]; of Thunder and Storms, [198]; of Time, [194]; of Waters, [212]