Sombre Youth. See Heaven-deaf

Soul. Recalling the, [39]–[40]; birth of the, [93]

Soul-tablet, [40]

“South Branch, Dream of the.” Nan k’o mêng; story of, [410] sq.

Sovereign-s. The Three True— see San Yüan; of the Eastern Air, [136]–[137]; of the Western Air, [137]; the nine Human—see Jên Huang

Spiders. Sun Hou-tzŭ and the, [364]

Spine, Deformed in infancy to produce a scholarly stoop, [37]

Spirit-s. Festivals, [44]; T’ien the abode of the, [95]–[96]; the Great One, the Great Unity, [142]–[143]; an ox-spirit, [146]; Spirit of the Blue Dragon Star, [146]; of the White Tiger Star, [148]; Spirit-boat, [151]; of Ô-mei Shan—see T’ai-i Huang-jên; Spirit of the Waters, [182], and see Ho Po; Spirit of Lightning, [203]–[204]; dragons regarded as spirits of the waters, [208]; Spirit of the Sea, [212] sq.; of the Well, [217]; of the North Star, [262]–[263], [270]; of the South Pole Star, [329], [337]

Sports and Games, [45]–[46]

Ssŭ Ha Li Kuo. The Red Country, [359]