their use of sieve or winnowing-fan in superstitious rites, vii. 6, 9 sq.;
their ceremony of ploughing, viii. 14 sq.;
their theory as to courage, viii. 145 sq., 152;
their ceremonies of purification in spring and autumn, ix. 213 n. 1;
their festival of fire, ix. 359, xi. 3 sqq.;
their story of the external soul, xi. 145 sq.;
their theories as to the human soul, xi. 221
Chinese of Amoy averse to call fever by its proper name, iii. 400;
their use of effigies to divert ghostly and other evil influences from persons, viii. 104 sq.
Chinese author on disturbance of earth-spirits by agriculture, v. 89