[346] Lit.—the skin purse (of his bones).
[return to text]
[347] Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism.
[return to footnote anchor 347]
[return to footnote 398]
[348] Violent deaths are regarded with horror by the Chinese. They hold that a truly virtuous man always dies either of illness or old age.
[return to text]
[349] Good people go to Purgatory in the flesh, and are at once passed up to Heaven without suffering any torture, or are sent back to earth again.
[return to text]
[350] The Supreme Ruler.
[return to text]
[351] See No. I., [note 36].
[return to text]
[352] Supposed to be the gate of the Infernal Regions.
[return to text]
[353] Hades.
[return to text]
[354] Literally, “ten armfuls.”
[return to text]
[355] To Heaven, Earth, sovereign, and relatives.
[return to text]