[692] See No. LXXIII., [note 417].
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[693] The Chinese distinguish sixteen vital spots on the front of the body and six on the back, with thirty-six and twenty non-vital spots in similar positions, respectively. They allow, however, that a severe blow on a non-vital spot might cause death, and vice versâ.
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[694] Certain classes of soothsayers are believed by the Chinese to be possessed by foxes, which animals have the power of looking into the future, &c., &c.
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[695] The Yü Li or Divine Panorama.
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[696] The Divine Ruler, immediately below God himself.
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[697] See No. XXVI., [note 182].
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[698] See Author’s Own Record (in Introduction), [note 28].
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[699] The three worst of the Six Paths.
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[700] That the state of one life is the result of behaviour in a previous existence.
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[701] Lit.—the skin purse (of his bones).
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