[702] Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism.
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[703] Violent deaths are regarded with horror by the Chinese. They hold that a truly virtuous man always dies either of illness or old age.
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[704] 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.
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[705] The Supreme Ruler.
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[706] See No. I., [note 36].
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[707] Supposed to be the gate of the Infernal Regions.
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[708] Hades.
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[709] Literally, “ten armfuls.”
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[710] To Heaven, Earth, sovereign, and relatives.
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[711] Held to be a great relief to the spirits of the dead.
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