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Identifier: dragonimagedemon1887dubo (find matches)
Title: The dragon, image, and demon; or, The three religions of China: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, giving an account of the mythology, idolatry, and demonolatry of the Chinese
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: DuBose, Hampden C
Subjects: Taoism Buddhism Confucianism
Publisher: New York, A. C. Armstrong & son
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
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The Three Pure Ones. * Ancient Original, the one on the right the SpiritualPrecious, and the bearded man is Laotsze. It is anevident imitation of Buddhism, which has its threedivinities^ but two of The Pure Ones are imaginarybeings, and the third is the Old Philosopher. Theseare not considered to exercise any power or jurisdiction,but simply to sit back in space, serene and quiet, whilethe affairs of heaven a,nd earth are directed by the 380 The Dragon, hnage, and Demon, Pearly Emperor; the Pure Ones like the Mikado offormer times, and the Pearly Emperor as the Tycoon oractual ruler of Japan. The Lantern Pagoda.—During the first moon of
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Lantern Pagoda. the new year there is often erected on the bridges alantern pagoda, with fifty lanterns, in honour of thegods of riches, fire, and agriculture, and also to givelight to the neighbourhood ; considering light as anemblem of temporal prosperity. These seven-cornered Popes, Priests, and Temples. 381 frames of bamboo are drawn up, after the lanterns arelighted, by a rope and pulley like a sail on the mast ofa boat. It is a beautiful tower of light, and very attrac-tive. May it be that the people which sat in darknesssaw great light; and to them which sat in the regionand shadow of death light is sprung up. CHAPTEK XXV. TAOIST GODS. The Pearly Emperor.—A prominent fact in pagansystems is that a secondary divinity in the estimationof the people gradually usurps the iirst place, as isseen in the gods of riches and medicine of Taoism,and in the goddesses of mercy of Buddhism andEomanism. The Three Pure Ones are above himin rank, but to the Pearly Emperor is entrusted thesuper

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