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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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Heavenly MaDdarin. The Heavenly Mandarin—This picture hangs innumbers of houses. The Heavenly Mandarin in appear-ance is very handsome, and on his head is the nearest Gods of the People, 323 approach to a crown with which the Chinese are ac-quainted. Kitchen-god.—About sixty million pictures of thisgod are regularly worshipped twice a month. His templeis a little niche in the brick cooking-range; his palace isoften filled with smoke, and his majesty sells for one half-
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Kitchen-god. cent. Every empire has an emperor, and every familyhas a ruler, is the oft-quoted proverb; the ruler of thefamily being the kitchen-god. His duties are two-fold;first, he knows intimately the faults of the family and takesaccount of their sins ; second, he stands as a mediatorbetween the family and the Pearly Emperor, so he is anobject of fear and honour. He is worshipped at the newand full moon, and he is thanked by -a feast on the 324 The Dragon, Image, and Demon, fourth, fourteenth, and twenty-fourth of the sixth month,and twenty-fourth of the eighth. On the twenty-fourthof the twelfth month he ascends to Heaven to report tothe Pearly Emperor, and is received home again onold years night. His ascension is attained by placinghis wee picture in a little bamboo lamp-stand coveredwith red paper for a sedan chair; this is put on a bundleof rice straw in front of the door, sugar or syrup havingfirst been rubbed on his lips, so that he will only tellsweet things when on high;

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  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:DuBose__Hampden_C
  • booksubject:Taoism
  • booksubject:Buddhism
  • booksubject:Confucianism
  • bookpublisher:New_York__A__C__Armstrong___son
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  • booksponsor:Brigham_Young_University
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