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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
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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Palace of the Moon. that Mrs. Changngo became changed into a frog, whoseoutline is traced by the Chinese on the moons surface.The following written player is seldom used: Thynature is effulgent, transparent without spot; thou, theicy-wheel in the milky way along the heavenly street,a mirror always bright; 100,000 classes all receive thyblessings. yo The Dragon, Image, and Demon, Eclipse.—The Chinese do not differ from other Tieathennations in the terror they manifest at an eclipse, whenthe wild sun eats the real sun, and in the means theyuse to appease the heavenly deities. In Africa they say, The eclipse monster has eaten the sun. The SouthAmerican Indians thought the moon was hunted across
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Save the Sun 1 the sky by huge dogs. The Caribs would dance andhowl all night long to scare the demon away. ThePeruvians raised a frightful din when the moon waseclipsed, shouting, sounding the musical instruments, andbeating the dogs to join their howls in the hideouschorus. The noble Romans flung firebrands in the air,blew trumpets, and clanged brazen pots and pans. The Adoration of Nature, 71 In China, during an eclipse, in every direction fire-crackers explode, men knock the covers of brazen foot-stoves, and boys bang tin pans, so that the clangour anddin fills the city. The picture represents the mandarinin the act of worship, which is a part of the prescribedrites. As he bows before the dark tablet placed on highon the table, the Buddhist priests clang their cymbals,and the soldiers fire volleys of musketry and fire-crackers.The priests chant, The sun-palace hidden, the sunsvirtue broken to pieces, we pray that the shadows of thedarkness may scatter, the brightness of the sun re

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