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INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Acupuncture [OMITTED], 377.
Alternation of nature and culture,
prosperity and decay, 474.Amulets and charms [OMITTED],
boys wear jade-stones, girls pearls,
505.Ancestral tablet [OMITTED] of wood, one
foot two inches long, 536.Ancient characters [OMITTED], 448, 455.
Angels, informing the Spirit of Heaven
of human misdeeds, 291,a fallen
angel [OMITTED], 341.
Animals, are creatures like man, 280,
the killing of animals is wicked, eod.
Anthroposcopy and physiognomy
[OMITTED], Chap. XXIV.Anti-alcoholic memorial, 88.
Antidotes, how given, 158.
Antiquarians know how to determine
the age of old swords, 345.Antiquity, overestimated by scholars
and artists, 476.Apparitions [OMITTED], either ghosts
shaped like men, or men behaving
like ghosts, 232, 244.Army [OMITTED], 4,000 men, divided into
2 divisions [OMITTED].Ascension to heaven by the soul, 228,
of Huang Ti, 332,
of Huai Nan Tse,
335.
Auspicious grain [OMITTED], 323, 366.
A.
Ballista [OMITTED], of ten stones, 498,
pulled
with a windlass [OMITTED], 503.
Beauty, engendered by a magical
force, vicious and depraved, 302.Bird [OMITTED], star, 118.
Births, supernatural, 318, 464.
Black Tortoise [OMITTED], the northern
quadrant of solar mansions, 106.Blue Dragon [OMITTED], the eastern
quadrant of solar mansions, 106, 534.Bronze vase of the year 669 b.c.
with inscription, 344.Burning glasses [OMITTED], 378.
Burning of the Books by Ch`in
Shih Huang Ti, 204, 447, 449, 490.
B.
Cannibalism, in times of dearth, 170.
Ceremonies originate from a want
of loyalty, 100.Chance [OMITTED], definition, 142,
Chap. X.
Chaos [OMITTED], 252.
Character [OMITTED] and natural gifts [OMITTED]
determine human intelligence and
conduct, 145,Chap. XXXI, transformed
by instruction and the influence
of virtue, 380,depend on
the quantity of the original fluid, 381.
Chin (kin) [OMITTED], old coins, 132, 146,
365, 377, 433.Chopsticks [OMITTED], of ivory considered
a great luxury under the Shang
dynasty, 354.Chronicle of Yü [OMITTED] Yüpen-chi,
254.Commerce resorted to by lazy agriculturists,
170.Contingencies [OMITTED], definition, 142,
contingencies and chance agree or
disagree with destiny, 123.
Cook, in Sung, famous for butchery,
239.Cow, may give birth to a horse, 102.
Creation, 252.
Cricket and chrysalis no emblem of
immortality, 122.Cries of a new-born child indicative
of the length of its life, 314.Cross-bow [OMITTED], 251, 266, 533.
C.
Days and nights, their different
lengths how caused, 259.Death [OMITTED], Chap. XV, death the correlate
of birth, 349.Destiny [OMITTED], Chap. VIII and IX,
destiny of a State stronger than
that of individuals, 137,connected
with the stars, eod.,natural [OMITTED],
concomitant [OMITTED], adverse [OMITTED], 138,received at the time of conception,
139,does not agree with natural
disposition, good or bad character,
eod. determines life and death, rank
and wealth, 144,not influenced by
virtue or knowledge, eod., natural destiny
according to Mencius' view, 431,destiny depends on Heaven, 526.
Dipper [OMITTED], constellation, 275, 450.
Diseases have natural causes, 528.
Distance, its effect on vision, 261,
266, 274.Divination [OMITTED], Chap. XIV, by
tortoise shell and milfoil, 182,by
shells and by diagrams, 526.
Dragon [OMITTED], attracts the clouds and
the rain, 279, 356,fetched by Heaven
during a tempest, 285, 351,rising to
heaven 293,an auspicious animal,
323,a reptile that undergoes transformations,
327,Chap. XXIX, lives
in the water, 351,like fish and
reptiles, 352,represented with a
horse's head and a snake's tail, 353,mounts the clouds, and is like earthworms
and ants, eod., reptiles that
can be domesticated and eaten, 354,not intelligent, eod.,
dragon liver and
unborn leopard, eod.,the dragon
rides on the clouds, 357,contracts
and expands its body, can become
visible and invisible, 358,can transform
itself, eod.
Dragon Star [OMITTED], 520.
Dreams and visions [OMITTED], their nature
doubtful, 200, 215,direct dreams,
228,interpretation of dreams, 189.
Dwarfs, used as actors, 473.
D.
Eagles transformed into pigeons and
vice versa, 368.Earth [OMITTED], has a body like man,
183,size of its area, 256,
does not
move, 267,high in the north-west
and low in the south-east, 268.
Earth-quake, predicted, 112, 127.
Eclipse [OMITTED], how caused 269 seq.,
Eight Diagrams [OMITTED], invented
by Fu Hsi, expanded by Wên Wang,
87, 454, 474.Elixir of life [OMITTED], made of
gold and gems, drunk by Taoists, 339.Emperors, their investiture by
Heaven, 132, 133.Energy, human, doubled by fear, 498.
Equanimity of the wise who placidly
await their fate, 145, 149.Equinoxes, vernal and autumnal
[OMITTED], 259, 265.Exaggerations, why people are
fond of them, 85.Executions are wicked, 280.
Exorcism [OMITTED], Chap. XLIV.
E.
Fate see Destiny, 130,
becomes the
mind internally and the body externally,
131,is obtained spontaneously,
not by any effort, 150,fate
of long life, 313, 402.
Felicitous plant [OMITTED], 366.
Fever [OMITTED] cured with pills causing
perspiration, 282.Fifteen dynasties [OMITTED] at
the beginning of history, 90.Fifth month child supposed to kill
its parents, 161.Fishes and birds are related, both
can fly and are oviparous, 300,fishes and turtles are metamorphosed
from snakes and reptiles, 326, 368.
Five Birds [OMITTED]. 372.
Five Canons (Classics) [OMITTED]:—
Yiking, Shiking, Shuking, Liki, and
Ch`un-ch`iu, 86, 447, 449, 490.Five Elements [OMITTED]:—metal,
wood, water, fire, and earth, 104,
201, 272.Five Emperors and Three Rulers
[OMITTED]:—Huang Ti, Chuan
Hsü, K`u, Yao, Shun, and Yü, T`ang,
and Wên Wang, 76, 81, 101, 138,
324, 332, 334, 359, 372, 405, 464,
467, 484, 511.Five Grains [OMITTED]:—hemp, millet,
rice, wheat, and beans, 381, 517.Five Lakes [OMITTED] = T`ai-hu in
Kiangsu, 380.Five Leading Princes [OMITTED]:—
Duke Huan of Ch`i, Duke Wên of
Chin, Duke Hsiang of Sung, Duke
Chuang of Ch`u, and Duke Mu of
Ch`in, 74, 101.Five Mountains [OMITTED], sacred:—
T`ai-shan, Hêng-shan, Hua-shan, Hêng-shan,
and Sung-shan, 251.Five Organs (intestines) [OMITTED]:—
the heart, the liver, the stomach,
the lungs, and the kidneys, 105,
195,the necessary substratum of
the Five Virtues, 195, 381,regulating
the Vital Fluid, 496.
Five Planetary Emperors [OMITTED],
234.Five Planets [OMITTED]:—
Venus, Jupiter,
Mercury, Mars, and Saturn,
271,are made of the substance of
the Five Elements, 276.
Five Qualities [OMITTED]:—benevolence,
justice, propriety, knowledge,
and truth, 381, 390.Five Sacrifices [OMITTED] of the
house, the outer and inner doors,
the well, the hearth, and the inner
court, 510, 516.Five Sacrifices of
the Princes, 519.
Five State Robes [OMITTED], worn
under the reign of the emperor Yü,
490.Five Time Keepers [OMITTED] of the
Shuking:—the year, month, day,
stars, and dates of calendar, 452.
Five Virtues see Five Qualities, 105,
194, 474.Flatulence, its causes, 295.
Fluid see Vital Fluid and Primogenial
Fluid.Fluid-eaters [OMITTED], Taoists
living on air to obtain immortality,
348.Flying fish, 357.
Fortune-tellers [OMITTED] and their
methods, Chap. XXIV.Founders melting metal, 294.
Four classes of the disciples of
Confucius [OMITTED], 376.Four Grey Beards [OMITTED], recluses
at the beginning of the Han
epoch, 437.Four Quadrants (Constellations)
[OMITTED]:—Blue Dragon, White Tiger,
Scarlet Bird, and Black Tortoise,
353.Four Seas and Four Mountains [OMITTED]
[OMITTED] forming the limits of
ancient China, 253.Frogs become quails, 326, 336, 368.
F.
Gems and pearls, made artificially
by the Taoists, 378.Genii [OMITTED], represented with feathers
and wings, 293, 330,so light that
they can fly like wild geese, 252.
Geomancers [OMITTED], 531.
Ghosts [OMITTED], diffuse and invisible,
191,the dead do not become ghosts
and have no consciousness, eod.;a name of the passive principle,
eod.;ghosts are not the essence of
the dead, 192 seq.; Chap. XVIII,
ghosts are visions of sick people,
239, 240,apparitions of the fluid
of sickness, 240,seen by madmen,
eod., made of the stary fluid, 241,ghosts the essence of old creatures,
241,ghosts living in men, eod.,
the
spirits of cyclical signs, 242,creatures
like men:—flying corpses [OMITTED]
[OMITTED], crawling demons [OMITTED], goblins
[OMITTED], devils [OMITTED], 243,kingdom
of the Ghosts [OMITTED], eod.,wicked
ghosts [OMITTED], eod.,ghosts apparitions
in human shape, 244,are the
Yang fluid, therefore red, burning
and able to abscond, 246,know
what is secret, 291,devils are supernatural
apparitions produced by
the sun, 299,ghosts are burning
poison and have a red colour, 299,ghosts and spirits more ethereal
than immortals, 524,insensible of
joy and anger, eod.,expulsion of
ghosts, 532,sick people see ghosts,
533.
Ghost of Fever [OMITTED], son of
Chuan Hsü, 242, 534.God [OMITTED] = Shang Ti, 134, 162,
203;a public spirit, who does not
trouble about private grievances,
204; 223, 227, 321, 328, 355.
Golden Age, its praise unfounded,
471 seq.Government, must be based on
virtue, not on criminal law, 441,by
not governing, 95.
Grand Annalist [OMITTED] = Sse
Ma Ch`ien, the author of the Shi-chi,
86, 96, 111, 115, 148, 153, 167,
168, 254, 332, 345, 462, 463, 464.Great Diviner of Ch`i [OMITTED]
= Yen Tse, 112, 159.Great Wall, constructed by Mêng
T`ien, 167.Green Dragon see Blue Dragon, 301.
G.
Halo (aureole) [OMITTED], 173, 178.
Happiness [OMITTED] and fortune [OMITTED] not
connected with wisdom and intelligence,
145,Chap. XI and XII, not
given by Heaven as a reward, 156.
Hare [OMITTED], in the moon, 268,
conceives
by licking the pubescence of
plants, and the leveret issues from
its mouth, 319.
Heart [OMITTED], governs the members
and the senses and is not governed
by them 111,constellation, 118, 127,
230.
Hearth [OMITTED], sacrifice to, 343,
God
of the Hearth, 519.
Heat and cold [OMITTED], Chap. XXI,
not influenced by the sovereign, 278,coinciding with joy and anger, 288.
Heaven [OMITTED], emits its fluid everywhere,
but acts spontaneously, 92,has neither mouth nor eyes, eod.,
its
fluid is:—placid, tranquil, desireless,
inactive, and unbusied [OMITTED]
[OMITTED], 93,its principle
spontaneity, 95,and inactive, 99,
does not speak nor act, 101,
reprimands
contrary to its nature, 102,affects things, but is not affected by
them, 109,542is the master of man and
things, eod. and 111,its fluid forms
the shapeless empyrean. 113,not
moved by the sighs of ten thousand
people, eod.,does not reprimand a
sovereign, nor kill malefactors, 126,Heaven's spontaneity and inaction
preclude wisdom and sensations,
127,Heaven does not speak, 128,
the
words of the wise are the words
of Heaven, eod.,anthropomorphisms
of the Shiking and the Shuking, eod.;the heart of Heaven in the bosom
of the Sages, 129,Heaven's decree,
130, 132, 408,Heaven is spontaneous,
133,human qualities ascribed
to it, 134,wealth and honour come
from Heaven, 136 seq., 404,its body,
183,Heaven does not speak nor
hear, its nature is non-interference,
184; 227,Heaven's ways difficult
to understand, 242;Chap. XIX, the
pure elements formed heaven, the
impure ones earth, 252,heaven is
not air, but has a body, 257,its
distance from earth, eod.,its circumference
365 degrees, eod.,not raised
in summer, nor depressed in winter,
260,not high in the south, nor low
in the north, eod.,not shaped like
a reclining umbrella, 261,looks like
a bowl turned upside down, eod.,is as level as earth, 262,
heaven
makes a circumvolution of 365 degrees
= 730,000 Li every day, 266,heaven's movement the spontaneous
emission of fluid, 268,its distance
from earth upwards of 60,000 Li,
275,its principle spontaneity, 283,
Heaven's anger, 286,
the dark blue
sky, eod.,Heaven humanised, eod.;
all beings to Heaven like children,
289,Heaven does not write, 295,
emits its fluid into Earth, 322,
minister
of Heaven, 421,Mencius on
Heaven, 422,the Heaven of antiquity
is the Heaven of to-day, 471,Heaven is a body like the Earth,
509,Heaven the master of the
hundred spirits, 526,virtues are its
principles eod.
Heaven and Earth [OMITTED], by the
fusion of their fluids all things are
produced, 92,are like husband and
wife, 93, 99, 287, 322,are inactive,
97,cannot act, are devoid of knowledge,
101,do not create man on
purpose, 103,their fluids mixing,
things grow naturally and spontaneously,
104,the great man equals
them in virtue, 129,believed to
punish the wicked, 164,cannot be
interrogated by diviners, 182,do
not respond, 184;have a body, eod.;
set in order, 193,
contain air, 252,
act in spontaneous harmony, 277,
their nature is spontaneity, 280,
father and mother of mankind,
287,like a great furnace filled
with Yang (fire) and Yin (water),
294, 320, 330,are both bodies,
337,were not born and do not
die, 349,conjointly produce all
things, 471,their size many ten
thousand Li, 510,the emperor
treats Heaven like his father and
Earth like his mother, 517,in man
the mind of Heaven and Earth
reach their highest development,
529.
Heavenly fluid [OMITTED], 110, 138.
Heavenly officials [OMITTED], the
stars, 138, 227.Hill sacrifice [OMITTED], Fêng-shan,
332.Homeopathetic treatment [OMITTED]
[OMITTED]; cold cured by cold, and
fever by fire, 299.Hook Star [OMITTED] = Mercury, 127.
Hot Water Abyss see T`ang-ku.
House [OMITTED], constellation, 112,
118, 127.Human Emperors [OMITTED], mythical
rulers of remotest antiquity, 193,
252.
H.
Ignorance, blissful of primitive
times, 100.Immortality, drug of [OMITTED], 335,
aimed at by Taoists, 336, 343.
Inaction [OMITTED], 92.
Incidents [OMITTED], definition, 143.
Intoxication, the virtuous believed
not to become intoxicated, 487.
I.
Killing animals see animals.
K.
Land division in Wei, 382.
Language, different in ancient and
modern times and in different parts
of the empire, 72.Life [OMITTED]; the Taoists endeavour to
prolong life by quietism and dispassionateness,
346,its proper length
a hundred years, 314, 472.
Long
life, the shortest 70 years, medium
80 years, longest 90 years, 452.
Life and death [OMITTED] depend on
Destiny, 136 seq.Literati [OMITTED], 250, 252, 257, 265,
304, 332, 338, 434, 447, 473, 490.Luan [OMITTED], bird inferior to the phœnix,
364.Luck [OMITTED], definition, 141.
Lumbago (sciatica) [OMITTED] or [OMITTED], said
to be caused by devils flogging the
patient, 299,cured with honey and
cinnabar, eod.
L.
Madness [OMITTED], a disturbance of
the vital force, 240,of nature 380.
Magpies [OMITTED], know the future,
358.Man, born from Heaven and Earth
and endowed with the heavenly
fluid, 97,why active, eod.;
his insignificance,
when compared with
Heaven and Earth, 109,filled with
the heavenly fluid, 111,a tiny creature,
112,imbibing the heavenly
fluid man is born, 138,man a pigmy,
183,before his birth and after death
man is part of the primogenial fluid,
194,he is born and kept alive by
the Yin and the Yang, 249,a creature
like others, 289,the noblest of
the productions of Heaven and
Earth, 320, 352,like lice, 322,
is
born by propagation, eod.,never
metamorphosed, 327,not different
from other creatures, 335,first
among naked creatures, 353, 528,endowed with a spontaneous mind
and a uniform disposition, 386,average
people and people above and
below the average, 386, 391,endowed
with the nature of Heaven and
Earth, 390,with the Five Qualities,
eod.,the most intelligent of the ten
thousand creatures, 528.
Marriage, age of, 472.
Matriarchate, 473.
Mechanisms:—a flying kite, a wooden
carriage and horses, made by
Mê Tse and Lu Pan, 499.Medicine, liquid and pills, 282,
mineral
drugs [OMITTED], 252.
Meteors [OMITTED], 230, 271, 274 seq.,
507.Miracles [OMITTED], 244,
Chap. XXVI.
Moon [OMITTED], moves 13 degrees =
26,000 Li every day, 266,a hare
and a toad in the moon, 268,the
moon is water, eod.
Music, its power on animals, 379,
its magical force, 222.
M.
Naked People [OMITTED], 407.
Nature [OMITTED], natural [OMITTED], concomitant
[OMITTED], adverse [OMITTED], 140,human nature
affected by its environment, 375,by
instruction, 382.different views on
original nature, Chap. XXXII.
Natural feelings and natural disposition
[OMITTED], the basis of human
activity, 384,said to correspond to
the Yin and the Yang, 389.
Nine Continents [OMITTED], 253.
Nine Heavens [OMITTED], 339.
Nine Provinces (Circuits) [OMITTED] =
China, 253, 390.Nine Relations [OMITTED], ascendants
and descendants, 492.Nine Streams [OMITTED], 261.
Nine Tripods [OMITTED], of the Chou
dynasty, disappeared, 218,auspicious,
505,their history, 506.
Nine Wild Tribes of the East
[OMITTED], 406.Notes, musical, 121.
Noxious influences [OMITTED], Chap. XLIII.
Nursing of children, 314.
N.
Odes of the Shiking [OMITTED], 91.
Omens (Portents) [OMITTED], Chap. XIII,
different kinds, 173, 183,the lucky
meet with lucky omens by chance,
186,omens and signs are always
true, 190,shaped like man, 230,
indicate future happiness or misfortune,
245,correspond to something
good, 368,happen spontaneously,
eod.,during the Han epoch,
372, 406,under Ming Ti, 479,
under
Kuang Wu Ti, 480.
Ominous creatures [OMITTED], have
no species, are born by accident,
365,from a propitious fluid, 366.
Original fluid, see Primogenial
fluid.Orphan of Chao [OMITTED], 177.
O.
Parrots [OMITTED], can talk, 358.
Pearls, genuine ones in fishes, 273,
and shells, 378.
Pearl-tree in the farthest southwest
[OMITTED], 273.Perfect man, 134.
Phantoms [OMITTED] consist of the solar
fluid, 245,emit poison, 247.
Phœnix [OMITTED], Chap. XXX, a holy
bird, huge with a variegated plumage,
359,accompanied by thousands
of birds, 363,phœnix and unicorn
signs of universal. peace, 364,as
big as a horse; 5 feet high, 366,did not come at Confucius' time, 405.
Phenomenalists [OMITTED],
scholars who explained calamities
and other natural phenomena by
moral causes, 127, 128, 281, 283.Physiognomy see Anthroposcopy.
Physiognomists, have divided
human features into more than
seventy classes, 72.Pillar of Heaven [OMITTED] = K`unlun,
89, 250.Plan of the Yellow River [OMITTED],
95, 238, 294, 405, 454.Plum, may grow on a cherry-tree, 102.
Poison [OMITTED], Chap. XXIII, the hot
air of the sun, 298,bad men filled
with a poisonous fluid, 300,poison
of glib-tongued people, 303.
Pole of heaven [OMITTED], 255.
Polar star [OMITTED], 260, [OMITTED], 263.
Polygamy, its drawbacks, 141.
Portents see Omens.
Posthumous titles, 162, 208, 333.
Pregnant women, what they are
to avoid, while with child, 141.Primitive life, 474,
happy without
virtue and knowledge, 100.
Primogenial fluid [OMITTED], vague,
diffuse, and unconscious, the human
fluid a part of it, 194,genuine and
harmonious; all people filled with
it, 471.
Primordial generation of fish and
grass, 368.Propriety and righteousnous upheld
against Han Fei Tse, 434 seq.Public instruction and criminal law
what for, 380.Punishments meted out in autumn
and winter, 148, 280, 291.Purple boletus [OMITTED], a felicitous
plant, 132,eaten by Taoists, 339.
P.
Quipos, 473.
Q.
Rain [OMITTED], portended by insects, by
the expansion of chords, and by
chronic diseases, 109,its origin, 277,
becomes dew and frost, eod.;
a fluid
emitted by heaven, 289,the Rain
God [OMITTED], 511, 521.
Rat [OMITTED], a skin-disease cured by
eating a cat, 158.Raven [OMITTED], three-legged, cannot
live in the sun, 268.Red Emperor [OMITTED], 178, 234.
Rhinopithecus [OMITTED], knows the
past, 358.
R.
Sacrifices [OMITTED], Chap. XLI and
XLII, presented to Heaven and
Earth, Mountains and Rivers, the
Spirits of the Land and Grain, 510, 516,to the Five Genii and the
ancestors, 516,to Shangti, to the Six
Superior Powers, eod.,the imperial,
suburban, patriarchal, and ancestral
sacrifices, eod.,sacrifices to the
Seasons, to Heat and Cold, the Sun,
the Moon, the Stars, the Four Cardinal
Points, to Water and Drought,
517,to Earth, at the meals, 523,
to
the Five Emperors and Three
Rulers, 516,to Mountains, Gates,
and Doors, 536,of an ox, 514,
of
wood, a calf, a sheep, 516 seq., of
millet, rice-cake, and soup offered
to Earth, 510,the meaning of sacrifices,
509, 535,motives of sacrifices:—gratitude
and ancestor worship,
517,they are not enjoyed by
ghosts or spirits, but merely symbolical,
522,of no avail, 537.
Sages, endued with the harmonious
fluid, 316,not imbued with a special
fluid, 322,credited with the gift of
prophecy, 353,produced by Heaven
every 500 years, 424.
Sage birds and animals, 371.
Scarlet Bird [OMITTED], the southern
quadrant of solar mansions, 106.Schools [OMITTED], founded from olden
times, 434.Scroll of the Lo [OMITTED], 95, 238,
294, 455.Secretary falcon [OMITTED], poisonous, 301.
Sensations, how caused by the
mental fluid, 239.Seven Sacrifices [OMITTED], performed
by the Emperor, 519.Seventy odd disciples of Confucius
[OMITTED], all sages, 151, 168, 375,
392, 396.Sickness not a punishment of
Heaven, 119.Six Classics [OMITTED], the Five Classics
and the Classic of Music, 128.Six Departments of Literature [OMITTED]
[OMITTED] under the Han dynasty:—classics,
six arts, philosophy, poetry, military
science, and divination, 83, 470.Six Domestic Animals [OMITTED],
the horse, the ox, the goat, the
pig, the dog, and the fowl, 193.Six Honoured ones [OMITTED], 516.
Six Institutions of the Chou dynasty
[OMITTED], administration, instruction,
rites, police, jurisdiction,
public welfare, 455.Six Passions [OMITTED]:—cheerfulness,
anger, grief, joy, love, and
hatred, 110.Six States [OMITTED]:—Yen, Chao, Han,
Wei, Ch`i, and Ch`u, leagued against
Ch`in, 278, 305, 437.Sixty-four Diagrams [OMITTED]
[OMITTED], composed by Wên Wang, 87,
454.Solstices [OMITTED] in summer and winter,
259, 265.Sophists [OMITTED], poison flowing from
their mouths, 303.Sorcerers [OMITTED], filled with the Yang
fluid, 246, 298,live in the South,
247,can predict fate, eod.
Soul [OMITTED], the souls of the dead are
dissolved and cannot hear any more,
207;animal soul [OMITTED] and mind [OMITTED],
209,the soul = vital fluid, 228,
roaming about during a dream, eod.
Southern Circuit [OMITTED] = Tung-chün
in Hupei, 298.Sparrows turn into clams, 326, 336,
368.Speech and fire have the same essence,
300.Spirits [OMITTED], believed to punish
the guilty, 164,diffuse and shapeless
[OMITTED], 191,[OMITTED] spirit,
a name of the active principle, 191,[OMITTED] the spiritual fluid forms man
and at death reverts to its original
state, 192;spirits are unconscious,
197,spirits Heaven's angels, 291,
diffuse and incorporeal, 292, 352,
536,can soar, eod.,
what is vague
and unsubstantial has the nature of
a spirit, 353,it seems as if the
spirits helped the happy and caused
the misfortune of the miserable, 144,
160,clothes, 5-6 inches long, offered
to spirits, 515.
Spirit bird [OMITTED], 364.
Spirit of Earth [OMITTED], propitiated
after the building of a house, 535.Spirit of Heaven [OMITTED], reprimanding
a sovereign, 119,impersonated
by a man, 232,angry, 287,
like a king in his residence, 290,
352,changing his mind, 408.
Spirit of Rain [OMITTED], 222.
Spirit of Sickness [OMITTED], 534.
Spirit of the Wind [OMITTED], 222.
Spiritism by means of mediums in
a trance, 196.Spontaneity [OMITTED], Chap. III,
means absence of purpose, 283.Spontaneous fluid [OMITTED],
101, 130.Spontaneous harmony of heaven
and earth, when it rains, 277.Spook [OMITTED], Chap. XVII.
Spring and Autumn [OMITTED], work
of Confucius, 414, 447, 451, 452.Spring and Autumn period, 722 to
480 b.c., 116, 210, 269, 271, 274,
354, 362, 363, 451.Stars [OMITTED], their effluence [OMITTED] gives
wealth and honour, 138,produces
and develops things on earth, 241,stars are not round, 271,
their size
a hundred Li, 275,are attached to
heaven, 511.
Struggle for existence, 105 seq.
Style, 70 et seq.
Sun [OMITTED], ten suns in Yao's time, 89,
271,the sun came back, 89,
reverted
to the meridian, eod., and 116,encircled
by a white halo, when Ching
K`o stabbed Shih Huang Ti, 118,547solar fluid = heavenly fluid, 249,
motion of the sun and the moon,
250,Chap. XX, the sun takes 16
different courses during a year, not
9, 260,its different size in the
morning and at noon, 263,sun
and moon like ants crawling on
a mill-stone are carried along by
heaven from east to west, 266,the sun moves 1 degree = 2,000 Li
every day, eod.,is fire, 267,
a three-legged
raven in the sun, 268,sun
and moon not round, 271,the sun
is fire, 357.
Sun-stroke [OMITTED], the effect
of poisonous air, 299, 300.Swearing by Heaven, 403 seq.
Sweet dew [OMITTED], a lucky omen,
produced by the harmonious fluid,
366, 373.Swords, their manufacture, 377,
famous
swords, 503-504.
S.
Tail [OMITTED], constellation, 118.
Tao [OMITTED], the fundamental principle
of Taoism, 148, 328, 333, 336, 346.Taoism, 102.
Taoists, argue on spontaneity, 92,
97,made an artifical apparition
of Lady Wang, eod.,possess real
virtue i. e. inaction and quietism,
100,said to have become genii,
328,exhibiting tricks at the court
of Huai Nan Tse, 335,drinking the
elixir of life and eating purple
boletus, 339,cannot be drowned
nor burned, 342,Chap. XXVIII,
living on air and regulating their
breath to become immortal, 348,take medicines witha view to prolong
life, 349,make artificial gems,
378,studying the art of immortality,
524.
Tempest, expression of Heaven's
anger, 285, 351.Thirty-five kingdoms [OMITTED]
[OMITTED], beyond the sea, where plumigerous
and feathered tribes live,
254, 330.Three Dynasties [OMITTED]:—Hsia,
Yin, and Chou, 214, 319, 322, 464,their different systems of government,
475.
Three hundred scaly animals
[OMITTED], of which the dragon
the first, 353.Three hundred and sixty naked
animals [OMITTED],
among which man ranks first, 528.Three Mountains disappeared during
the Ch`in epoch, 276, 507.Three Offerings [OMITTED], made to
the Genii of Spring, Autumn, and
Winter, 518.Three Rulers see Five Emperors
and Three Rulers.Three Sacrifices [OMITTED], of the
high dignitaries, 519.Thunder [OMITTED], Chap. XXII, not
Heaven's angry voice, 285,not caused
by Heaven's fetching a dragon,
285,represented by drums or as the
"Thunderer", 292,the exploding
solar fluid, 294,fire, eod.;
why thunder
must be fire, 295,the thunder and
the dragon attract one another, 356,thunder how caused, 357.
Thunder goblet [OMITTED], of the
Hsia dynasty, 293, 506.Thunderer [OMITTED], the God of
Thunder, an athlete with drums
and a hammer, 292, 511, 521.Tiger [OMITTED], howling attracts the wind,
279, 356.Time [OMITTED], propitious or unpropitious,
145, 146,definition, 171,
determines
happy and unhappy events, 524.
Time periods [OMITTED], 24 solar
periods, into which the year is
divided, 281.Toad [OMITTED], cannot live in the
moon, 268.Tortoise [OMITTED], spiritual, 365.
Trance (Faint) [OMITTED], 195, 196.
Tribute of Yü [OMITTED], Yü-kung,
chapter of the Shuking, 253, 271,
378.Twelve Holy Men = Twelve Sages
[OMITTED], 304, 322, 359.Twelve horary characters and
their corresponding animals [OMITTED], 106.Twelve Spirits of the Cardinal
Points [OMITTED], 534.Twenty-eight constellations (solar
mansions) [OMITTED], the
resting-places of sun and moon, 257.Two Sacrifices [OMITTED], to the
Spirit of Fire and the Lord of the
Soil, 518;Two Sacrifices of ordinary
scholars, 519.
T.
Unconsciousness of the dead, 194.
Unicorn [OMITTED] = Kilin, 266,
like
a deer with one horn, a holy animal,
359,a white unicorn with five feet,
370,like a deer with two horns,
eod.,resembling a stag, eod.,
wild
animal with joined horus, 371.
U.
Vermilion grass [OMITTED], an auspicious
plant, 132, 366.Visions of ghosts, caused by pain
and fear, 239.Vital fluid [OMITTED] or [OMITTED]
the length of life depends upon it,
138,man lives by the vital fluid
residing in the arteries, 191,it fills
the body as millet and rice a bag,
and disperses at death, 192;blood
the vital force of the living, 193;its seat in the blood, 194, 195;
vital
energy maintained by eating and
drinking, 198;vital force within the
body and outside the body, 198;through death the fluid is lost, and
the vital spirit [OMITTED] dissolved,
199;after death it is a formless fluid,
eod.;the vital spirit of all creatures is
extinguished by death, it evaporates
and disappears, 201,causes thought
and sensations, 239,it gives knowledge
and speech, 249,copious or
scarce, determines the length of life,
313, 329,received by men at their
birth, forms the constitution, 325,vanishes at death, 330,
is drawn
from food, 348,the vital force concentrated
forms the human being,
350.
Vital force = Vital fluid.
V.
Water Spirit [OMITTED], son of Chuan
Hsü, 242, 534.Weird sayings of children [OMITTED],
232, 237,due to the influence of
Mars, 246.
White Emperor [OMITTED], 234.
White Tiger [OMITTED], western quadrant
of solar mansions, 106, 534.Will-o'-the-wisp [OMITTED], the blood
of the slain, 193.Wind [OMITTED], foreseen by insects, 109,
its influence on robbers and thieves,
and on the market prices, 110;winds on New Year's Day portend
the new year, 111,lucky wind,
181,the God of Wind [OMITTED], 511,
521.
Wine-spring [OMITTED], an auspicious
portent, 366.Wizards and priests [OMITTED], have
no power, 537.World, lying in the South-east of the
universe, 255, 263.
W.
Yang [OMITTED] fluid (principle) comes forth
spontaneously, 99; 110;governs life,
111;the hot fluids, eod,
is broiling
hot, 226;becomes the mind, 209,
is
fire and as such hot and red, 246,boys and sorcerers imbued with it,
eod.;it predominates at the time of a
drought, eod.,the Yang fluid produces
the vital spirit, 249,shines like the
sun, prevails in summer and is scarce
in winter, 248,is warm and genial,
279,is brightness and warmth, 284,
an immense fire, 294,
ornaments
originate from the Yang, 302.
Yin [OMITTED] fluid (principle), 99, 110;
governs death, 111,
the cold fluids,
eod.rushing against the hot Yang
fluid, 226,predominates during an
eclipse of the sun, 246,it produces
the bones and flesh, 249,is dark,
abounds in winter, and falls short
in summer, 258,corresponds to the
North, 259,is cold murder, 279,
is
rain and cold, 284,clouds and rain
are Yin, 294.
Yin and Yang [OMITTED], in harmony,
98, 103, 126;Yin and Yang crystallise
and produce man, who by death is
again dissolved into these fluids,
196;can injure the good, 242,
cause
the length and the shortness of the
days, 258, 283,Yin and Yang coming
into friction produce thunder and
lightning, 294, 339, 348;Yin and
Yang were not born and do not die,
349,their fluids the fluids of Heaven
and Earth, 368;Yin and Yang and
good and evil, 388,disorganised,
when propriety and righteousness
are neglected, 434,in harmony,
when the government is good, 465.
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