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INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Acupuncture [OMITTED], 10, 346.
Altar of the land [OMITTED], 100, 346.
Alternation of prosperity and decay,
11.Altruism [OMITTED] grows from opulence;
strife, from indigence, 12, 140, 142.Amber [OMITTED], takes up straws, 350,
352.Amulets see Charms.
Ancestral worship, minister of
[OMITTED], 258.Angling [OMITTED] with wooden fish, 353.
Annoyances and vexations [OMITTED]
[OMITTED]. There are three annoyances and
three vexations, 37 seq.Archæologists [OMITTED], 18.
Archery [OMITTED], competition of, 355.
Arithmeticians [OMITTED], honoured
by Duke Huan of Ch`i, 256.Astrologers [OMITTED],
regulated the
calendar and the days, 319,astrologer of Lu [OMITTED], 376.
Auguries see Omens, 315.
Auspicious grain [OMITTED], a felicitous
omen, 197, 206.Aversions and dislikes different
with different people, 382.Avoidances [OMITTED],
things that must
be avoided, otherwise they entail
misfortune 376 seq.,avoidances of
inauspicious days, 393 seq.
A.
Ballista [OMITTED], of five stones, 94.
Bamboo and silk [OMITTED], i. e. tablets
and scrolls used for writing,
102, 103, 223, 226, 230, 240, 302.Beckoning to the departed to
return [OMITTED], 333.Big-bellied persons [OMITTED], are
often deceitful, 41.Bird [OMITTED], a constellation, 14.
Boletus see Purple Boletus.
Book of Prophecies [OMITTED],
ascribed to Confucius, 261.Books of the various philosophers
[OMITTED], one foot long,
238.Brilliant Star [OMITTED], 193, 315 seq.
Brocades [OMITTED],
woven in Hsiang by
the people, 60,their manufacture
requires exceptional skill, 68.
Bureaucrats [OMITTED], 107.
Burning glasses [OMITTED], 132, 351,
412.Burning of the Books by Ch`in
Shih Huang Ti, 77, 78, 80.
B.
Calendars [OMITTED],
for burials, 393,
for
sacrifices, 396,for bathing, 398,
for
building, 399,a great variety of
spirits mentioned in the calendars,
401.
Calumniation [OMITTED],
different
kinds of, 38-41, 50, 51,[OMITTED], 44.
Carts [OMITTED], creeping plants flying
about led to their construction, 27.Cascade [OMITTED], 325.
Cassia [OMITTED], used as medicine, 366.
Cat's-eyes [OMITTED], put into a coffin,
371.Changes [OMITTED] Yiking, 239.
Character [OMITTED], transformed by
good and evil practice, 65.Charms [OMITTED], used to paralyse
evil influences, 387.Chi-mo [OMITTED], technical expression,
84.Chopsticks of ivory [OMITTED],
made
under Chou [OMITTED], 117,not solid,
386.
Chung-ch`ang [OMITTED], a strange
bird, 103, 107.Cinnabar [OMITTED], a boy turned red
eating cinnabar, 203, 204.Clay figures [OMITTED] and clay
ox [OMITTED], used at the beginning
of spring, 355.Clepsydra, 84.
Cockfight [OMITTED], 2.
Coins [OMITTED], golden, 213.
Coincidences [OMITTED], 1 seq.
Colours of dynasties, 312.
Comet [OMITTED],
to be averted by
prayer, 153, 154,a comet proceeded
from Ch`u, 169, 170,when a whale
dies, a comet appears, 350.
Corporal punishments [OMITTED],
abolished by Han Wên Ti, 81.Correspondencies, A major,
wood, wind, and rain, 180, 398, 416.Corvées [OMITTED] (for [OMITTED]), from the
twenty-third year, 83.Crows [OMITTED],
weeding the grave of
Yü, 5, 246,a red crow an augury
of Wu Wang, 206.
Cunning and artful [OMITTED], 43 seq.
Cutting and carving [OMITTED]
[OMITTED] of bone, ivory, jade, and jewels,
71.
C.
Dead people [OMITTED],
cannot be resuscitated
by sacrifices, are hidden
from our view, dissolved and belonging
to another sphere, 370,the
service of the dead analogous to
that of the living, 396.
Death [OMITTED],
premature how caused,
6,regarded as the greatest evil, 13,
human life and death depend on
the length of the span, 162.
Denary cycle [OMITTED], 410 seq.,
the corresponding spirits, 411.Destinies [OMITTED] may be connected
by chances and coincidences, 2.Devil country [OMITTED], barbarous
hords in the north of China, 201.Distillation [OMITTED], of spirits for
sacrifices with fragrant grass, 167.District cities [OMITTED], exceeding
ten thousand, 246.Divination [OMITTED], 104,
by diagrams
[OMITTED], eod.,by tortoise shells, straws,
and diagrams, 176, 287,divination
for a State and an individual, 279,diviners employed in case of sickness,
372.
Divine splendour [OMITTED],
a felicitous
sign, 196, 197,a brilliant fluid
[OMITTED] shining over Han Kao Tsu,
205,supernatural glamour, 206.
Dragons [OMITTED]
as portents, 2,
clay
dragon put up at the rain sacrifice,
17,dragons found in the deepest
water, 97,a dragon appeared in
the suburbs of Chiang, 103,divine
dragon, 112,dragon-liver a delicacy,
117,a clay dragon could attract
rain, 132,two dragons in the court
of Hsia from whose saliva Pao Sse
was born, 163, 164,501a yellow dragon
carried the boat of Yü, 169,a dragon mounting a black cloud,
186,dragons in midsummer rise on
clouds and rain, 187,they were
domesticated under Yao and Shun,
eod.,a yellow dragon appeared, 197,
a dragon appeared above Kao Tsu's
mother, 205, 275,Yao's mother
moved by a red dragon, 206,eight
dragons appeared under Ming Ti,
207, 216 seq.,the dragon is the
animal of the eastern region, 219,Lao Tse like a dragon, 286,
dragons
require clouds and rain to soar to
heaven, 225,the dragon has ornaments
on its scales, 229,a yellow
dragon appearing under Hsiao Wên
Ti's reign, 291,yellow dragons
under Hsiao Hsüan Ti, 307,the
dragon appears in the second month,
336,the clay dragon of Tung Chung
Shu, 349 seq.,clouds follow the
dragon, 349.
Dragon horse [OMITTED], a horse 8 feet
high, 290.Drums [OMITTED], beaten in time of high
water, 339 seq.Dummies [OMITTED],
interred in Lu,
117, 373,mud carts and straw
figures symbolise life, 355,dummies
to serve the corpses, 369.
Duodenary cycle [OMITTED], 412 seq.
D.
Earth [OMITTED],
the ruling element of the
Han dynasty, 215, 217 seq., 291,its colour is yellow, its position the
centre, 219,stronger than water,
340, 347.
Earth [OMITTED],
governs the growing of
things, 186,has many marks and
lines, 230,has an inundation, 265,
injuring the body of Earth, 394,
the spirit of Earth disturbed by the
turning up of the soil, 400.
Earthquake [OMITTED], predicted from
the stars, 160, 211.East [OMITTED], is benevolent, 219.
Eastern well [OMITTED], a solar mansion
= Gemini, 206, 275.Eclipses [OMITTED],
every 42 months there
is an eclipse of the sun, and every
56 months, one of the moon, 14,at an eclipse of the sun drums are
beaten and animals immolated at
the altars of the land, 346.
Eight degrees of nobility [OMITTED]
[OMITTED] in the Han time, 83.Eight Diagrams [OMITTED], composed
by Fu Hsi, 78.Eight Objects of Government
[OMITTED], food, commodities, sacrifices,
works, instruction, jurisdiction,
entertainment of guests, warfare,
399.Elementary books [OMITTED],
106.Elephants [OMITTED], tilling the grave of
Shun, 5, 246.Embroidery [OMITTED],
made in Ch`i
from generation to generation, 60,extraordinary skill required for this
handicraft, 68,different kinds of
silk embroidery and the method of
embroidering, 71.
Emperor, ruler and king [OMITTED]
[OMITTED], different degrees of sagehood,
32.Energy of men of talent, 86 seq.
Engineer [OMITTED], 64.
Envy [OMITTED] of people of exceptional
abilities, 40-42.Erh Fu [OMITTED], some strange being,
103, 107.
E.
Fa-yüeh [OMITTED], extraordinary
merit, 84.Fans [OMITTED],
used in winter, 35,
[OMITTED],
used in summer to cause wind, 317.
Fate [OMITTED],
a spontaneous principle
holding sway over happiness and
misfortune, 1,works spontaneously,
6,preventing grain from growing,
6,fate and Heaven allowed Confucius
and Mencius to be slandered,
7,virtue has no influence upon fate,
9, 11,fate regulating the length of
life is a very subtle essence, 25,wealth and honour are fate, 129,
to avoid injury is chance and a propitious
fate, 139,when a dynasty
perishes, or a man expires, their fate
is fulfilled, 162,heavenly fate, 207,
its quantity, eod.,
fate exhausted
and time out of gear, 361.
Favourites [OMITTED]
of emperors, liked
for their beauty, 34,[OMITTED], they
have a pleasant appearance, 129.
Female fluid [OMITTED], supposed to
remove ulcers, 259.Fên [OMITTED], tortoise with three legs, 321.
Fire [OMITTED],
has its place in the south;
the summer air corresponds to it,
407, 418,fire is the solar fluid, 412,
fire injures metal, 416.
Five Canons (Classics) [OMITTED]:—
Yiking, Shiking, Shuking, Liki, and
Ch`un-ch`iu, 63, 76-78, 80, 82, 88,
89, 99, 104, 120, 238, 276, 284, 324.Five classes of literature [OMITTED]
[OMITTED]:—Classics and Arts, records,
essays, memorials, descriptions of
virtuous actions, 277.Five Colours [OMITTED],
black, red,
green, white, yellow, 133,corresponding
to the Five Elements, 417.
Five degrees of mourning [OMITTED]
[OMITTED]:—for parents, grand parents,
brothers and sisters, uncles and
aunts, distant relatives, 133.Five Elements [OMITTED],
either affect
or overcome each other, 189; 339,their fluids different, 340,
their antagonism
modified by their quantity,
343, 392; 352,employed as amulets,
387; 394,their correspondences,
398, 416, 417; 411, 413.
Five Emperors [OMITTED]:—Huang Ti,
Chuan Hsü, K`u, Yao, and Shun, 126,
155, 192, 197, 206, 212, 223, 225,
252.Five Grains [OMITTED] = hemp. millet,
rice, wheat, and beans, 12, 14, 48,
136, 166, 230, 266, 316, 326, 365,
413.Five Monarchs [OMITTED]:—Yao, Shun,
Yü, T`ang, Wên Wang, and Wu Wang,
203, 207.Five Planets [OMITTED], 206, 323.
Five Punishments [OMITTED] of the
emperor Yü:—branding, cutting off
the nose, cutting off the feet, castration,
and execution, 81, 276.Five presidents of the board of
works [OMITTED], 212.Five relationships [OMITTED], sovereign
and subject, father and son,
elder brother and jounger, husband
and wife, friend and friend, 342.Five Rulers [OMITTED] = Five Emperors:—Huang
Ti, Chuan Hsü, K`u,
Yao, and Shun, 12.Five Sacrifices [OMITTED] of the
house, the outer and inner doors,
the well, the hearth, and the inner
court, 416.Five Sages [OMITTED], Yao, Shun, Yü,
T`ang, and Wên Wang, 163.Five Secretaries [OMITTED], superintending
the 5 regions into which,
under the Han, a circuit or prefecture503
was divided, 62.Five Sounds [OMITTED],
five notes of
the musical scale, 133, 410,experts
of the Five Sounds, 413,system of,
415,five sounds corresponding to
the five elements, 416 seq.
Five Tones [OMITTED], the five musical
notes = Five Sounds, 410.Five Virtues [OMITTED]:—benevolence,
justice, propriety, knowledge,
and truth, 104, 183, 266.Four branches of literature [OMITTED]
[OMITTED], composition, thought, classical,
and historical literature, 305.Four kinds of savages [OMITTED],
208, 360.Four Sacred Mountains [OMITTED],
Hêng-shan, Hua-shan, Hêng-shan (in
Shansi), and T`ai-shan, 244.Four Seas [OMITTED], the border lands
of China, 199, 203, 244, 263.Four stars [OMITTED], the sun, the
moon, the stars, the zodiacal signs,
319.Fortune-telling [OMITTED], 104,
there
are methods for this science which is
not supernatural, 124,diviners, 275.
Fountain [OMITTED], 325.
Fragrant grass [OMITTED], an auspicious
plant, 167.Funerals,
simplicity of [OMITTED], 369
seq.,time of funerals, 395.
F.
Ghosts [OMITTED],
are believed to appear
to dying persons and to kill them, 4,ghosts and spirits speak to man
through the mouths of sorcerers,
126,cried at the invention of writing,
167, 184,ghosts and spirits
agreed with Shên Nung, 187,ghosts
of two women causing a storm, 251,worshipped as though they were
men, 336,the Mêhists hold that men
after death become ghosts, possess
knowledge, assume a shape, and
injure people, 369,ghosts and spirits
call the sinners to account, 388,ghosts are the essences of dead
men, 396,in reality there are no
ghosts, eod.,the sway of ghosts and
spirits, 400.
Giants [OMITTED] devour Pigmies, [OMITTED]
[OMITTED], 360.Gilt and silvered vessels [OMITTED]
[OMITTED], 102.God [OMITTED],
the supreme being, 153,
T`ang implored God, 182.
Gold and gems [OMITTED], the choicest
omens, 215.Grand Annalist [OMITTED] = Sse-Ma
Ch`ien, the author of the Shi-chi,
47, 48, 63, 107, 123, 143, 145, 177,
232, 279, 302, 304.Great Diviner [OMITTED], 160.
Great Plan [OMITTED] = Hung-fan,
chapter of the Shuking, 29.Great Wall [OMITTED], built by Mêng
T`ien, 391.Green Dragon [OMITTED], the eastern
quadrant of Heaven, 404.
G.
Habit and its affects on arts and
handicraftswork, 60.Happiness [OMITTED],
not the result of
virtue, 11,happiness and misfortune
not depending on goodness or badness,
15,definition of happiness and
misfortune, 37,luck has its time
and cannot be prayed for ([OMITTED]),
332,good and bad luck can be
ascertained, 362,good and bad luck
happen by chance, 368.
Heart [OMITTED],
a constellation, 22, 152,
154, 157-160, 211,the constellation
Heart corresponds to Sung,
158,the Heart becomes visible in
summer; is a heavenly sign of
dragons, 357.The heart is like a
ball or an egg, 107,those who have
a good heart speak good words,
and good words are accompanied
by good actions, 148, 154,a good
heart alone distinguishes between
right and wrong, eod.,the heart of
a Sage is bright, that of a Worthy
well-principled, 149.
Heaven [OMITTED],
its ways difficult to
know, 7,Heaven and time, 11,
success and discomfiture emanate
from Heaven, 14,Heaven responded
with rain to T`ang inculpating himself
during a drought, 16,sent a
thunder-storm, manifesting its anger,
18, 19,moved its terrors, to display
the virtue of the duke of Chou,
21,Confucius would not impose
upon Heaven, 24,Heaven took
several years from Wên Wang, adding
them to Wu Wang's span, 24,Heaven intimating its disapproval
by thunder and rain, 28,its principle
inaction, 28,destroying depraved
persons by a thunderbolt,
29,Heaven does not reprimand, 29,
Heaven invested the Han, 77,
even
Heaven may be induced to respond
by tricks, 132,Heaven hears what
men say, 152 seq.,has a body like
Earth, and does not hear man, 155,
156,Heaven and man have the
same law, 157,Heaven raining
grain, an ill omen, 167,distance
between Heaven and man several
ten thousand Li, 171,a certain
sympathy between Heaven and man,
172,a storm expressive of Heaven's
anger, 173,to affect Heaven a person
should concentrate his mind,
173,Heaven not to be moved by
the human mind, 175,Heaven raining
grain, 176, 184, 185,Heaven
could not help T`ang, Wên Wang,
and Confucius 177,Heaven rained
hoar-frost for Tsou Yen, 178,felt
no sympathy for Shên Shêng and
Wu Tse Hsü, 179,sent down rain
at the prayer of T`ang, 182,Heaven
employed God and the spirits to
injure people, eod.,Heaven confines
itself to emitting its fluid, 186,Kuang Wu Ti received Heaven's decree,
203,Heaven helped the Han
with thunder and rain, 204,Heaven's
command, 210,Heaven has celestial
signs, 230,Heaven rewards virtue,
252,Spirit of Heaven, eod.,
sends
down a drought, 265,its signs, 275,
279,Heaven indignant at Ch`in's destruction
of literature, 275,Heaven's
decree, 287, 292, 293,its will difficult
to know, eod.,Heaven has endowed
Confucius, 292,Heaven filled with
the primogenial fluid, 303,does not
pay heed to human actions, 328,either a spirit or clouds and rain,
330,its ears and eyes far away,
331,Heaven's anger, 343,
to understand
the mind of Heaven one starts
from human thoughts, eod.,the fluid
of Heaven in disharmony, 348,the
principle of Heaven is spontaneity,
350, 368,Heaven not following the
excentricity of the year-star, 388,does not eat men, 389,
laws of
Heaven, 392,hard to know, 401,
the spirits of Heaven, 401.
Heaven and Earth [OMITTED],
their fixed
periods rule over calamities, 11,the
fluids of Heaven and Earth, 100,sound affecting Heaven and Earth,
180,Heaven and Earth knew Confucius
to be faultless, 183,a sage
displays virtue like Heaven and505
Earth, 183,inundations and droughts
of Heaven and Earth, eod.,Heaven
and Earth produced the Plan and
the Scroll, 184,agreed with Shên
Nung, 186,the effects of virtue said
to affect Heaven and Earth, 190,the nature of Heaven and Earth
corresponds to the doings of birds
and beasts, 247,the nature of
Heaven and Earth remained the
same, 250,king Hsüan serving
Heaven and Earth, 264,Confucius
could not talk to them, 289,Heaven
and Earth honoured by the sovereign
like father and mother, 339, 345,sacrifices to Heaven and Earth neglected,
342,spirits of Heaven and
Earth, 387,nature of Heaven and
Earth, 392,Heaven and Earth do
not hurt mankind, 408.
Heavenly fluid [OMITTED], 14,
produces
thunder and rain, 28,it may
be influenced by ordinary people,
132, 197.
Hero quelling fire [OMITTED],
83.Hill sacrifice [OMITTED], 196, 245.
Hook star [OMITTED], 160, 211.
House [OMITTED], constellation, 160,
211, 328.Hunchbacks [OMITTED], are full of
envy, 41.Hundred spirits [OMITTED], the various
kinds of spirits, 187, 408,
hundred ghosts, 352.
H.
Ice-houses [OMITTED], 317.
Incest [OMITTED], 253, [OMITTED], 254.
Indicator [OMITTED], a miraculous
plant, 315 seq.Inner appartment [OMITTED] of the
wealthy, filled with boxes, 96.Inscriptions on tripods [OMITTED],
221, 223, on stone by Li Sse, 225.Insects [OMITTED],
eating grain likened
to officers, 341, 363 seq.,produced
by the fluid of wind, 364,depend
on warm and damp weather, 367.
Interpreters [OMITTED], required by savage
tribes, sometimes two, 208,
209.Intuitive knowledge [OMITTED]
[OMITTED] is impossible, 120, 291 seq.
I.
Jaundice [OMITTED], 344.
Joined field system [OMITTED], 82.
Jurists [OMITTED] or [OMITTED],
62, 98, [OMITTED], 81.
J.
Killing people to follow the deceased
into their graves [OMITTED],
369.Knives for erasing and pencils for
writing [OMITTED], 61, 63, 70.
K.
Ladle turning southward (magnetic
needle?) [OMITTED], 320.Land tax [OMITTED], in the Han time, 82,
[OMITTED], 83.Learned men [OMITTED], well versed
in literature, 296.Learning [OMITTED], its superiority,
67 seq.Library, imperial [OMITTED], 273, 276.
Literati [OMITTED],
have no original ideas
and resemble simple artisans, 143,despise the Han time, studying only
the Classics, 198,blind and dumb,
222,506literary men receive their writings
from Heaven, 277.
Literature, light [OMITTED], 240.
Loadstone [OMITTED],
attracts needles,
350,horse-shoe magnet, 352.
Locusts [OMITTED], measures taken
against them, 341 seq., 363, 364.Lugubrious look [OMITTED], the sign
of death, 13, 158, 159.
L.
Magician see Sorcerer.
Magpies [OMITTED], know the future,
126, 322.Mainah [OMITTED], its prophecy, 3, 162,
313, 361.Man [OMITTED],
the noblest of all the productions
of Heaven and Earth owing
to his knowledge, 105, 112,a tiny
creature that cannot affect Heaven,
156,the great man equals Heaven
and Earth in virtue, 183,man measures
seven feet, eod.,born from
man and not from earth, 259,is to
be judged by his signs, 275,cannot
affect Heaven, 328,man a naked
animal, 360,the first among the
three hundred naked animals, 365,the six domestic animals produce
their young like man, 382,the
noblest of all creatures, 410.
Meatfan [OMITTED], a wonderful plant,
315 seq.Metal [OMITTED],
subdues wood, 392,
connected
with the west, 418.
Meteorologists [OMITTED],
275.Meteors [OMITTED], 270.
Milfoil [OMITTED],
a supernatural plant,
becomes 700 years old, 108,knows
auguries, 114,used for divination,
314.
Mining and metallurgy, 72.
Miracles [OMITTED],
produced by Heaven
for prince Tan of Yen, 176,are
bound to a certain species, 186,the
miraculous births of Yao, Hsieh,
T`ang and Hou Chi, 206,the discovery
of a vessel filled with gold
coins, 214,miracles of Chung Tse
and Chang Liang, 230,magical music,
when the Classics were discovered
in the house of Confucius,
272.
Monoceros [OMITTED], goat with one
horn butting the guilty, 321 seq.Monthly plant [OMITTED], a wonderful
plant, 165, 315 seq.Moon [OMITTED],
when it fades shells shrink
in the sea, 4,when it follows the
stars there is wind and rain, 174,its splendour overshadowed on the
fifteenth, 228,it influences the tides,
251,approaching the Hyades and
the stars, causes wind and rain,
328, 341,completes a circumvolution
in thirty days, 329,the essence
of all the Yin, 341,hare and toad
in the moon, 341,when the moon
is eclipsed, snails and corn-weevils
decrease on earth, eod.,the moon
is water, 350,the "crescent" [OMITTED]
on the eighth, the full moon [OMITTED],
"facing" of sun and moon, on the
fifteenth, the "dark moon" [OMITTED] on
the thirtieth day of the month, 383,
390,moon causing misfortune by
consuming some land, 387 seq.,the
first three days of the moon [OMITTED],
390.
Moon miror [OMITTED], attracts the
water of the moon, 341, 351.Mountain and Sea Classic [OMITTED]
[OMITTED], ascribed to Yi [OMITTED], 103.Moxa [OMITTED], used externally as medicine,
346.Music [OMITTED],
its magical force, 20,
136, 180, 181,plaintive music, 257,
gay music, 272.
Music = Classic of Music, 239.
M.
Naked People [OMITTED], savages, 199,
246.Nêng [OMITTED], turtle with three legs, 321.
Nine Continents [OMITTED], of which
China is one, 405.Nine Gifts [OMITTED], a chariot and
horses, robes of State, musical instruments,
vermilion doors, the right
to use the central path, armed
attendants, bows and arrows, battle-axes,
sacrificial wines, 399.Nine Provinces [OMITTED] of ancient
China = China, 97, 303, 328, 405.Nine Savages [OMITTED], 209.
Nine Statutes [OMITTED], the Penal
Code of the Han dynasty, 81.Nine Tribes [OMITTED] of the time of
Yü, 215.Nine Tripods [OMITTED] of the Chou
dynasty, made of gold, 215.Nine Virtues [OMITTED]:—affability,
mildness, bluntness, aptness for
government, docility, straightforwardness,
easiness, vigour, valour,
44-46.
N.
Odes of the Shiking, 80, 220, 239, 295.
Omens [OMITTED]
of the mulberry and
paper-mulberry, 22, 161 seq.,lucky
and unlucky auguries, 119, 154,
163, 176,omens of universal peace
not always the same, 193, 194 seq.,
206,auspicious omens of the Han,
214,lucky omens follow an excellent
man, 219,omens of the Han
time, 225, 226, 276,omens of Chou
Kung, 287,large and small ones,
311,presages not the commands
of Heaven, 314,auguries formed
of a strange fluid, 315.
One thousand seven hundred and
ninety-three feudal States in the
Chou time, 263.Original fluid [OMITTED],
resides only
in living organisms, 113,man endowed
with it, 303,a child filled
with it, 381, 384,it is the finest
essence between Heaven and Earth,
eod.
O.
Paintings [OMITTED]
of portraits on
walls, 102,pictures of their produce
made by distant countries, 215,portraits
of Han officers under Hsüan
Ti, 223,popular legends the subjects
of paintings, 250,pictures of
Nü Wa, 347,paintings of tigers on
doors, 352,portraits of King Hsiu
Ch`u and his wife, 354,pictures of
bears and elks painted on targets,
356.
Palmisters [OMITTED], 275.
Parrots [OMITTED] can talk, 322.
Peach wood figure [OMITTED],
warding off demons, 83, 352.Penal Code [OMITTED]
of the Han period,
82,drafted by Hsiao Ho, 95.
Personators of the dead [OMITTED],
68, 69.Phenomenal changes [OMITTED],
are not
brought about by government, 13,
152 seq.,strange phenomenon on
the sky, 158,phenomenal changes
in heaven spontaneously respond to
prognostics, 176,a drought is a
phenomenon of heat, 184,locusts
not entering the territory of a wise
official, 190,calamitous changes
during the age of a sage, 227.
Phenomenalists [OMITTED] or [OMITTED]
[OMITTED],who explain calamities and
other extraordinary phenomena by
moral causes, 156, 158,their theory,
166, 179, 188, 327, 331, 334, 357,
359, 366.
Phœnix [OMITTED],
less light-winged
than swallows, 112,did not come
for Confucius, 192,in the time of
Yao and Shun, 193, 307; 194 seq.,at the birth of Kuang Wu Ti, 206,
in the times of Huang Ti, Yao and
Shun, 206,of Wên Ti, Wu Ti, Hsüan
Ti, eod., 217,the plumage of the
phœnix has five colours, 229,phœnix
and unicorn appear for a holy emperor,
306,kind-hearted and sage
animals, eod.,in the time of Hsüan
Ti, 307 seq.,phœnix and unicorn,
315.
Physicists [OMITTED], 350.
Physiognomies [OMITTED]
indicative of
the future, 5,of wealth and honour,
8,the physiognomies of sage rulers
must not be similar, 193.
Physiognomist [OMITTED], 161.
Pictures see Paintings.
Pigmies [OMITTED] devoured by Giants,
360; 263.Plan of the Yellow River [OMITTED],
115, 184, 192-194, 230.Political intriguing [OMITTED], 52.
Poll tax [OMITTED], from the seventh
year, 83.Portent see Omen.
Posthumous titles [OMITTED], 224, 279.
Prayer [OMITTED],
that of T`ang, 182,
Confucius on prayer, eod., 183.
Prescience [OMITTED], not possessed
by sages, 281 seq.Prescription (recipe) [OMITTED], 134.
Privies [OMITTED], 382.
Prodigy see Omen.
Prophecy books [OMITTED], 116, 117.
Purity [OMITTED],
different degrees of, 32,
may be polluted, 39, 42.
Purple boletus [OMITTED], a lucky
omen, 197, 206, 207, 215, 216, 218.
P.
Rain [OMITTED],
caused by the moon, 328
seq.,it rains from the T`ai-shan, 330,
rain like tears, eod.,
when Heaven
is going to rain, ants come out, 368.
Rain sacrifice [OMITTED], 17, 19, 327
seq., 349.Rats [OMITTED], their agitation indicates an
extraordinary calamity, 360.Red bird [OMITTED],
the felicitous omen
indicating the investiture of Wên
Wang, 206,red crow, 311.
Rhinopithecus [OMITTED], knows the
past, 126, 322, [OMITTED], 359.Rites [OMITTED] = Liki, 239, 350, 415.
Ritual [OMITTED] of the Han period, 82.
Rivers [OMITTED], like veins and arteries;
their flowing forwards and
backwards like human respiration,
250.
R.
Sacrifice before the winter solstice
[OMITTED], 83,to the Gate, the Door,
the Well and the Hearth [OMITTED]
[OMITTED], 83,to the Spirits of the
Land and Grain, Shên Nung, and
the Ling Star [OMITTED]
[OMITTED], 83,to Hou Tu and Heaven and
Earth, 197,the sacrifices of the Confucianists
are merely symbolical,
369, 396,sacrificing is feeding the
ghosts, 396,sacrifices do not bring
happiness, 396.
Sages [OMITTED],
not supernatural or
foreknowing, 114 seq.,not easy to
know, 148,509three sages of the Chou
period, 197,the feelings of a sage
appear from his utterances, 229,
274,sages write the classics and
worthies, the commentaries to the
classics, 237,sages regarded as perfect,
332.
Salt [OMITTED],
moisture trickling down,
98,salt-wells in Hsi-chou, eod.,
salt-waggon,
108,salt-land, 208.
San-fu [OMITTED], some officers, 273.
Savages, with covered breasts, hanging
ears, Pigmies and Po-chung, 263.Scholars [OMITTED]
and Officials
[OMITTED], their appreciation and their
superiority, 56 seq., 67 seq.,both
have their shortcomings, 75 seq.,
87,scholars ousted by officials, 108
seq.
Scholars:—ordinary [OMITTED],
professors
[OMITTED], literary [OMITTED], 231,scholars able to explain one Classic
[OMITTED], learned men, well versed
in literature [OMITTED], men of letters
[OMITTED], eminent scholars composing
themselves [OMITTED], 296 seq.
Screen [OMITTED], partition between the
door and the window in the palace,
257.Screeching owl [OMITTED], bird of
ill omen, 313, 361.Scroll of the Lo [OMITTED], 184, 193,
230.Shang-tsao [OMITTED], honorary title
under the Han dynasty, 83.Sickness expelled at the end of
the year [OMITTED], 83, 344.Sight and hearing depending on
distance, 243,does not extend beyond
ten Li, 265.
Silk, gauze, white and coloured [OMITTED]
[OMITTED], 65,tissues of Lu [OMITTED], very
fine, 93,manufacture of silk pongees
[OMITTED], 167, 168,silk ribbons
[OMITTED], 257,silk embroidery, 279, 296,
a red silk thread used in combating
inundations, 343,red silk denotes
heat, 345.
Six Arts [OMITTED]:—ceremonial, music,
archery, charioteering, writing,
mathematics, 120, 121, 277.Six Canons (Classics) [OMITTED], the
Five Canons and the Classic of
Music, 87, 198, 239, 242.Six Domestic Animals [OMITTED],
the horse, the ox, the goat, the pig,
the dog, the cock, 381, 382, 396.Six Institutions of the Chou dynasty
[OMITTED]:—administration, instruction,
rites, police, jurisdiction,
public welfare, 79.Six Reigns [OMITTED] probably:—Yao,
Shun, Yü, T`ang, Wên Wang and Wu
Wang also called the Five Monarchs,
223.Six States [OMITTED]:—Yen, Chao, Han,
Wei, Ch`i and Ch`u, leagued against
Ch`in, 47, 52, 246, 329, 344, 345.Sixty-four Diagrams [OMITTED]
[OMITTED], developed by Wên Wang, 78.Sound, its fluid [OMITTED], 331.
Sorcerers [OMITTED],
employed in case
of misfortune to expel evil influences,
58,ghosts speak through their
mouths, 126,a mischievous magician,
209,wizards know good and
ill luck, 322,a sorcerer to be burned
to obtain rain, 329.
Specialists studying only one
Classic, 75, 78, 86, 98,one Classic
does not suffice, 99, 296, 297.
Spirits [OMITTED], called down by sacrifices,
167,alighting on the K`unlun,
186,persons that after death
come to life again are looked upon
as genii, 207,spirit of Heaven, 252,
330,510useless to immolate to spirits
in case of sickness, 332,spirits of
the land attacked, 341,spirits of
the land the chiefs of all Yin, 346,spirits speak to men by images,
352,their fluid like clouds and rain,
eod.,spirit of the house, 377,
a
spirit disposes of good and bad luck,
377,mischievous spirits, eod.,
the
spirits of the year and the months,
eod.,spirits of Heaven and Earth
must have equal minds, 387,are
treated like men, 389,the mouth
and stomach of a spirit must be
like those of man, 390,the Sages
do not speak of spirits, 401,no
spirits more powerful than Heaven
and Earth, 406, 408,chia, yi are
spirits of Heaven and Earth, 413.
Spirit Tower [OMITTED], 168.
Spirit vessels [OMITTED], buried with
the dead, 373.Spiritual birds [OMITTED], an auspicious
portent, 196, 197, 206, 274.Spontaneity [OMITTED]
of fate, 1, 6,
7,and time, 7,
the principle of
Heaven, 219, 350.
Spontaneous fluid [OMITTED],
17, 207.Spring and Autumn = Ch`un-ch`iu,
239, 270, 328, 340, 345, 394.Staff, of jade [OMITTED],
presented to
old people, 84,pigeon-staff [OMITTED]
[OMITTED], 84.
Stars [OMITTED],
of the same essence as
the sun and the moon, 174,are the
productions of Heaven, 186.
Stoves [OMITTED], used in summer, 35.
Styles [OMITTED] and pencils, 72.
Success [OMITTED],
depends upon time,
30,definition of luck = success, 36,
success of designs is invisible, 133,
earnestness of purpose does not secure
it, 136, 137.
Sun [OMITTED],
ten suns at the time of Yao,
171,the sun is fire, eod., 174,
a
fluid, 172,it came back at the command
of Duke Hsiang of Lu, 173,sun and moon bring about summer
and winter, 174,the sun proceeds
one degree every day, eod.,a white
halo encircling the sun, 175,the
sun reverting to the meridian, 176,traverses several thousand Li in a
quarter of an hour, 227,the sovereign's
virtue equalling sun and
moon, 278,the sun is fire, 350,
412.
Supernatural powers [OMITTED], do
not exist, 124, 125.Surnames, personal names, and
styles [OMITTED], 414 seq.Sweet dew [OMITTED], a lucky omen,
193, 196, 197, 206, 207, 216, 218,
219, 307, 324.Sword of honour [OMITTED],
worn
on the right, blade for fighting
[OMITTED], worn on the left side, 84,the sword of Han Kao Tsu was
three feet long, 203,swords either
pointed or sharp, 235.
Swordsmen [OMITTED], 102.
Symbolical punishments [OMITTED], of
the Han time, 81, 380.Sympathy [OMITTED], peculiar sympathy
between Tsêng Tse and his
mother, 189.
S.
Tablets, of two feet four inches
[OMITTED]for the Classics, 198,
joined together for writing, 229,
covered with elegant compositions,
233,tablets joined together form
an essay, 300,tablets in the ancestral
temple, one foot two inches511
long, 355.
T`ai-sui [OMITTED], the opposite of
Jupiter, which in moving one's residence
must be avoided, 402 seq.Tail [OMITTED], constellation, 357.
Talents [OMITTED],
great and small talents
do not harmonise, 32,minor talents
may please and higher ones be despised,
33,useless talents, 35,
it
does not happen that men of talents
have no leisure for literary compositions,
234,not necessarily awkward
in business, 235,talents difficult
to find, 273,from a man's style
one may infer his talent, 274,high
and low talents, 298,many brilliant
talents in the Han time, eod.,the
Han fertile in literary talents, 304.
Tallow candles [OMITTED], 204.
Taoism [OMITTED], 235.
Taoists [OMITTED], 133,
not Worthies,
141,made an artificial figure of the
deceased wife of Han Wu Ti, 354.
Tattooing the body [OMITTED], 209,
246, 380.Ten Stems and Twelve Branches
[OMITTED], cyclical signs, 411,
412.Ten Worthies [OMITTED], 163.
Territory [OMITTED], of the Yin and Chou
dynasties measured 5,000 Li, that
of the Han 10,000 Li.Testament [OMITTED], 103.
Three Ch`in [OMITTED], the three kingdoms:—Yung,
Sai, and Ti, into
which Ch`in was divided, 47 (cf.
Note 5).Three Emperors [OMITTED] = Three
Rulers, 78.Three hundred naked creatures
[OMITTED], of which man is
the noblest, 105, 365.Three hundred penalties [OMITTED]
[OMITTED], of the Chou epoch, 82.Three hundred rules of ceremony
of the Chou dynasty [OMITTED]
[OMITTED], 81.Three hundred and sixty officers
of the Chou dynasty [OMITTED]
[OMITTED], 79.Three ministers [OMITTED], of Heaven,
Earth, and man, 342.Three Rivers [OMITTED], the Huang-ho,
Huai, and Lo, 405.Three Rulers [OMITTED]:—Yü, T`ang,
and Wên Wang, 76, 126, 155, 192,
197, 206, 212, 223, 225, 252.Three thousand minor paragraphs
(on punishments) of the
Chou epoch [OMITTED], 82.Three thousand rules of demeanour
of the Chou [OMITTED]
[OMITTED], 81.Thunder [OMITTED],
its effect upon a superior
man, 28, 347,thunder is the
heavenly fluid, 406.
Thunder-goblet [OMITTED], could attract
thunder, 350, 356.Tides follow the phases of the moon,
251.Tigers [OMITTED],
painted on door screens
to frighten away demons, 83, 352,their skin coloured like the mole
and the bull-frog, 230,sympathetic
fluid between wind and the tiger,
349,the devouring of men by tigers
a consequence of the misdeeds of
officials, 357 seq.,tigers and wolves
are man devouring brutes, 389.
Time [OMITTED]
and fate must be spontaneous
7,time and destiny determine
whether a disease may be cured or
not, 10,time governs good and bad
luck, 14,only when there is the
proper time a sovereign employs
able men, 31,512the right time, 36,
134,the subsistence and decay of
a State depend on the duration of
its time, 162.
Tin [OMITTED], how won and worked, 72.
Tortoise [OMITTED],
a divine creature
living 3.000 years, 108,less agile
than a frog, 112,knows the future,
114,is wise and carries characters
on its back, 230,used for divination,
314,tortoise and milfoil consulted,
333.
Tripod [OMITTED],
of K`ung K`ui, had an
inscription, 221,king Wu of Ch`in
died lifting a tripod, 243,tripods
of Yü, 351.
Tsan-miao [OMITTED], honorary title
under the Han dynasty, 83.T`sang-kuang [OMITTED], monster
with nine heads living in rivers, 322.T`ung [OMITTED], a period of 1539 years,
389, 408.Twelve Branches [OMITTED], and
their corresponding animals, 398.Twelve constellations [OMITTED],
412.Twelve-month [OMITTED] = a year, 25.
Twelve-Sages [OMITTED], Huang
Ti, Chuan Hsü, Ti K`u, Yao, Shun,
Yü, T`ang, Wên Wang, Wu Wang,
Chou Kung, Kao Yao, Confucius, 290,
306.Twelve Spirits of the Cardinal
Points, [OMITTED], 406.Twenty-eight solar mansions
[OMITTED], the resting-places
of sun and moon, each one divided
into 10 degrees, 174.
T.
Unicorn [OMITTED],
a felicitous presage,
112, 164, 165, 193, 196, 197,
206, 286, 306,a dead one, 308,
a
white one with one horn and five
feet, 312.
Universal peace [OMITTED], 192-194,
195 seq., 221, 245, 268, 315.Unpropitious [OMITTED]
years and months,
7,sites, 7; 387 seq., 393 seq.
U.
Varnish, black [OMITTED], detestable,
382.Vermilion grass [OMITTED],
an auspicious
plant, 165,produced by
the harmonious fluid, 310.
Virtue [OMITTED],
the greater a man's
virtue, the more brilliant is his
literary work, 229,virtue and letters
indispensable to worthies and sages,
230,the virtuous have the same
conduct, 242,virtue leads to happiness,
377.
Vital energy [OMITTED],
exhausted,
244,vital force [OMITTED] disperses
by death, 362, 373.
Voices of birds and beasts [OMITTED]
[OMITTED] understood by Yang
Wêng Chung, 123.
V.
Water [OMITTED] injuring fire [OMITTED] 6, 343,
416,its procreative power, 100,
water and wood belong to the Five
Elements, 398,water less noble than
fire, eod.,winter air is cold, corresponds
to water, has its position
in the north, 407, 416, 418.
Water sickness [OMITTED], 344.
Wealth [OMITTED] appreciated more than
intelligence [OMITTED], 96,wealth and
honour are heavenly fate, 129.
Weird ditties of children [OMITTED],
2, 3, 126, 162.Western Sea [OMITTED], a circuit,
208.White fish [OMITTED], lucky omen of
Wên Wang, 311 seq.White pheasants [OMITTED],
lucky
augury, 197, 199, 302,a white and
a black one, 206, 208.
Wind [OMITTED] follows the tiger, 4, 349,
a big storm fettered by Yao, 19,
wind is air; said by some to be
the commanding voice of Heaven
and Earth, 173,an east wind causes
wine to flow over, 350.
Wine springs [OMITTED],
a lucky
omen, 193, 197, 307, 324,produced
by the harmonious fluid, 310.
Wizards see Sorcerers.
Worthies [OMITTED],
one degree less than
Sages, 114, 289,their nature, 129
seq.,their influence not sufficient
to bring about universal peace, 192,have their imperfections, 332.
Writing [OMITTED],
foot-prints of birds
led to its invention, 27,invented
by T`sang Hsieh, 184.
Writing tablets of bamboo [OMITTED],
72, of wood (boards) [OMITTED], 73.
W.
Yang [OMITTED] fluid,
at its cynosure in
summer and autumn, causes rain and
thunderstorms, 18,its warmth requires
months, 112,droughts corresponds
to it, 327,red corresponds
to Yang, 343,Yang having reached
its climax, turns into Yin, and
vice versa 344,Yin being strong,
Yang is weak, 345,Yang principle
vanquished, 348,in the 5th month
Yang reaches its acme, 385.
Year, fluids of, [OMITTED], harmonious
or otherwise, 337.Year-star [OMITTED]
Jupiter, causes
misfortune by swallowing some land,
387 seq.,a collision with it to be
avoided, 402 seq.
Yellow [OMITTED], the colour of the Han
dynasty, 218.Yi [OMITTED] = 20 ounces, 136.
Yi-chung-chien [OMITTED], master
of the horse, 106.Yin [OMITTED]
fluid, abounds in winter, 4,
its cold requires months, 112,
attacked
when it rains without ceasing,
341,the altars of the land
correspond to Yin, 343,water is
Yin, eod.,it causes incessant rain,
345.
Yin and Yang [OMITTED],
at variance
cause calamitous changes, 16,when
in harmony, wind and rain set in
at the proper time, 48,their harmony
accompanied by a time of
public peace, 133, 192,their harmony
resulting in the production
of grain, 167,violent wind and rain
show that there is a confusion of
the Yin and Yang, 182,the harmonious
blending of the Yin and
Yang, 193,Yin and Yang regulated
by man, 328,floods and droughts
are their fluids, 336,to harmonize
the Yin and Yang, eod.,both thrown
into confusion by bad government,
339,their fluids, 343,
preponderance
of Yin and impotence of Yang,
346,Yang is male, Yin female, 347,
Yin and Yang follow their species,
349,the Yin creatures appear in
winter, the Yang animals in summer,
357,all creatures born from the
Yin and the Yang, 367,disharmony
of the Yin and Yang, 367,the fluid
of the Yin and Yang reaches a limit
after one year, 408.
Yuan [OMITTED], a period of 4,617 years,
389, 408.
Y.
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