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From Complete Book of Myths and Legends of China
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Ta Chi. The barbarous concubine of Chou Hsin, the last ruler of the Shang dynasty; and Po I-k’ao, 192–193; and Wên Wang, 193; and T’ai Sui, 195–196
Ta Yü. See Yü
Tai. A rich family murdered by Wang Chê, 255
T’ai Chi. The Grand Terminus; the producer of the two elementary forms, 85
T’ai Chi T’u. The Plan of the Grand Terminus; explanation of, 86; and Chinese cosmogony, 92. See also Chou Tzŭ
T’ai Ch’u. The Great Starting, 90
T’ai I. The Great Change, 90; the Great One, Great Unity, the first of the celestial spirits, 142 sq.; and Shên Nung, 143; Hsien Yüan’s medical preceptor, 143; Spirit of the Pole Star, 144. See also T’ai-i Chên-jên
T’ai Shan. Sacred mountain; Fêng-shan sacrifices offered on, 127
T’ai Shih. The Great Beginning, 90
T’ai Su. The Great Blank; one of the stages in creation, 90
T’ai Sui. Called Yin Chiao; the celestial year-spirit, 194 sq.; sacrifices to, 194; corresponds to the planet Jupiter, 194; legend of, 195–196; son of tyrant Chou, 195; and Ho Hsien-ku, 195; and Ta Chi, 195–196; canonized by Yü Ti, 196; and Jan Têng, 196; canonized by Chiang Tzŭ-ya, 196; worship of, 196–197; divination of locality of, 197
T’ai Tsung. Emperor; and the Door-gods, 173–174
T’ai Yin. Princess; and Lu Ch’i, 110–111
T’ai-i Chên-jên. Taoist priest, 144, 305 sq.; appears in a dream to Yin Shih, 305; visits Li No-cha, 306; Li No-cha visits, 310–311, 316
T’ai-i Huang-jên. The spirit of Ô-mei Shan, 179–180
T’ai-po Chin-hsing. Spirit of the South Pole Star, 329, 337
T’ai-shang Lao-chün, or Lao Tzü. Third person of the Taoist triad, 125
T’ai-wu Fu-jên. Daughter of Hsi Wang Mu, 183
T’ai-yüan Shêng-mu. An hermaphrodite, mother of Yüan-shih T’ien-wang; and P’an Ku, 129–130
Talismans. Chang Tao-ling and, 139
Tao. The ‘Way,’ 87–88; the Solitary Indeterminate, 90; the super-tao, 91
“Tao-tê Ching.” The Canon of Reason and Virtue, first called Lao Tzŭ, 87
Taoism. The doctrine of the Way; as a religion, 52–53; one of the three religions, 99 sq.; the three Heavens of, 124–125; the Three Pure Ones of, 124–125; Yü Huang and, 124; the first Page 450pope of, 138; Chang Tao-ling, founder of modern, 139; the Kings of Heaven of, 142; the Kuan Yin of—see Tou Mu; guardians of Taoist temple gates, 146
Tarim Valley. Supposed origin of the Chinese in, 13, 15
Tartars. Conquer Northern China, 27–28; conquer the whole of China, 28, 400
Tathagata. Ju-lai Fo, Shâkyamuni, or Buddha, 119
Temple-s, Of Heaven, 95; to God of Literature, 109; guardians of gates of Buddhist, 146; guardians of gates of Taoist, 146; legend of the cursed, 398 sq.
Têng Chiu-kung. Spirit of the Blue Dragon Star, 146; and No-cha, 147; and Huang Fei-hu, 147; and Yang Chien, 147; overthrown by Ch’ên Ch’i, 148; kingdom of the Blue Dragon Star conferred on, 148
Thousand-li Eye. See Ch’ien-li Yen
Three Causes. Worship of the, 125 sq.
Three Faces, People with the, 390
Three Heavens. See San Ch’ing
Three Musical Brothers. And the la mei flower, 151; cure the Emperor Hsüan Tsung, 151; and the Spirit-boat, 151; subdue the demons of pestilence, 151. See also T’ien Chih-piao, T’ien Hung-i, and T’ien Yüan-shuai
Three Pure Ones. See Taoism
Three Religions, The, 99 sq.
Three-body People, 390, 391
Three-heads, 390
Throne of the Five Emperors. Wu Ti Tso, a celestial palace, 176
Thunder. Myths of, 198 sq.; Ministry of, 198; Duke of—see Lei Kung; Son of, 199, 202–203, and see Lei Chên-tzŭ
Ti. The earth; and forgiveness of sins, 125–126
Ti Chih. The twelve terrestrial branches, 197
Ti-mu, Ti-ya, or Hou-t’u. ‘Earth-dumb,’ the Earth-mother; one of the attendants of Wên Ch’ang, 82, 109–110, 165
Ti-tsang Wang. The God of Hades, 120
Ti-ya. See Ti-mu
Tibet. A dependency of China, 27
Tien Mu. Mother of Lightning, 203
T’ien. Heaven; worship of, 94, 95–96; abode of the spirits, 95–96; confused with Shang Ti, 96–97; one of the sources of happiness, 125–126
T’ien Chih-piao. Third of the three musical brothers, 151
T’ien Fei. Heavenly Concubine; helps Yin Chiao, 196
T’ien Huang Shih, or Fu Hsi. As God of Medicine, 247–248
T’ien Hung-i. Second of the three musical brothers, 151
T’ien Kan. The ten celestial tree-trunks, 197
T’ien Kou. The Heavenly Dog; and Chang Hsien, 178; and Sun Hou-tzŭ, 331
T’ien Mu, or Hsüan Nŭ. Mother of Heaven; and Chuang Chou, 150
T’ien Yüan-shuai. Eldest of the three musical brothers, 151
T’ien-hou. Goddess of Sailors, 165
T’ien-lung. ‘Heaven-deaf’; one of the attendants of Wên Ch’ang, 82, 109–110
Tiger. Yellow Flying, 146; White—see White Tiger
Time. Myths of, 194 sq.; Ministry of, 194
To-pao Tao-jên. Disciple of T’ung-t’ien Chiao-chu, 133; fights with Kuang Ch’êng-tzŭ, 133
Tobacco. Use of, 47
Tombs, Festival of the, 44
Tones. In Chinese speech, 56
Tortoise, Golden Mother of the, 136
Tou. A measure; name of a constellation, 106
Tou Mu. Bushel Mother, Goddess of the North Star; the Indian Maritchi, 144; mother of the nine Jên Huang, 144, 145; the Kuan Yin of Taoism, 144; her palace, Tou Shu, the Pivot of the Pole, 144; description of, 144–145 Page 451
Tou Shu. The Pivot of the Pole, palace of Tou Mu, 144
Trade. Foreign, 21, 48–49; home, 48–49
Triad. The super-triad, 100–101; of gods, 101; Taoist, 124–125
Transformations. Of the fox, 370
Treasures, The Three. See San Pao
Trigrams. A combination of lines used in divination; the Eight (pa kua), 193, 248
Triratna. The Three Embodiments, 120
Ts’ai Shên. God of Wealth, 165, 170–171; Chao Kung-ming prototype of, 170–171; legend of, 170–171; canonized, 171
Ts’ai-yün Hsien-tzŭ. Fights for Wên Chung, 159–160
Ts’an Nü. Also called Ma-t’ou Niang; Goddess of Mulberry-trees and Silkworms, 165, 168–169; legend of, 168–169; also represented as a stellar divinity, 169
Ts’ao Ching-chih. In legend of Ts’ao Kuo-chiu, 301–302
Ts’ao Ching-hsiu. Becomes the Immortal Ts’ao Kuo-chiu, 301 sq.
Tsao Chün. The Kitchen-god, 45, 128, 165, 166 sq.; reports to Supreme Being, 45, 167–168; chief of Yüan-shih T’ien-tsun’s secret police, 128; origin of worship of, 166–167; Li Shao-chün and, 166–167
Ts’ao Kuo-chiu. One of the Eight Immortals, 214, 303; legend of, 300 sq.
Ts’ao Ts’ao. Usurping general in period of the Three Kingdoms; and Kuan Yü, 116
Tso Ch’ih. See Chisel-tooth
Tso-ch’iu Ming. Author of the Tso chuan, commentary on the Annals of Confucius; and Chinese mythology, 72
T’u Hsing-sun. Magician; and Têng Chiu-kung, 147; marries Ch’an-yü, 147
Tu Ô. Taoist magician; teaches the Snorter, 145
T’u-ti. Local gods, 165; report murder of the Tais to Yü Huang, 255–256; sent to help Miao Shan in the Nunnery of the White Bird, 263; report the approaching execution of Miao Shan to Yü Huang, 266; carry Miao Shan to P’u T’o Island, 270; find companions for Miao Shan, 271; help Miao Shan, 272
Tung Wang Kung, Mu Kung, or Tung-hua Ti-chün. God of the Immortals; and Shên I, 185 sq.; and the Spirit of Lightning, 203. See Mu Kung
Tung-hua Ti-chün. See Tung Wang Kung
T’ung-t’ien Chiao-chu. First of the Patriarchs of the Taoists, 133; and Hung-chün Lao-tsu, 133; battle with Chun T’i, 133–134; the buffalo of, 133–134; given pill of immortality and taken to Heaven, 134; and the twenty-eight constellations, 191–192; and Chun T’i, 321 sq.
Turkestan, Eastern. Supposed origin of the Chinese in, 13. See also Sinkiang
Tzŭ T’ung. Chang Ya at, 104; the God of, 105; Wên Ch’ang and the Spirit of, 108–109
Tz’ŭ-hang Ta-shih. Immortal, 216
Tzŭ-hua. In legend of Ch’un-yü Fên, 413, 415–416, 419
Tzŭ-wei Hsing. Constellation. See Po I-k’ao
Ta Chi. The barbarous concubine of Chou Hsin, the last ruler of the Shang dynasty; and Po I-k’ao, 192–193; and Wên Wang, 193; and T’ai Sui, 195–196
Ta Yü. See Yü
Tai. A rich family murdered by Wang Chê, 255
T’ai Chi. The Grand Terminus; the producer of the two elementary forms, 85
T’ai Chi T’u. The Plan of the Grand Terminus; explanation of, 86; and Chinese cosmogony, 92. See also Chou Tzŭ
T’ai Ch’u. The Great Starting, 90
T’ai I. The Great Change, 90; the Great One, Great Unity, the first of the celestial spirits, 142 sq.; and Shên Nung, 143; Hsien Yüan’s medical preceptor, 143; Spirit of the Pole Star, 144. See also T’ai-i Chên-jên
T’ai Shan. Sacred mountain; Fêng-shan sacrifices offered on, 127
T’ai Shih. The Great Beginning, 90
T’ai Su. The Great Blank; one of the stages in creation, 90
T’ai Sui. Called Yin Chiao; the celestial year-spirit, 194 sq.; sacrifices to, 194; corresponds to the planet Jupiter, 194; legend of, 195–196; son of tyrant Chou, 195; and Ho Hsien-ku, 195; and Ta Chi, 195–196; canonized by Yü Ti, 196; and Jan Têng, 196; canonized by Chiang Tzŭ-ya, 196; worship of, 196–197; divination of locality of, 197
T’ai Tsung. Emperor; and the Door-gods, 173–174
T’ai Yin. Princess; and Lu Ch’i, 110–111
T’ai-i Chên-jên. Taoist priest, 144, 305 sq.; appears in a dream to Yin Shih, 305; visits Li No-cha, 306; Li No-cha visits, 310–311, 316
T’ai-i Huang-jên. The spirit of Ô-mei Shan, 179–180
T’ai-po Chin-hsing. Spirit of the South Pole Star, 329, 337
T’ai-shang Lao-chün, or Lao Tzü. Third person of the Taoist triad, 125
T’ai-wu Fu-jên. Daughter of Hsi Wang Mu, 183
T’ai-yüan Shêng-mu. An hermaphrodite, mother of Yüan-shih T’ien-wang; and P’an Ku, 129–130
Talismans. Chang Tao-ling and, 139
Tao. The ‘Way,’ 87–88; the Solitary Indeterminate, 90; the super-tao, 91
“Tao-tê Ching.” The Canon of Reason and Virtue, first called Lao Tzŭ, 87
Taoism. The doctrine of the Way; as a religion, 52–53; one of the three religions, 99 sq.; the three Heavens of, 124–125; the Three Pure Ones of, 124–125; Yü Huang and, 124; the first Page 450pope of, 138; Chang Tao-ling, founder of modern, 139; the Kings of Heaven of, 142; the Kuan Yin of—see Tou Mu; guardians of Taoist temple gates, 146
Tarim Valley. Supposed origin of the Chinese in, 13, 15
Tartars. Conquer Northern China, 27–28; conquer the whole of China, 28, 400
Tathagata. Ju-lai Fo, Shâkyamuni, or Buddha, 119
Temple-s, Of Heaven, 95; to God of Literature, 109; guardians of gates of Buddhist, 146; guardians of gates of Taoist, 146; legend of the cursed, 398 sq.
Têng Chiu-kung. Spirit of the Blue Dragon Star, 146; and No-cha, 147; and Huang Fei-hu, 147; and Yang Chien, 147; overthrown by Ch’ên Ch’i, 148; kingdom of the Blue Dragon Star conferred on, 148
Thousand-li Eye. See Ch’ien-li Yen
Three Causes. Worship of the, 125 sq.
Three Faces, People with the, 390
Three Heavens. See San Ch’ing
Three Musical Brothers. And the la mei flower, 151; cure the Emperor Hsüan Tsung, 151; and the Spirit-boat, 151; subdue the demons of pestilence, 151. See also T’ien Chih-piao, T’ien Hung-i, and T’ien Yüan-shuai
Three Pure Ones. See Taoism
Three Religions, The, 99 sq.
Three-body People, 390, 391
Three-heads, 390
Throne of the Five Emperors. Wu Ti Tso, a celestial palace, 176
Thunder. Myths of, 198 sq.; Ministry of, 198; Duke of—see Lei Kung; Son of, 199, 202–203, and see Lei Chên-tzŭ
Ti. The earth; and forgiveness of sins, 125–126
Ti Chih. The twelve terrestrial branches, 197
Ti-mu, Ti-ya, or Hou-t’u. ‘Earth-dumb,’ the Earth-mother; one of the attendants of Wên Ch’ang, 82, 109–110, 165
Ti-tsang Wang. The God of Hades, 120
Ti-ya. See Ti-mu
Tibet. A dependency of China, 27
Tien Mu. Mother of Lightning, 203
T’ien. Heaven; worship of, 94, 95–96; abode of the spirits, 95–96; confused with Shang Ti, 96–97; one of the sources of happiness, 125–126
T’ien Chih-piao. Third of the three musical brothers, 151
T’ien Fei. Heavenly Concubine; helps Yin Chiao, 196
T’ien Huang Shih, or Fu Hsi. As God of Medicine, 247–248
T’ien Hung-i. Second of the three musical brothers, 151
T’ien Kan. The ten celestial tree-trunks, 197
T’ien Kou. The Heavenly Dog; and Chang Hsien, 178; and Sun Hou-tzŭ, 331
T’ien Mu, or Hsüan Nŭ. Mother of Heaven; and Chuang Chou, 150
T’ien Yüan-shuai. Eldest of the three musical brothers, 151
T’ien-hou. Goddess of Sailors, 165
T’ien-lung. ‘Heaven-deaf’; one of the attendants of Wên Ch’ang, 82, 109–110
Tiger. Yellow Flying, 146; White—see White Tiger
Time. Myths of, 194 sq.; Ministry of, 194
To-pao Tao-jên. Disciple of T’ung-t’ien Chiao-chu, 133; fights with Kuang Ch’êng-tzŭ, 133
Tobacco. Use of, 47
Tombs, Festival of the, 44
Tones. In Chinese speech, 56
Tortoise, Golden Mother of the, 136
Tou. A measure; name of a constellation, 106
Tou Mu. Bushel Mother, Goddess of the North Star; the Indian Maritchi, 144; mother of the nine Jên Huang, 144, 145; the Kuan Yin of Taoism, 144; her palace, Tou Shu, the Pivot of the Pole, 144; description of, 144–145 Page 451
Tou Shu. The Pivot of the Pole, palace of Tou Mu, 144
Trade. Foreign, 21, 48–49; home, 48–49
Triad. The super-triad, 100–101; of gods, 101; Taoist, 124–125
Transformations. Of the fox, 370
Treasures, The Three. See San Pao
Trigrams. A combination of lines used in divination; the Eight (pa kua), 193, 248
Triratna. The Three Embodiments, 120
Ts’ai Shên. God of Wealth, 165, 170–171; Chao Kung-ming prototype of, 170–171; legend of, 170–171; canonized, 171
Ts’ai-yün Hsien-tzŭ. Fights for Wên Chung, 159–160
Ts’an Nü. Also called Ma-t’ou Niang; Goddess of Mulberry-trees and Silkworms, 165, 168–169; legend of, 168–169; also represented as a stellar divinity, 169
Ts’ao Ching-chih. In legend of Ts’ao Kuo-chiu, 301–302
Ts’ao Ching-hsiu. Becomes the Immortal Ts’ao Kuo-chiu, 301 sq.
Tsao Chün. The Kitchen-god, 45, 128, 165, 166 sq.; reports to Supreme Being, 45, 167–168; chief of Yüan-shih T’ien-tsun’s secret police, 128; origin of worship of, 166–167; Li Shao-chün and, 166–167
Ts’ao Kuo-chiu. One of the Eight Immortals, 214, 303; legend of, 300 sq.
Ts’ao Ts’ao. Usurping general in period of the Three Kingdoms; and Kuan Yü, 116
Tso Ch’ih. See Chisel-tooth
Tso-ch’iu Ming. Author of the Tso chuan, commentary on the Annals of Confucius; and Chinese mythology, 72
T’u Hsing-sun. Magician; and Têng Chiu-kung, 147; marries Ch’an-yü, 147
Tu Ô. Taoist magician; teaches the Snorter, 145
T’u-ti. Local gods, 165; report murder of the Tais to Yü Huang, 255–256; sent to help Miao Shan in the Nunnery of the White Bird, 263; report the approaching execution of Miao Shan to Yü Huang, 266; carry Miao Shan to P’u T’o Island, 270; find companions for Miao Shan, 271; help Miao Shan, 272
Tung Wang Kung, Mu Kung, or Tung-hua Ti-chün. God of the Immortals; and Shên I, 185 sq.; and the Spirit of Lightning, 203. See Mu Kung
Tung-hua Ti-chün. See Tung Wang Kung
T’ung-t’ien Chiao-chu. First of the Patriarchs of the Taoists, 133; and Hung-chün Lao-tsu, 133; battle with Chun T’i, 133–134; the buffalo of, 133–134; given pill of immortality and taken to Heaven, 134; and the twenty-eight constellations, 191–192; and Chun T’i, 321 sq.
Turkestan, Eastern. Supposed origin of the Chinese in, 13. See also Sinkiang
Tzŭ T’ung. Chang Ya at, 104; the God of, 105; Wên Ch’ang and the Spirit of, 108–109
Tz’ŭ-hang Ta-shih. Immortal, 216
Tzŭ-hua. In legend of Ch’un-yü Fên, 413, 415–416, 419
Tzŭ-wei Hsing. Constellation. See Po I-k’ao