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From Complete Book of Myths and Legends of China
By Unknown Author
The name of Chang Tao-ling, the Heavenly Teacher, is a household word in China. He is on earth the Vicegerent of the Pearly Emperor in Heaven, and the Commander-in-Chief of the hosts of Taoism. He, the chief of the wizards, the ‘true [i. e. ideal] man,’ as he is called, Page 142wields an immense spiritual power throughout the land.
The present pope boasts of an unbroken line for three-score generations. His family obtained possession of the Dragon-tiger Mountain in Kiangsi about A. D. 1000. “This personage,” says a pre-Republican writer, “assumes a state which mimics the imperial.
He confers buttons like an emperor. Priests come to him from various cities and temples to receive promotion, whom he invests with titles and presents with seals of office.
The name of Chang Tao-ling, the Heavenly Teacher, is a household word in China. He is on earth the Vicegerent of the Pearly Emperor in Heaven, and the Commander-in-Chief of the hosts of Taoism. He, the chief of the wizards, the ‘true [i. e. ideal] man,’ as he is called, Page 142wields an immense spiritual power throughout the land.
The present pope boasts of an unbroken line for three-score generations. His family obtained possession of the Dragon-tiger Mountain in Kiangsi about A. D. 1000. “This personage,” says a pre-Republican writer, “assumes a state which mimics the imperial.
He confers buttons like an emperor. Priests come to him from various cities and temples to receive promotion, whom he invests with titles and presents with seals of office.