Rain. Myths of, 205 sq.; the Master of, 205–206 Red Child Demon. In Hsi yu chi, 350 sq., 359

Red Country. See Ssŭ Ha Li Kuo

Red Sand Battle, 158 sq.

Redcoat, Mr. Purveyor of official posts; companion of Wên Ch’ang, 110 sq.

Reincarnation. Of Chuang Chou, 149

Religious Ideas. Nature of Chinese,52; Confucianism, 52, 53; State religion, 52; Taoism, 52–53; Buddhism, 53; influence of, on mythology, 62—63; Chinese religion not a monotheism, 97; the Three Religions, 99 sq.; of the learned, 102

Republic. Races represented in flag of, 28

Republican Period. Marriage in, 24–25; administrative system in, 30

Revenue. Whence derived, 29

River-s. Ch’ien-t’ang, chief God of, 218–219; marriage of River-god, 225 sq.

Rope, The Magic, 348