Earlier Spirit Festival, 44

Earth. Gods of the, 46; the Earth-mother, 82, 109–110, 165. See also Soil and Ti

Earth-dumb. Ti-ya, or Ti-mu, the Earth-mother; one of the attendants of Wên Ch’ang, 82, 109–110

Earth-mother. Ti-ya, Ti-mu, or Hou-t’u, 82, 109–110, 165. See also Earth-dumb

Eastern Air, Sovereign of The, 136–137

Eastern Palace. Residence of T’ai I, star-spirit, 143

Ecclesiastical Institutions, 34 sq.

Education. Stereotyped at an early age, 37; restricted to study of the classics, 37; competitive examination system of, 37, 38; modern, 38

Eight Immortals. See Pa Hsien

Eight Trigrams. See Pa Kua and Trigrams

Eighteen Provinces. China Proper, 27

Elam. Probable origin of Chinese in, 15, 17

Elephant, White, 283, 284, 285–286

Emperor-s. Yü Huang, the Jade Emperor, 130, and see Yü Huang; ‘Throne of the Five,’ 176 Page 434

Emptiness and Devastation. Hsü Hao, a demon; exorcism of, 249–250

Environments of the Chinese. Inorganic, 18–19; organic, 19–20; sociological, 20–21

Epidemics. Gods of, 240 sq.; myths of, 240 sq.; Ministry of Seasonal, 240–241; God of Epidemics afflicts Miao Chuang, 274

Equinoxes. Festivals of the, 44

Êrh-lang. Helps to capture Sun Hou-tzŭ, 331

Examinations. Literary, as means of appointment to office, 29

Exchange. By barter, 49; coins, 49; weights and measures, 49

Exorcism-ists. The wu, 34; Ministry of, 248; gods of, 248–249; of ‘Emptiness and Devastation,’ 249

Expectant Wife. Legend of the, 391–392

Extinguisher. Sun Hou-tzŭ and the, 364–365