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The dragon, image, and demon : or, The three religions of China, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism : giving an account of the mythology, idolatry, and demonolatry of the Chinese (1886)

DuBose, Hampden C · London : Partridge · leaf 346

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Lhe Absurdities of Polytheism. 343 od eyes. The category of his offences against Heaven is summed up in the ‘Great Declaration.” The Emperor Show figures extensively in the “Book of appointing gods.” Kiang T‘aikung.—He was said to have been born B.c. 1210, and died B.c. 1120. He is the most… … Worshipping the Stone Lion. warrior, and a counsellor to the Chief of the West, “ he wielded a valiant sword and slaughtered his enemies; he was, however, as magnanimous as he was brave, for he immediately made the foe weltering in his blood a god. In this way he is the god of Chinese gods. The…

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