Gods and devils of mankind : the whole dark picture strikingly contrasted with the beauty and purity of revealed religion / by Frank S. Dobbins ; assisted by Hon. S. Wells Williams (1897)
Dobbins, Frank S. (Frank Stockton), 1855-1916 · [S.l.] · leaf 442
KWAN-TE, GOD OF WAR. THE TAOiSr SACRED BOOKS AXD GODS. HI him by making a votive offering to the dispenser ofwealth, and he who fears a loss attempts to propitiate thegod whom he believes able to help by sacrifices and gifts. TAOIST SUPERSTITIONS. There is nothing distinctively Taoist in the… … TAOISTS CONSULTING THE ORACLES AT THE MAGICIANS. panies it, and it is evidence of the present very degradedcondition of Taoism that, whenever a popular deity hasto be enthroned, Taoist priests are the servitors chosento wait upon his shrine. Combined with the office of 442 CHINESE STONE PILLARS.…
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