The religious system of China, its ancient forms, evolution, history and present aspect, manners, custom and social institutions connected therewith (1892)
Groot, J. J. M. de (Jan Jakob Maria), 1854-1921 · Leyden : E. J. Brill · leaf 157
reoccasionally, in Order to prevent this trade from languishing,alarming tales about dangerous spectres will be circulated. Wehave instanced this phenomenon on pp. 488, 609 and 998, showing* that vendors of charms received no gentle treatment at the handsof the people and mandarins. Among such… … Charmto annul bad dreams. influences, and ^ |>y or four evils, which man at any time is aptunwittingly to offend and irritate, especially by digging, and buildingor repairing houses, and thereupon take their revenge by renderingthe inmates of his dwelling ill, or by wounding or harming them.Fig.…
