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 206
ispel or destroythem (cf. page 1103). It is clear also that thecharm which is burned expresses an explicit orderof the god who rules that day, for the destructionof the spectre. As a month has twenty-nine orthirty days, there are thirty charms; all ^ bear thecharacter Wi or order (see p. 1035)… … 1110 THE WAR AGAINST SPECTRES. scriptions, form a curious list which is apparently a tissue of arbi-trary inventions. This explains also the fact that in the variouseditions the names are differently distributed over the prescriptions,and some editions give names not mentioned in the others. Wehave…
