Cantlie, James, 1851-1926, Jones, Charles Sheridan, 1876- joint author · New York, Chicago [etc.] Fleming H. Revell company · leaf 188
rded their god of war was in consonancewith this attitude of mind. Every feature oflife in China and every occupation has itspresiding deity. Each god has to be propi-tiated, but whilst lip service or physicalhomage is given him the respect for his om-nipotence is really but scant. The god ofwar is… … THINGS CHINESE 165 Yet do the people, under the war gods** very nose, as it were, steal the gunpow-der and fill the vacancy with sand or saw-dust ; cannon-shot is removed bodily, utilizedfor making implements, and its place takenby lumps of clay, shaped and painted to looklike metal shot; the…
Sun, Yat-sen, 1866-1925
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