The stupid thief steals a stone rice mortar, Silver and copper cash, these two words, though they are the source of life's sustenance, yet are they things injurious to man, 字雖是養命之源亦是害人之物. Use men as you would use wood; because one inch is worm-eaten, you would never throw away the whole trunk, 用人如用木毋以 寸朽棄連抱之材 The bright moon in the water, a flower in a looking glass; for a while they seem to be real; then suddenly they prove to be false, 水中明月鏡中花暫認眞時便己差 Riches aud honour are but a dream for man; office and emoluments are but bubbles on If the four Books and five Classics are thorough- The ly mastered, heaven will send down suste the water, 富貴人間夢功名水上漚 mouth is (but) wind; the pen is a mark (a proof),口是風筆是蹤 nance for your whole family, (Heaven-Em- The aged priest beats the wooden fish, (is in is colder than water, (met. of scholar ont stripping his master),青出于藍而勝于藍 冰生于水而寒于水 dry weather, repair your house; don't wait till you are thirsty to dig your well, 雨而綢繆毋臨渴而掘井 If you gain one more, my feet and hands obey Bow your opinion to the aged; and when you you, 棋高一著伏手伏脚 Though the magistrate's office be small, the law is the same, 衙門雖小法度一例 You can't beat oil out of dry chaff, 不出油來 When you enter a territory, ask its prohibitions; when you enter a country, inquire about its customs, 入境而問禁入國而問俗 If are in trouble, you may depend on them for One spark can burn ten thousand tiers of hills, his sovereign honored him with this post- The president of the ten courts, êrh tien 'chu chiang wang tan; 3rd month 1st day. A popular Buddha, † 1 Shih chia fo The Shang ti of the Northern or Sombre Heavens tan; 2nd month 8th day. represented with dishevelled hair and bare feet; originally a man who became a genii, and was promoted to this post by the chief Shang ti,hsüan 'tien shang ti tan; 3rd month 3rd day. A Buddha. | chang lao tan; 3rd month 6 day. 10 gods ruling over the ten departments of hell, +yen lo wang tan; 3 month 8th day. The president of the 6th of the ten courts, R Elu tien pien 'chêng wang tan. One of the Wu fang, 1 'tu shên tan; 3rd month 10th day. Lau-tsz (7) Lao tzu, Tai 太上老君| shang lao chun tan; 2nd month 15th day. A warrior of the Sung dynasty (4) Sungʻchao, 番飛元帥 Yo fei yian shuai. Chief magician or wizzard of the Tauist sect, The presiding judge of the fourth of the ten One of the courts of hell, LTE1 Ssu tien wu kuan wang tan; 2nd month 18th day. The goddess of mercy; of the king said to be the 3rd son chang 'tien shih tan; 3rd month Wu tao, an evil deity, ✈ ⭑L chung yang wu tao tan. A deified mèdicin, and chief of the faculty, Iling ta ti tan; 3rd month 15th day. Ku chu kuo, born a A Tauist who flourished about the end of the second time the 3rd daughter of the king of Pai 'chüeh kuo, yin tan; 2nd month 19th day. A female divinity and water god, Shui mu niang niang tan. Buddhist female divinity; some of Kuan yin fo, 16th day. * One of the 4 prime ministers of Yü ‘huang, +± hsüan 'tan chao yüan shuai tan. say, the sister The goddess of Earth, hou 'tu Pu hsien 'pu niang niang tan; 3rd month 18th day. The fête day of Wên 'ping; the posthumous title of this general who was slain in the struggle between the Yin and Chou dynasties, chung yo ta ti tan. was king of Ching lo kuo; his wife Three Tauist brothers of Wei was A Shan shêng fu jên; she yang nan kuan, who gave up earthly emolu si; 2nd month 22nd day, Tauist god, one of the 4 prime ministers of Yü nang, Ma yüan shuai. The father of the Sombre Heavens (Tauist); he ments and became genii, mao chên chün tan. San Tauist divinity, † A deified woman of Fuhkien province, named Lin, now the queen of heaven and worshipped by sailors, * 'tien Hsü chên chün tan. One of the eight genii, worshiped in sickness supposed to have power to cause the doctor to write an efficatious prescription, 1 Lü hsien tan; 4th month 14th day. 'hou yuan chün tan, (wan shou); 3rd The chief one of the eight genii, month 23rd day. A goddess worshipped for offspring, 1 tză sun niang niang tan; 3rd month 26th day. Chê ta yüan shuai, his worship is neglected at present, 'chê kung tan; 3rd month 27th day. 11 Chung li hsien tan; 4th month 15th day. Goddess of the place, Female Penates, Tu ti 'po tan. One of the queens of 'Tai tsung wên The goddess of midwifery, Chin 'hua tan. Six evil deities, exercising their powers respec- tzŭ tsu tan; 3rd month 28th day. The god of one of the 5 sacred hills; posthu- A mous title of one of the adherents of the 殷 Yin dynasty, *東岳| Tung yo tan. The president of the 8th of the ten courts of hell, AiE | Pa tien tu shih wang tan. 4th month 1st day. An ancient Statesman, probably A 24 Hsiao pai bsüan, of the Sung dynasty, beloved by the good and hated by the evil, Su kung tan. A Buddha, eldest sister of Kuan yin, * 文殊 Wên shu fo tan; 4th month 4th day. The San chieh, heaven, earth, and man, The president of the 9th of ten courts, * £ ] Chiu tien ‘ping têng wang tan. Five Popular Tauist divinities. Bhua 'to hsien shuai tan 4th month, Chi, eldest son or crown prince ✯ Wên, a female deity, worshiped for assistance in 'Pu hsien 'pu sa tan; 4th month 23rd day. Buddhist divinities worshiped by those who fast; Bestowers of children, 'Chu 'tien 'pu sa tan; 4th month 24th day. A man of Yang chou and petty mandarin at the fall of the 'Han dynasty; he was slain whilst pursuing the rebels, and received this posthumous honour, 2 | Chung shan chiang kung tan; 4th month 26th day. An ancient doctor, probably the Emperor Shin nung 神農 Shên nung, 靈應百艸藥王 Ling ying pai 'tsao yao wang tan; 4th month 28th day. God of medicine, probably same as above, † yao wang 'pu sa. Wu hsien 'hua kuang ta ti; 4th month One of the queens of Tao kuang, 10th day. One of the (†), ± | Tu shên tan. Hsiao shên 'chêng 'huang 'hou; 4th month 29th day. Wei 'to tan; 6th month 1st day. One of the Wu tao, an evil spirit, who causes A statesman of the Chou dynasty, (Buddhist), Wa 'tu lung shiên tan; 5th month 10th day. The tutelar deity of the capital city, Tu 'chêng 'huang tan; 5th month 11th day. Chou dynasty, son of the Tung yo, | Ping ling kung tan; 5th month 12th day. The second of the three heroes of the San kuo, Kuan ti tan; 5th month 13th day. A General of the San kuo, an adopted son of the above, 關平將軍】 Kuan ping chiang chün tan. Tauist divinity, a god of children, † Têng yüan shuai tan; 5th month 14th day. Buddhist female divinity, a many handed Buddha, †準提佛母 1 Chun ti fo mu tan; 5th month 15th day. Fête day of the conjunction of heaven and earth by which all things were produced, A Buddha much worshipped by Buddhist priests, The fourth son of a man of the province 將軍天貺 Yang ssù chiang chin ‘tien A god of wells and fountains and subtle influences, 井泉地脈龍神]Ching ‘chñan ti mai lung shên tan; 6th month 12th day. The god of carpenters, Lu pan hsien shih tan; 6th month 13th day. A Tauist divinity, prime minister to Yü ‘huang, † 1 Ling kuan wang 'tien chün tan; 6th month 16th day. Tien ti 'tsao 'hua; 5th month 16th day. The goddess of mercy, Kuan yin, *UI Fête day of the three Buddhas, past, present, | Tzu pei kuan yin tan; 6th month 19th day. and future, Ju lai fo tan. Tauist divinity; a guardian of children; he who The head or pope of the Tauist sect; he re- shoots the celestial dog, + | Hsieh sides on the 龍虎 Lung Chu hills in 江西 'hui chiang chün tan; 6th month 22nd day. Chiang hsi; upon his death he must be Tauist divinity; god of horses, †E | Ma succeeded by one of the same surname; ming wang tan; 6th month 23rd day. he who amongst several competitors is The second of the three heroes of the San kuo, able to produce thunder, is the successful probably commemorates his death, 帝君 | Kuan shêng ti chün tan; 6tl | Tauist goddess, a daughter of a provincial govmonth 24th day. ernor in the Yüan dynasty, 柏嫄娘娘【 The god of fire, the posthumous title of I Pai chi niang niang tan. Tai tsu kao 'huang ti, 孝静康慈皇后 Hsiao ching ‘kang ‘tzǔ 'huang hou; 7th month 9th day. One of the queens of 康熙 Kang hsi, 孝懿仁 Hsiao i jên 'huang 'hou; 7th month 10th day. The god of thunder; his temple is in the province A Tauist sage, of Canton; a woman of that district found Chang 'chun chên jên tan; 7th month 12th day. an egg more than a foot around and carried The second of the three Yüan; he forgives sins, * Chung yüan chieh; 7th month 15th day. it home; one day it split with a noise of Lei chou fu, Fête day of the 3 brothers, genii of peace of ✰ Huo 'ho chang liu hsien tan. The nephew of the Yü 'huang shang ti, 二郎神楊具君 | Èrh lang shên yang chêu chün tan; 6th month 26th day. Han shêng, a Minister of the last days of the Yin dynasty; his posthumous title, 'tien 'chu tso hsiang tan; 6th month 29th day. Lau-tsz, the philosopher, (death,) L Tai shang lao chün tan; 7th month 1st day. A local deity, a man of 'Huang ho, Kang kung tan; 7th month 7th day. Festival of 7th day of 7th month, hsi chieh. Chang 'po, of Wuling, Ling chi chên chün tan. The mother of the three 元 Yüan, 三官聖母| San kuan shêng mu tan; 7th month 18th day. Yin chiao, a general of Emperor † Chou of the Yin dynasty; he lost his wife in battle; the ruling deity for the year 1871; of such deities there are 60-one for each year of the cycle, 當年太歲] Tang nien 'tai sui tan; 7th month 19th day. A Buddha who lived in the Sung dynasty; his death, ***pu an tsu shih; 7th month 21st day. The god of riches, EZ | Tsai po hsing 'tan. chi Buddhist divinity, a deified monkey called the The 7 female genii, or ladies of the celestial in needle work, | Pin kuang hsien niang tan. * A literary deity; one hand grasps a vermilion pencil, knei hsing tan. Tauist female divinity, a goddess of children, | Tou mu yüan chün tan, A Tauist goddess of children, + hsing nai tan, Chi Tu 'chêng 'huang tan; 7th month 24th day. A Tauist of Kuang chou, named An 'chi, Chêng hsien tan. The Lord of the dragon tree, ★E | Lung shu ta wang tan. 「The Emperor 嘉慶 Chia ching,仁宗睿皇帝 Jên tsung jui 'huang ti; 7th month 25th day. A Tauist sage, Hsü yu chên chün tan. |