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Title: The dragon, image, and demon; or, The three religions of China: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, giving an account of the mythology, idolatry, and demonolatry of the Chinese
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: DuBose, Hampden C
Subjects: Taoism Buddhism Confucianism
Publisher: New York, A. C. Armstrong & son
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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is no part of the Decalogueso difficult to observe as the second commandment. The gods appear to Men.—There are few questionsso often asked us as, Does your God ever appear ?^ Does He ever show Himself to men ? It is an articleof the nations faith that the gods are often seen by men;on the hills during the pilgrim-season, the deity (or apriest ?) is seen walking to and fro with a great lantern ;on the Great Lake, at night, mariners in small craftsseeking the mouth of the creek say that often a beacon isseen ahead (not, of course, from the village or a fisher-mans boat), the god or goddess guiding the boatmen,who afterwards devoutly pay their vows. The gods in theday of battle appear for the protection of the army; also The Idolatry of Buddhis77t. 257 when a pestilence is sweeping through the camp, or astorm is raging at sea. From the mirage on the rice-fields sometimes a townis thrown into excitement, and tens of thousands at mid-night crowd upon the city walls to behold the silent
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Idol Factory. battle fought by the soldiers of Hades, whose battalionsare marshalled on the nightly plain. The Idol Factory—The manufacture of images isan important branch of trade, and is gisnerally considereda profitable industry. It is not an art, as where in Italianmarble by master-hands the body of man is chiselledin proportions so majestic, so gigantic, that men scarcely 17 258 The Dragon, Image, and Demon. know which most to admire, the sculptor or the statue.The Chinese figures are misproportioned, grotesque,and hideous; their faces are grum, frightful, and repul-sive ; if sitting they are awkward and clumsy, whenstanding the images are both fantastic and cadaverous.Why these hideous idols ? Christianity teaches of a Godof love; paganism, of deities w^ho will punish the wrong-

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