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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
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e abbot are of therichest gold embroidery, which make him conspicuous asthe chief priest. The ranks are conferred by Chang, theHeavenly Teacher, and are three in number—the Major General or Bishop, the PraiseChurch, or Priest, and ^theKnowing-Affairs, or Deacon.In a Foo, or Prefecture, thereis a nominal ruler over thepriests in his department, whois responsible to the civilmagistrate for their good be-haviour. The City Temple, Soo-chow.—This is the only three-story temple that I have metwith ; the temples usuallyare only on the ground floor,and the monasteries of twostories. It was recently re-paired at an expense of $40,000by the late banker Hu ofHangchow, but his failureleft the images simply dry mud instead of covered withgold. The city temple (Yuen Miao-Kwan) is a greattemple, sun-ounded by thirteen large temples, in whichthere are about three hundred gods, the great religiouscentre of the Kiangsu province; the Pearly Emperoroccupying the third story, which overlooks the city.
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Taoist Abbot. Popes, Priesis, and Temples. Ill In front is an open court of two acres, on the sides ofwhich are stalls and shops, and in the middle arboursmade of matting for tea-drinkers. In the second temple,

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  • booksubject:Taoism
  • booksubject:Buddhism
  • booksubject:Confucianism
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