quality

status: recognition for __

worthiness: recognition for __

superior

filial behavior, chastity, or hidden merit

being filial, loyal, or benevolent

average

compassion, integrity, and virtuous conduct

integrity, etiquette, wisdom

inferior

knowledge, ancestral merit, and literary merit

perseverance, talent, and decisiveness

#

transformation

page

1^st

"stellar palace" above the "Twin Maidens" (= "Closeted Maidens", viz. "Attentive Woman" & "Minx Woman" in Aquarius, fn. 5)

86

2^nd

born in region Gui-ji (in state of Wu, p. 87, fn. 7), of the clan Z^an [same name as "lunar lodging" "Spread", fn. 11]

89

3^rd

incarnation of pearl (swallowed by his mother in her dream): descended from Yellow Thearch's son Hui, the first to make bows & arrows in state of Wu

90

4^th

in state of Wu, where Tai-bo was tattooed

91

5^th

in trio of Wu (Wu-xin, Wu commandery, Gui-ji, fn. 23), hemp cloth was made

93

6^th

found metallic statue (which had been made to control the waters by Yu of Xia) of purple-eyebrowed "Primordial Heavenly Worthy" (Yuan-s^i Tian-zun) [and cast it into sea as offering to "sea-monarch" Hai-ruo, p. 96]

95

7^th

sliced meat from his thigh to make soup {cf. Grail-King wounded in his thigh ?}

97

8^th

in a dream he met his bride-to-be ["custom of arranging ghost marriages between young men and young women who had died before marriage" (p. 101) {cf. S`avara / Savara / Saora / Sora custom of doing the same, as well as of marrying a living person to the ghost of a dead one}] emerging from tomb; afterwards when awake he met her again emerging from tomb

100

9^th

wife grasped rounded, turtle-shaped pebbled, praesaging that she would give birth to a son [to have grasped a tile would have praesaged a daughter]

102

10^th

year-star ("Counter-Jupiter", fn. 49) "startling", father at 85 & mother at 73 both died in epidemic: for 3 years mourning, pair of white pheasants twittered

104

11^th

the pine-trees & catalpas (of his parents' tomb) were safe [whoever allowed his ancestors' tomb-trees to be cut down "might also be judged to be insane" (p. 106)]

105

12^th

capture, by 10,000 heavenly cavaliers, of the 5 epidemic daemones: 1^st wore a tiger-skin, 2^nd a cock's crown, 3^rd had the face of a dog (variant: face of a man, fn. 60), 4^th the face of a crow (variant: head of a swan, fn. 61), 5^th the head of a donkey

108

13^th

Meridian Scripture of Huan-di; drug expounded by S^en-non

111

14^th

"engaged in acupuncture and drugs, ... I was appointed Physician."

114

15^th

promoted to the post of Controller of Remonstrances

116

16^th

"I often burnt my remonstances"

118

17^th

"Let the cocks crow at four in the morning! ... Like a bird with tired wings"

119

18^th

"famous for charitable estates"

122

19^th

"forgot words" in order to nurture spirit; "awoke to the principle of returning to the root"

123

20^th

"Circling about on a crane" ["Much later two blue lads appeared from Heaven and reverently announced the Thearch's proclamation appointing me Sovereign of Mount Monarch and Director of the Waters of Grotto-courtyard Lake." p. 128]

127

21^st

"his residence ... within a jade hu ...-bottle ... gourd" {cf. Jinni within lamp (of Aladdin, etc.)} [In a similar tale, "a monk animates a long dead horse and has it walk away on its own." (p. 132, fn. 110)]

131

22^nd

as child, played with "figures of clay"; his father banished to Pan-yu (modern Canton)

133

23^rd

his elder brother having died as a child, his own 2^nd son was given in adoption as putative son [lest the elder brother be "condemned to eternal wandering in search of nourishment among the cohort of homeless spirits," p. 138]

137

24^th

confutingfalse rumors which slandered absent general

140

25^th

"traditional gifts of ... flags"

143

26^th

his father's deceased enemy is compared to a bluebottle-fly

145

27^th

after his fellow-minister had died suddenly (of heart-attack ?) at age of 50, leaving 5 unmarried daughters[, "the Divine Lord ... was offered a goose as a betrothal gift ... because it migrates with the seasons" (p. 149)]

147

28^th

his mother "reached the venerable age of one hundred"; thereupon she died and "was reborn into the Heavens where she is the Perfected of Wondrous Grace."

151

29^th

encountering his own demise by receiving "a messenger with a cup of poisoned wine ... to commit suicide." Thus, went to "the Nine Springs, another term for the Yellow Springs of the land of thedead in the nine-layered earth"

155

30^th

"there was a rescript from the Thearch appointing me the Great Transcendent of Snow Mountain" [: after, as "a spirit", having been shot 'with "crooked arrows", p. 157]

156

31^st

"First I confessed my crime in counterfeiting the summons ... The Thearch consequently made me Mountain King of the Northern Gate" of S^u

161

32^nd

maiden's unconsciousness [in trance?]"was discovered ... by ... the dragon god of White Pool."

164

33^rd

"The god of the [Western Marchmount] was ... the White Thearch, Biao Ju ... ordering the inundation of the city of Bao."

167

34^th

from would-be arsonist, "sideburns and eyebrows were burnt off."

171

35^th

36^th

"The execrable practice of abandoning the newborn, which the Divine Lord compares to mowing down orchids"

179

39^th

"The exactations of corve'e labor are not liberal"

184

42^nd

"the emissaries of Ju all died in the conflagration"

193

43^rd

"a state called Jiameng"

194

44^th

"the Five Stalwarts ... transported earth to build up the concubine's tomb."

196

45th

"gold-shitting oxen" {cf. Aztec belief, gold as faeces of deities}

203

46^th

"The King of Qin ... offering five women from his own family"

205

48^th

"Master Lao ... commanding Xu Jia ... to take from a satchel a pellet of elixir"

210

49^th

"medicine" as is given as bribe to governor who had "abscesses ... on ... back"

214

52^nd

after "twenty-four years ... she enjoyed sweet delicacies"

225

53^rd

"in the silkworm market"

230

54^th

"defamed ... making ... deliberate offenses out of accidents, saying ... [of] someone ... that a mistake represented his true desires."

233

55^th

"to make a 'deep'" (i.e., oversize) peck measure and a heavier than normal set of balance weights, presumably to be used when purchasing ... goods from their producers. ... to make smll measures and light weights, to be used in retailing goods to consmers."

238

56^th

"had the dragon of the Qi drag the foot of " Su Z^en underwater, so that Su Z^en "and his son both were drowned." {cf. Laokoon & his sons killed by by sea-serpents}

241

57^th

"Madame ne'e Ma ..., the wife of the rich man" Z^an S^i, "ordered her husband about like a slave. ... the God of Thunder Fire to punish her ... had" Z^an S^i's "wife ... incinerated."

244

58^th

sweet basil & potamegeton (fragrant & foul-smelling plants) -- "twist his arm, breaking it. An abscess soon appeared on the hand of Di's wife."

247

59^th

"ice and coal" [at Qu, p. 252]

251

60^th

"bound everyone ... including nine people ... and seven maid-servants and concubines."

254

61^st

"had five sons, all of whom were born without fingers."

257

62^nd

"demands that his staff defray all his living expenses, including the ceremonial vestments"

261

63^rd

"Han dynasty ... Liu Bang found a large snake blocking his path. He drew his knife and clove the serpent in two. ... the son of the White Thearch, who had transformed into a serpent and was blocking the road."

263

64^th

was re-incarnated as king of Z^ao, son of lady Qi: "The Empress Dowager subsequently cut off the hands and feet of Lady Qi, plucked out her eyes, burnt off her ears, fed her a drug that made her mute, and made her live in the toilet. She called her the "human pig.""

267

65^th

inundation of town [southeast of modern Xi-c^an, Si-c^uan -- under xi-hu "Western Lake", p. 268 fn. 350] for sake of aged couple {cf. similar Hellenic myth, localized in Anatolia}

270

66^th

while in the form of a 84,000-scaled dragon, was liberated by dark-blue-haired, golden-faced god

275

67^th

"If a person became a bandit, I would make him replace the objects stolen. If he injured someone, I would make him bow to his enemy in court. If the crime went as far as murder, ... I would still release him. Though someone might disparage me for permitting evil, I would not protest this."

278

68^th

"The Supreme Thearch issued a rescript ordering me to ... govern the quick and the dead at night. I was aware of and recorded ... every hidden merit, every secret plot of ... ghosts, spirits, malifics, and demons ... for ... thirty-six years" [this was "while asleep", p. 282]

281

69^th

"With military planning, ... Making a surprise attack from the backroads" {as by the Persians at Thermopulai}

282

70^th

"a magical ruyi or "as-you-like-it" scepter"

286

71^st

"Golden Horse Mountain"(nigh Kun-min, Yun-nan, and thus), situated between the 2 Yue-s: Yue-s`an ("an ancient state located to the south of Annam") & Yue-sui (a commandery adminishtered from Qion-du, southwest of modern Xi-c^an, Si-c^uan): "officially celebrated birthday" there on xin-hai [48^th day in 60-day cycle = 1^st day of 1^st lunar month in that year, p. 288 fn. 392]

287

72^nd

"A donkey danced", a s`an-yan danced" [s`an-yan being a 1-legged bird, p. 290]

288

73^rd

"the Thearch commanded me to take charge of the Cinnamon Record in the Heavenly Bureau ... concerning the examinations and subequent careers of officials."

291

mineral

to __

cinnabar

nurture the blood & strengthen the heart;

realgar

increase the flesh & fortify the spleen

kalinite [arsenolite according to Z^en Xuan, p. 116]

regulate fat & aid the lungs

magnetite

circulate the marrow & strengthen the kidneys

chalcanthite

control the muscles & dilate the liver

#

p. 46 star

p. 46 title, according to the "Monograph on Heavenly Offices" of the S^i-ji

p. 46 idem, according to the Han-s^u

p. 47 idem, according to the Jin-s^u

1^st

theta Ursae Majoris

Superior General

2^nd

phi Ursae Majoris

Subordinate General

3^rd

psi Ursae Majoris

Noble Minister

4^th

f Ursae Majoris

Director of Fates

Director of Emoluments

5^th

e Ursae Majoris

Director of the Interior

Director of Emoluments

Director of Fates

6^th

[in Ursa minor]

Director of Emoluments

Director of Disasters

Director of Bandits

p. 1 the god Wen-c^an "a giant venemous snake called the Viper";

Apophis the river-python had 28 forms,

p. 46-47 (& 1, p. 86) is a constellation [2, p. 89 fn. 11 is associated with, among the 28 lunar lodgings, "Spread" & "Wing"; and with, 30, p. 157 the "Well" & "Network" constellations, "Well" being (fn. 167) in Gemini]

supposed (by Wallis Budge) to be the 28 lunar mansions

p. 3 the mission of the 5 Stalwarts was to escort to the state of S^u 5 maidens; but "The serpent-god of Zitong thwarted these plans by bringing his mountain down upon the heads of both Stalwarts and maidens."

2 tablets, each containing 5 commandments, was given at Mt. Sinay to Mos^eh, but he shattered them; Guro (in Ivory Coast) 2 divinatory sets of 5 each