"Origins and Development of the Taoist Religion"
2 poe:ms, traditionally interpreted as political satires, by C^>u: Yu:an of C^>u
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Li Sao – chariot-ride, wherein Hsi [&] Ho ("Mother and chariot-driver of the sun" – p. 414, fn. 4) pull the reins, while Wan [&] S^u ("Mother and chariot-driver of the moon" – p. 415, fn. 7) run ahead |
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location in heaven |
activity by visitor |
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414 |
"Hanging Gardens" {cf. "Hanging Gardens" as Wonder of the World} at "Sacred Stone" |
stay a moment |
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415 |
Yen-tzu ("Mountain where the sun sets" – fn. 5) |
gaze at it |
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Hsien pool ("Pool where the sun bathes every morning before ascending into the heavens" – fn. 6) |
water horses at it |
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Fu-san tree ("is the one by which ... the sun climbs to heaven" – fn. 6) |
tie chariot to it |
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Lo tree ("where the sun sets" – fn. 6) |
cut branch from it "to strike the sun" |
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Yu:an Yu (‘Distant Journey’) – guided by Fen-lun ("god of Thunder" – fn. 11) |
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C^>an-ho portal ("Gate of Heaven" – fn. 9) |
entered |
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T>ai-wei palace |
collect double yan |
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Hsu:n-s^ih with the Pure Capital |
look up it |
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Non-Action [Wu-wei] |
transcend |
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Purity |
come to |
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the Great Beginning |
dawn nigh |
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{with branch of Lo tree, cf. "golden bough" of Aineas, in Aeneid by Vergilius}
C^uan-tzu (Legge : SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST, Vol.XXIX. pp. 297-300) -- instruction by master Kuan-c^>en to Huan-ti
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visitations after intervals |
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418 |
after __ |
Huan-ti went to Kuan-c^>en and inquired concerning __ |
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19 years’ reign |
"growing of cereals" |
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3 months’ hermitage |
how to regulate one’s self so as to last aeternally |
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promises by Kuan-c^>en to Huan-ti |
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419 |
I shall go with thee to __ |
we shall reach the source of the __ |
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the summit of Great Clarity |
supreme Yan |
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the gate of Profound Darkness |
supreme Yin |
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departing from Huan-ti, Kuan-c^>en will :- |
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enter through |
the Gate of the Infinite |
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wander in |
the Fields of the Limitless |
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mingle his light with |
that of the Sun and of the Moon |
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last as long as |
Heaven and Earth |
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worship of Huan-Lao
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date |
deity worhipped |
worshippers |
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428 |
2nd century Chr.E. |
Huan-lao-c^u:n |
Yellow Turbans |
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2nd century before Chr.E. |
Huan-lao |
sire Ko of C^iao-hsi |
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T>ien-s^u in C^ao |
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429 |
1st century Chr.E. |
emperor Min of the Later Han |
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Liu Tzu-c^>an, praeceptor of Liu Yin the king of C^>u |
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Jen Wei the marquis of Le-lin |
Henry Maspero (translated from the French by Frank A. Kierman, Jr.): Taoism and Chinese Religion. U. of MA Pr, Amherst, 1981. pp. 413-430.