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Identifier: dragonimagedemon1887dubo (find matches)
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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d golden serpents flying around. The third.Lee-red, has an umbrella in his hand, which can shadethe universe. Turn it, and there would be earthquakes;open it, and heaven would be chaos, earth darkness, andthe sun and moon without light. Lee-sea has a guitar,and when he touches the strings fire and wind issue forth.Lee-age has a bag, and in the bag a little animal like awhite rat; turn it loose, and it would be like a whiteelephant with two wings flying against the enemy.The four brothers were killed iu battle, andappointed the guardians of the doorway in Tartarus.There is a sacred book called The Diamond Classic;to believe in this work a man must have had the 236 The Dragon, Image, and Demon, good root planted in him ten hundred times tenthousand years ago. In the second temple is seenMatreya Buddha. — He is also called ^Me-meBuddha and The Coming Buddha, and is the Messiahof the Buddhist Church. He sits tailor-fashion, with thecentre of his body very prominent, and in his hand is a
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The Coming Buddha. bag; when he was on the earth the people called him cloth-bag priest, or carpet bagger; his broad, laugh-ing face welcomes the worshipper. At this time Shak-yamuni rules the Church; his successor will be Matreya,and at that time the earth with its five evils mingled will be purified. Just in the rear of Matreya Buddha, back to back, is The Worship of Buddhism. m Weito.—He was a former disciple of Buddha, and isnow the protector of his law. As one of the most hand-some of the gods he may be styled, Apollo; he standsfacing inwards, with a golden helmet on his head and arod in his hand, called the conquering Satan stafif.
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