 | William Frederick Mayers - China - 1874 - 470 pages
...all of which he successfully overcame ; and hereupon he was invested with the formulas of magic and a sword of supernatural power, with which he traversed...dragons and ridding the earth of divers kinds of evil, during a period of upwards of four hundred years. In the 12th century, temples were creeled in his... | |
 | sir Augustus Wollaston Franks - 1878 - 322 pages
...souls of the dead. His emblem is a fan (shan). He is also known as Chung-le Kwan. 2. LEU TUNG-PIN [PI. D.], bom AD 755. While a magistrate of the district...power, with which he traversed the empire, slaying di'agons and ridding the earth of divers kinds of evil for upwards of 400 years. His emblem is a sword... | |
 | United States. Adjutant-General's Office. Military Information Division - China - 1900 - 512 pages
...he was an ardent votary. He was invested with the magic formulas and a sword of supernatural powers with which he traversed the Empire, slaying dragons and ridding the earth of divers kinds of evils during a period of upwards of 400 years. In the I2th century, according to Mayers, temples were... | |
 | William Cosmo Monkhouse - Porcelain, Chinese - 1901 - 396 pages
...the dead. His emblem is a fan (ahan). He is also known as Chung-le Kwan. " 2. LETJ TUNG-PIN. — Born AD 755. While a magistrate of the district of Teh-hwa,...slaying dragons and ridding the earth of divers kinds of evils for upwards of 400 years. His emblem is a sword (keen). "3. LE TEE-KWAE. — It is uncertain... | |
 | William Giuseppi Gulland - Porcelain - 1902 - 572 pages
...in her hand a lotus flower (leen-hwa), which forms her emblem " (see 283). No. 6. LEU TUNG-PIN, born AD 755. — " While a magistrate of the district of...ridding the earth of divers kinds of evil for upwards of four hundred years. His emblem is a sword (keen)." This is generally shown as slung across his back,... | |
 | William Giuseppi Gulland - Porcelain - 1911 - 568 pages
...alchemy and of the elixir of immortality. He was exposed to a series of temptations, ten in a s^ 8 number, and having overcome them, was invested with...ridding the earth of divers kinds of evil for upwards of four hundred years. His emblem is a sword (keen)" This is generally shown as slung across his back,... | |
 | William Giuseppe Gulland - Porcelain - 1911 - 566 pages
...alchemy and of the elixir of immortality. He was exposed to a series of temptations, ten in ft) s ,2. e 1 number, and having overcome them, was invested with...ridding the earth of divers kinds of evil for upwards of four hundred years. His emblem is a sword (keen)." This is generally shown as slung across his back,... | |
 | Patrick Johnston Maclagan - China - 1926 - 248 pages
...magic formula of the elixir of life," and who, being invested with a sword of supernatural power, " traversed the Empire slaying dragons and ridding the earth of divers kinds of evil during a period of upwards of 400 years." Here, then, is a Saviour of a distinct type. It would be... | |
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While a magistrate of the district of Teh-hwa, he is said to have encountered Han Chung-le among the recesses of the Lu Shan, from whom he learnt the mysteries of alchemy and of the elixir of immortality. He was exposed to a series of temptations —... 