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— 359 —<br />

ts'ing-sze fig \f^ ^?, on the T'ien-t'ai hills, T'ien-t'ai-shan ^ -ft<br />

(ij (1), in Chekiang ^ yX- One day, while here, he was visited by<br />

Lu K'iu-yin \$ j$ )|L, Prefect <strong>of</strong> T'az Chow -£> ffl, whom he delivered<br />

from a violent headache. He was endowed with prodigious strength,<br />

and travelled about riding on a tiger, which obeyed him like a Iamb,<br />

and even accompanied him at times into the monastery, to the<br />

great consternation <strong>of</strong> the other monks (2).<br />

Illustration n° 64 represents him sitting on a tiger, but his<br />

giantlike appearance has been dwarfed by<br />

the artist. Watters<br />

remarks that Bhadra <strong>of</strong>ten appears in pictures and images accom-<br />

panied by a tiger, which he soothes or restrains (3). There may<br />

thus be some analogy between the Hindu Arhat and the Chinese<br />

monk.<br />

5. Hwei-yuen shen-shi *§ £g jj$£ ftjj.<br />

This Arhat was born at Yen-men Jff| f 6<br />

), in Shansi |Jj "jftf, and<br />

bore the family name <strong>of</strong> Kia j|f (4). In early youth, he was an<br />

ardent student <strong>of</strong> the Classics, and <strong>of</strong> Taoism (5), and soon became<br />

a pr<strong>of</strong>icient scholar. One day, on hearing the monk Tao-ngan ji|f<br />

•^ expound the Law, he resolved to become his disciple, and took<br />

the monastic name <strong>of</strong> Hwei-yuen *| j|f . He<br />

spent 30 years <strong>of</strong> his<br />

life in the Lii-shan monastery, Lu-shan-sze )M |_£j ^p, in modern<br />

Kiangsi jX W> where he gathered round him a large number <strong>of</strong><br />

followers, and helped much in propagating the Ts'ing-t'u ffi ,-£, or<br />

(1) T'ien-t'ai-shan ^ p? Ul • About<br />

50 miles to the South <strong>of</strong> Xingpo J§.<br />

#£. Here is found the earliest, largest, and richest seat <strong>of</strong> Buddhism in China.<br />

It dates from the 4th century, and abounds in antiquities. Edkins. Chinese<br />

Buddhism, p. 136-137.<br />

(2) General Mirror <strong>of</strong> Gods and Immortals, Shen-sien t'ung-hien jfiiji {|1| ifi<br />

it Book XVII. Art. 4.<br />

(3) Watters. The 18 Lohan <strong>of</strong> Chinese Buddhist Temples, p. 17.<br />

(4) Giles. Chinese Biographical Dictionary, p. 342. — Chinese Super-<br />

stitions. Vol. VII. Article 25. — Edkins. Chinese Buddhism, p. 171.<br />

(5) He is said to have used the philosophy <strong>of</strong> Chivang-tze $± -J-, to<br />

elucidate some difficult points in Buddhism. Giles. Chinese Biographical<br />

Dictionary, p. 342.

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