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— 240 — drew to an end, and he had attained the venerable age of ninety- nine. Having called together his disciples, he bade them farewell, and sitting cross-legged in his coffin, he expired (1). Three years after his decease, states the legend, the coffin was opened in order to lay his mortal remains in a special tomb, and lo ! the corpse was found perfectly intact, without the least trace of decay. His complexion was fresh and ruddy, and his muscles flexible as if he were still living. His disciples, filled with admir- ation, gave him thenceforth the title of Kin Ti-lsang £ ffc $|, or the Ti-tsang Kin ffc $| |Jg (2). Buddha, on his part, made him King of the Earth's Womb, and Over-Lord of the Underworld. The ten assistant judges of hell advanced, and made him obeisance. This happened on the 30 th day of the VII th month, date on which is celebrated the birthday of Ti-lsang-wang jfc ^ 3E- As many incidents of the story of Maudga.lga.yana, delivering his mother from Hades, are applied to Kin Ti-tsang ^ jfy |i|, it may be of interest to give here the Chinese version of this quaint legend. We quote from the Records of Muh-lien g $L (3). His parents were devoted vegetarians (4). According to a popular legend, when his father died, a stork bore away his dead body to the Western Paradise. His mother, named Liu |flj, highly dissatisfied with the disappearance of her husband's corpse, exclaim- ed ; if such be the reward for a long life of vegetarian abstinence, (1) According to Johnston, this happened in 794. At the same time, adds the legend, there was heard a crashing of rocks, and a sound of moaning in the hills. The spirits of the streams and peaks joined his disciples in mourning his loss. Johnston. Buddhist China, p. 209 (The Hermit's death). (2) Kin Ti-tsang ^ ift $g. Kin is the clan or family name of the prince- hermit, hence he was deified by the Chinese as the '-Ti-tsang Kin", an incar- nation of the Buddhist god Ti-tsang-wang ifc $£ 3E- See above. Chinese Superstitions. Vol. VII. p 237. (3) Records of Muh-lien, Muh-lien-ki g jg ffc. These Records are an endeavour to give to Ti-tsang-ioang ||la Chinese origin. 463. (4) See on "Vegetarian Sects". Chinese Superstitions. Vol. IV. p. 456-
— 241 — it is not worth while adopting- it as a standard of perfection. What a favour, indeed ! to be devoured by birds as a reward for a long life of sacrifice ! Soon afterwards her brother exhorted her to give up her vegetarian life, so opposed to the teaching of the ancient Sages : Wen-wang ^ 3E, Tsenrj-tze ^ ^ (1), and Confucius ^L 5& "?• In fine, he succeeded so well that his sister promised to renounce her former vow, conform to the general custom, and eat meat like all other folks. Some petty scruples still hindered her from killing a living animal (2\ and eating its flesh, so she hit upon the following ingenious device. She tied up solidly a goat in the midst of a large apartment, and heaping around him some firewood, set fire to the whole pile. Beside the animal, she took care to place a basin of bean-sauce, Tsiang-yiu || >/^. The goat, in an agony of thirst, swallowed it all, and was thus roasted alive, pickled The good dame partook with delight her first step on the road to evil, soon followed by with bean-sauce. of the roast meat. It was another and another, says the legend, for she finally killed the household dog (3), and regaled herself with its flesh. She then advanced from bad to worse in her evil ways, and till the end of her life set to eating all kinds of meat. It is for these sins that she was condemned after her death to be a hungry ghost in Hades, and tortured night and day at the hands of the most cruel demons. (1) Tseng-tze # ^f-, or Tseng the Philosopher, B.C. 506. One of the chief disciples of Confucius, of whose doctrines he became the expositor after his master's death. The "Great Learning" Ta-hsioh iz %, a part of the Classics, is attributed to him. Mayers. Chinese Reader's Manual, p. 223. — Chinese Superstitions. Vol. VI. p. 393. note 2. (2) Buddhism prohibits the killing of all living animals. This tenet has obtained a strong hold upon the Chinese people, and numerous men and women partly or totally abstain from animal food, nay avoid everything that might lead to the slaughtering of animals. Chinese Superstitions. p. 440. (3) Vol. IV. From ancient times, the flesh of the dog was highly prized in China, and even found on the emperor's table. Li-ki H IE, Book IV.— Chinese Superstitions. Vol. IV. p. 461. note 3. or Record of Rites,
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Fig. 63 Tao-t'ung shen-shi.
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Fig. 65 Hwei-yuen shen-sbi.
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Fig. 67 Han-shan-tze, or the Arhat
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