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PREFACE<br />

This seventh volume <strong>of</strong> the series may be divided into two parts<br />

1° the first, continuing' the Buddhist Pantheon, deals with some<br />

special Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Buddhist tutelary divinities :<br />

Wei-t'o ^ p6 (1), the K'ki-lan fj|j J£ (2), and the Four .Maharajas<br />

or Heavenly Kings, Sze-ta-t'ien-wang H ^c ^ 3E (3). 2" the second<br />

describes with full details Buddhist Worthies, Arhats or Lohans,<br />

especially the famous Eighteen, so well known in Tibet and China ;<br />

the 6 Chinese Buddhist Patriarchs, and some eminent monks, who<br />

spent their lives in the Great Monasteries that grew up<br />

Sacred Mountains in Shantung, Ifonan, Hunan and Shensi.<br />

beside the<br />

The sources from which we have gleaned information are three-<br />

told. 1° The General History <strong>of</strong> Gods and Immortals, Shen-sien-t'ung-<br />

hien jjitft -f||j }j| $K. This is a Taoist work, and was published for<br />

the first time in A. D. 1640. It comprises a series <strong>of</strong> biographical<br />

sketches, for the most part fabulous and legendary, <strong>of</strong> 800 saints,<br />

sages and divinities, selected chiefly from the ranks <strong>of</strong> Taoists, with<br />

a few Buddhist characters admitted into the number. A 2 nd edition<br />

was published in 1700, in 22 books ;<br />

and<br />

a 3 r

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