. 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. d have departed to roamamong the Three Islands of the blessed. 5. CelestialImmortals; * those who have attained to consummatepurity and perpetual life in Heaven. The Eight Immortals.—The Eight Immortals arefavourite characters of Chineseromance, and special objectsof adoration. An artisticmethod is to embroider themon silk and hang as a pair ofscrolls. I^eu Chen Yang hasbeen noticed in the chapteron Medical Divinitie
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. 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. d have departed to roamamong the Three Islands of the blessed. 5. CelestialImmortals; * those who have attained to consummatepurity and perpetual life in Heaven. The Eight Immortals.—The Eight Immortals arefavourite characters of Chineseromance, and special objectsof adoration. An artisticmethod is to embroider themon silk and hang as a pair ofscrolls. I^eu Chen Yang hasbeen noticed in the chapteron Medical Divinities. Han Chunglee—This, thefirst of the genii, is variouslyplaced in the Han and Chowdynasties. As to his appear-ance, he is full set, corporeally considered, has a red face, long hair, and two bunches of hair on the sides of hishead. He is said to have encountered the Patriarchof the Genii, who revealed to him the mystic formulaof longevity and the secret of the powder of transmutationand of magic craft. He eventually became admittedamong the genii, and has appeared from time to time onearth as the messenger of Heaven. Tih Kwalee.—He was one of the gentry, but one day, . Han Chunglee. The Immortals. 423 when his spiritual man was out roaming around, a wildbeast ate his body, so when the spirit returned it foundonly the skeleton, but fortunately near by war! a beggarscorpse, black and lame ; this he took as a substitute forhis own body, and always walked with an iron staff, so hewas popularly known as Iron-staff Lee, or Mr. Lee withthe iron stafif. The breath out of the gourd on his backcould in the heavens be turned into his original body.