NO. I 



CH UAN MIAO SONGS AND STORIES — GRAHAM 



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\fin ]J^ (the female principle) . I have pressed 

 down the fire of the yang f^ (male principle) . 

 I have pressed down the fire of the sun. I 

 have pressed down that likes to kill people 

 (without affection). I have pressed down the 

 demon fire. I have pressed down the fire of 

 living people. I have pressed down the drive- 

 away-y/« fire. I have pressed down the detain- 

 yang fire (demon's fire) , Leave the yang fire 

 to control the home. Drive the yin fire to 

 hades (where demons live). Secure yang fire 

 to control the family and make it peaceful 

 (without demons). Drive the yin fire to the 

 yin spirit (or soul). Leave the yang fire to 

 control the family so it will be peaceful. If 

 the fire is a foot high, let water be 10 feet 

 high. If fire is 10 feet high, water will flood 

 up to heaven and hold down the fire." 



When he has reached this point, the tuan 

 \ting uses a bowl of water, and as he walks 

 along in the house, repeating (chanting) his 

 words, he sprinkles water with his hands. 

 When he has finished speaking, he pours out 

 the water from the bowl and places the bowl 

 on the table upside down. 



Incantation to Divine by Means of Uncoo\ed 

 Rice (738) 



"There is a sky pestilence and an earth pes- 

 tilence, so I come to report to the god. (The 

 uncooked rice is treated and addressed as a 

 god.) If there is any unsatisfactory matter, 

 I shall come and report to the god. If the 

 head aches and the whole body is hot, we 

 shall come and report to the god. If there 

 is any unworshiped demon of the t'an shen 

 or ruined temples, I shall come and report to 

 the god. If there is any fierce god that kills 

 people, I shall come and report to the god. If 

 there is any grass demon, wood demon, or 

 demon of the forest, I shall come and report 

 to the god. If there is any fierce (murderer), 

 I shall report the fierce matter. If there is 

 anything hard, we shall report it. Without 

 something important, we shall not wantonly 

 report. Without something fierce, we shall 

 not wantonly report." 



When the divining is done by rice, one 

 should use one bowl of rice and take a cloth 

 and cover it well. The master of the house 

 or a sick person blows his breath three times 

 on the rice, and the tuan \ung rubs the sur- 

 face of the rice with his hand. Then, when 

 he has finished speaking, he takes the cloth 

 off and examines the rice to see if the grains 

 are perpendicular or horizontal, thus deter- 

 mining the good or ill luck of the family. 



Pressing Down the Demon That Punishes 

 Sin by Pain in the Eyes (739) 



"If you bump (sin) against wood, the wood 

 demon will enter you and harm your eyes. 

 If you bump (sin) against wood, wood will 

 harm you. If you bump (sin) against stone, 

 stone will harm you. If you bump (sin) 

 against a grave, the grave will harm you. If 

 you bump (sin) against the stone of the 

 cowpen, it will harm you. If you bump (sin) 

 against a stone of a stove, it will harm you. 

 If you bump (sin) against the edge (.?) of 

 the stove, it will harm you. If you bump 

 (sin) against grass, wood, or stone, it will 

 harm you. If you bump (sin) against all 

 the things in a home, they will harm you. 

 If you bump (sin) against the eastern direc- 

 tion, it will harm you. If you bump (sin) 

 against the western direction, it will harm 

 you. If you bump (sin) against the northern 

 direction, it will harm you. If you bump 

 (sin) against the western direction, it will 

 harm you. If you bump (sin) against water, 

 it will harm you and it will immediately fade 

 away. If you bump (sin) against wood, it 

 will fade away. From the time we have re- 

 peated this today, you will be well." 



While the above is being repeated (chanted), 

 the tuan \ung uses grass paper to sweep. 

 When he has finished sweeping, he takes a 

 bowl of water and cooked rice and pours it 

 out on the ground. 



Pressing Down the Demons That Cause 

 Women to Lose Their Children in Child- 

 birth or to Have Miscarriages (740) 



After the tuan k.ung has called the gods, he 

 must repeat the following and it will enable 

 a woman to normally give birth to babies 

 and to bring them up. He must actually 

 hold and press down the demons. After he 

 has done this he worships the gods and the 

 men and women of the family must worship. 

 He says — 



"The sky sinned against the sky monkey 

 and neither the moon nor the sun shone any 

 more. The earth sinned against the earth 

 monkey and the grass and the trees would 

 not grow. If a person sins against the monkey 

 that climbs the cliffs, he will dry up. Today 

 I will free you from this, and you will get 

 well." 



Preparing Six Horses and Bridge Beams for 

 the Sick (741) 



As to the method of arranging the bridges, 

 you must use 12 feet of cloth and arrange 



