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VOL. 123 



it well, and four stools, one above the other. 

 The tuan \ung uses a brass gong and alter- 

 nately beats it and speaks. He says — 



"The difficult bridge and the six horses are 

 spoilt. I will protect the sick person. When 

 the three htm and the seven p'o come upon 

 the bridge, I will wear an iron hat on my 

 head." 



He will put the brass gong on his head and 

 pretend that he is wearing a hat. On his feet 

 he is supposed to wear iron-topped boots. He 

 brings the brass gong and pretends to put on 

 shoes. He should wear brass armor also, and 

 he uses the brass gong to imitate this. 



"Come and lead a thousand soldiers and 

 horses and 19,000 fortresses. 



"Soldiers and horses upon the bridge. The 

 remainder may be repeated like the first one 

 in this book." ^^ 



Calling Water to Become Divine jar the Gods 

 to Drink (742) 



Use a bowl or a pot and put water inside. 

 Cover it with three sheets of paper and a 

 piece of cloth. The tuan l{ung repeats — 



"Ntzi's water in heaven is called the water 

 from the river in heaven brought by the 

 prince of heaven. The old man of the earth 

 brought water on the earth below and from 

 the creek he brings water of the rivers and 

 seas. From the home he takes incense fire 

 and beeswax fragrant water. From the rice- 

 field he brings water of the rice plants. 

 Ntsong Yin brought water to destroy de- 

 mons." 



Calling Water to Exorcise Demons (743) 

 (Spoken in Chinese) 



"Water is the source of the heaven and the 

 earth, the foundation of all living diings, 

 widely cultivating people's happiness, used by 

 people in heaven and earth, inside and out- 

 side. For tao jtt (learning) ^® you are rev- 

 erenced and your body has marvelous light 

 to protect our bodies so that seeing we do not 

 see, hearing we do not hear, and you can 

 protect us in heaven and on earth and nour- 

 ish all our lives, and propagate it (or them) 

 a thousand times. You are bright. Heaven 



s^ This probably refers to the chants in No. 717 

 (p. 317). 



^^ This is the Chinese word tao j^, and the 

 meaning is far more inclusive than the English 

 word "learning." To the Ch'uan Miao interpreter 

 it seemed that the word "learning" came very 

 near to what tao means to the Ch'uan Miao. Of 

 course it includes learning in occult affairs. 



and earth will come and wait upon and pro- 

 tect you. In ancient times Wu Ti would wel- 

 come you. All gods of virtue will come and 

 worship you. It uses the thunder and light- 

 ning. Demons and spooks will lose their 

 courage. Your learning {tao) will last for- 

 ever. I have also called you. Without affairs 

 you stabilize space and control people." 



When this is finished the tuan kjung takes 

 water and sprinkles it in all directions and 

 says die following in Chinese: ] 



"When I sprinkle this once, above it paci- I 

 fies fire calamities (lest fire break out). When 

 I sprinkle this a second time, below it will 

 pacify cave demons. When I sprinkle the 

 third time, in the center it will avoid calami- 

 ties. When I sprinkle it the fourth time, 

 there will be peace among men." 



To Prevent Blood from Flouring, Ceremo- 

 nially Cut with a Knife and Repeat This 

 Incantation (744) 



"When I go to the east, it is black. In my 

 hand I hold a golden knife, and I ride an 

 iron cow. I will cut in two the mouths of two 

 creeks that flow together. I will stop the 

 bubbles under the skin so the blood will not 

 flow. Above is the head of the rapids. Stop 

 up (like a stopper) the sky river. Below is 

 the head of a rapid. We shall stop up the 

 yellow river. A well with two mouths, we 

 will stop the blood of the skin so the blood 

 will not flow. We will stab in two the water 

 of the western river so it will not flow. The 

 blood prince (a male deity) is named Ch'iu 

 "^X. (autumn). The blood woman is named 

 Liu "^ (flow) . One road (of the blood) 

 changes to ten roads (in veins and arteries). 

 Ten roads change to a hundred roads. A 

 hundred roads change to a thousand roads. 

 All the roads have definiteness. All the roads 

 have spirits (intelligence). First, do not de- 

 ceive miC. Secondly, do not deceive other 

 people who have come. If you still bleed, I 

 will add a golden lion cat and stop it." 



When he has reached this point, the tuan 

 \ung must use his two hands and twist them 

 like a lion. Then he says — 



"At the order of Zyei Zyai Na Zyei (Sei 

 oai na* 3ei), like an order according to law," 

 and again he repeats, "I go to the east and it 

 is black. My hand grasps a golden knife and 

 I ride an iron cow. I stop up the mouth of 

 the blood stream and will stop dre blood 

 bubbles so they will not flow. In a large 

 way, I will stop the great Yangtse. In a small 

 way I will stop a small river. I will cut ofi 

 the Yellow River's nine west rivers. The 



