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CH UAN MIAO SONGS AND STORIES — GRAHAM 



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days so that Chang Tuan Kung could be the 

 emperor then. 



Therefore, every year, in the eighth moon 

 they all say, "This is the reason that Chang 

 Tuan Kung should be emperor (because the 

 emperor left his throne vacant for him to 

 occupy thirty days)." 



Now the //?? p'ai that the tuan \ungs use 

 is made like Chang Tuan Kting's door latch, 

 and the tuan lutings will never forget him. 



Gold and Silver Followed the Lolos into Cool 

 Mountain ^^ (333) 



In ancient times where the Lolos lived 

 there was a great deal of gold and silver. 

 Afterward the Lolos went to Cool Mountain, 

 and the gold and silver also went along with 

 them. Many of the Lolos had lived in Yun- 

 nan. In Yunnan there is a place near the 

 river. At that time that place had very much 

 gold and silver ore. Afterward the Lolos 

 were driven out by the Chinese, and the Chi- 

 nese went to open up gold and silver mines. 



It is not known how long they worked at 

 the opening of these mines. One day they 

 saw two horses come out of a cave to drink 

 water. Then the miners went to catch the 

 two horses. The two horses leaped into the 

 cave on the side of a cliff. They all followed 

 them into the caves. They followed until 

 they arrived beside a great river. Suddenly 

 they saw very luxuriant willows growing on 

 the two sides of the river, and the two horses 

 were not to be seen. Then they all tore off a 

 willow limb. But as they pulled, the water 

 from the other side flowed over toward them. 

 Just as they fled back out of the mouth of 

 the cave, abundant water came pouring out. 



They then saw that it was not really a 

 willow but was a handful of gold. This was 

 sufficient for their travel expenses. When a 

 month had not passed by, they again went 

 and watched, and those two horses again 

 came out to drink water and eat grass. Then 

 they all went to chase the two horses. 



Then the horses did not go into a cave but 

 ran toward the ridge of a great mountain. 

 The men followed after them. After they 

 had gone a few tens of days, the two horses 

 flew leaping over the Yangtse River. They 

 watched from the other side of the river, and 

 saw the horses enter the hills of Cool Moun- 

 tain. Now this place, therefore, has no gold 

 or silver, but the old holes can be seen where 



2^ Cool Mountain (Liang Shan) is the present 

 home of the independent Lolos in Sikong Prov- 



people formerly dug for minerals. This can 

 be investigated.^- 



Using Wild Bees in Battle (336) 



Roaming all over the world, I arrived at a 

 place where fierce wild bees were just arising. 

 Speaking of the earth, I have traveled all over 

 it. I traveled to where the wild yellow bees 

 (probably hornets or yellow jackets) were just 

 flaring up. Those fierce bees' bodies were 

 spotted with black. There was another kind 

 which was spotted with black and green. The 

 stingers of those bees were as hard as water 

 buffaloes' horns. The points of their stingers 

 were as bright as the horns of cattle. 



They flew to the capital of the Chinese 

 emperor. They saw that the capital was 

 bright like a piece of silver. Another small 

 swarm of bees flew to the new capital of the 

 emperor. The big swarm of bees carried 

 their stingers and stung the emperor's body 

 so that he turned about like a wheel for 

 winding thread. The small swarm of bees 

 also carried their needles (stingers) and stung 

 the people in the emperor's capital. The peo- 

 ple stood about shouting so that the noise 

 was like thunder. The Chinese soldiers cried 

 out saying, "The Miao are using these hornets. 

 They are very fierce." When they shouted 

 the hornets would not give in to them. 



The hornets entered the emperor's garments 

 and stung him until he was helpless. The 

 emperor rolled into a fish pool and was 

 drowned. Moreover, the great officials were 

 frightened until they leaped out of the win- 

 dows. The common soldiers were stirred up 

 and ran into the gardens. All the people in 

 the city cried out that the Miao were truly 

 terrible (fierce) and raised these strange bees 

 whose stingers were like the horns of cattle 

 or like sharp needles. When they stung a 

 person, it would certainly swell up and he 

 would not eat food and could with difficulty 

 drink water. They were truly unable to heal 

 themselves. 



The Soul of a Dead Girl Sought Somebody 

 to Bury Her (403) 



In a family there was a daughter named 

 Ngeo Tso. Her parents married her into a 

 home on a high mountain. She was treated 



32 Possibly modern miners do not dig deep 

 enough at this place. The writer has been told 

 that this spot is near Wei Ning, in Kweichow, 

 of the river that flows from Wei Ning to Chao- 

 tung, Yunnan. The name of Wei Ning is some- 

 times pronounced Wei Lin. The river is called 

 Lo Tsai Ho. 



