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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I42 



Deity 

 Wen-ts'ai-shen, literary god of 



wealth. 

 Wu-ts'ai-shen, military god of wealth. 

 Wang-yeh. 



Kuan-ti, or Kuan-yii. 



Yo-wang, god of medicine. 



Wen-ch'ang, god of learning. 



Fu-hsi. 



Chan-huang. 



Ku'ei-hsing. 



Chang-fei. 



Huai-nan. 



Ts'ai-hou or Ts'ai-weng. 



Ch'iu-tsu. 



Ma-wang, horse king. 



T'ai-tzu-p'u-sa, heir apparent. 



Chang-ku-lao. 



Wu-ch*ang. 

 Hai-li-shen-mu. 



Chu-t'ien-p'u-sa. 



Shan-wang, mountain god. 



Ta-shih-chih-p'u-sa. 



Hung-chiin-p'u-sa. 



Meng-t'ien. 



Ch'i-hsien-niang-niang. 



Shen-tsu. 



Hsiao-ho. 



Ts'ao-ts'an. 



Kao-hua-tzu-p'u-sa. 



Ch' ang-sheng-f o. 



Wu-weng. 



Fan-wang. 



Ho-shen, fire god. 



Li-lao-chiin or Lao-tzu. 



Hsiian-yuen-huang-ti. 



Tu-k'ang. 



Tou-mu-niang-niang, goddess of the 



northern dipper. 

 Ku-wang, grain god. 

 Ko-weng. 

 Lu-pan. 



Shen-nung. 



Ta-mo-tsu-shi, Bodhidharma. 



Occupation 



Bankers, merchants, and all who wish to 

 prosper financially. 



The same. 



Boatmen and woodcutters in the moun- 

 tain forests. 



Soldiers, officials, members of secret so- 

 cieties. 



Doctors and those who sell medicines. 



Students, teachers, scholars, 



Geomancers and fortunetellers. 



Cooks, caterers at feasts. 



Students, teachers, scholars. 



Butchers. 



Makers of bean curd. 



Dyers and people who make or sell 

 paper. 



Makers of firecrackers. 



People who raise, keep, or sell horses. 



Actors. 



Those who make music on tomtoms cov- 

 ered with snake skin. 



Tuan ktings (geomancers) and hunters. 



Those who make cloth straps or strings 

 for use on straw sandals. 



Thieves and robbers. 



Hunters. 



Students, teachers, and scholars. 



Makers of wooden combs. 



Makers of Chinese pens. 



Weavers of cloth. 



Workers in leather. 



Lawyers and magistrates. 



Lawyers. 



Beggars. 



Cloth makers and yanien runners. 



Fishermen. 



Those who sell bowls and dishes. 



Those who sell firecrackers. 



Workers in gold, silver, copper, brass, 

 pewter, and iron. 



Tailors. 



Brewers and owners of liquor stores. 



Fortunetellers. 



Rice growers. 



Dyers. 



Carpenters, plasterers, stonemasons, 



makers of tiles and bricks. 

 Farmers and restaurant owners. 

 Boxers and prize fighters. 



