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After having killed Ch4 Yiu (the first rebel) and Kw'a Fu(?), he 

 (the dragon) could not ascend again, and for this reason often 

 drought prevails on earth. In time of drought an image of a 

 ying lung is made and then a heavy rain is obtained". The com- , 

 mentator Kwoh P'oh ' (A. D. 276—324) adds : "The earthen dragons 

 of the present day find their origin in this" ^. 



Wang Ch'ung ^ of the Later Han dynasty, who in his work 

 entitled Lun Heng^ severely criticises the superstitions of his 

 time, refers to Tdng Chung-shtj's " following statement: "At the 

 rRJn F^RiCrififtfts in spri ng and autumn earthen dragonsa re set up 

 / in order tn pall down \hp. rain. T lie_id eaorth is_JsJ :ha,Fhy this 

 me ans clouds and dra gons are caused to come. The Tih king 



says: 'Clouds fnllnwtTie^ dragon, wind follows the tiger'. They 



are^injd t c d to coaic by m -ea ns of their likenessea^J Lhc rcforo wh ^n 



pa.rtltftyh-t^TaTgft Ti f i n . vn nnt -ji p-Yin anr^ Y p ng fnllnw thpir liTrflnPSCiPS" 



and clouds a^ rain j^nye_Qn--lh£ir._ilstn^^^^ 



Also the Lu shi clfun-tsHu •> states that "by means of dragons 

 / rain is made", and Lio Ngan ' says: "Earthen dragons cause the 

 rain to come". According to a commentary on this passage "the 

 Emperor T^ang (the founder of the Shang dynasty, B. C. 1766) 

 in time of drought made an earthen dragon in order to symbolize 

 the dragon being followed by the clouds" ^ "The_ dnkp, nf fihg h 

 i n the lan d_of Chu", says Wang Cheung °, "liked dragons a nd had 

 tbjem-^aAated— OIL all his walls and trays, Seertainly "consTdering 



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3 ^^ (A. D. 27-97). ^ WS 1^ ■ 



5 ^J Yfb ^5 , who lived in the second century B, C, author of the Ch'-un-tuHu 

 fan lu, ^ ^ ^ 1^ . T. S., same section, Ch. 127, h| ^ ® "^ — ' , P- 3& : 



6 § ^ ^ ^ (last half of third century B. C), Ch. XX, under the heading 



7 Hwai nan Uze, Ch. IV, Jjfc ^ f l| : ffc f||!t j^ „ 



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