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Q,. 322. Where dicl jou come to when you had gone out the West-gate? 



A. I came to a Volcano. ( l ) 



Q,. 323. What was in that Volcano? 



A. There was a red Furnace. ( 2 ) 



ft. 324- How can you prove that? 



A. I can prove it by a verse. 



G. 325. How does this verse run? 



A. The red furnace, though crooked , goes straight into the volcano; 



ïhe faithful and loyal will enjoy longevity on the Pao-lan-mountain ; 

 But the faithless and disloyal will perish in it. 



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Q,. 326. Who guards this volcano ? 



A. Hung-hai-rl ( 3 ) guards it. 



Q. 327. How can you prove that? 



A. I can prove it by a verse. 



Q,. 328. How does this verse run? 



A. Heaven sent down Hung-hai-rl who devoured men; 



But, thanks to a priest of Thancj, we were saved. ( 4 ) 

 When faithful and loyal men pass this place, 

 They shall accompany, in later days , the prince of Ming, 



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|*) Hiuen-thsang (^ £jjH was the famons pilgrim who went, during the dynasty of Thang (629 — 645), to 

 India, in order to fetch the pure law of Budha. He was accompanied by Bun-wu-hhung ( JJ^i ¥& 

 Jt^), Chu-wu-nang /^ 'J2£ j|k \ and Bha-wu-tsing hfy ||£ W")* Havin S passed a fort- 

 night's march beyond the fflack-fowl-king&om I ^ |Sj| ||| J they arrived at the foot of an immense 

 mountain , whose top was depressed, and out of which an enormous column of smoke and fire issued. 

 When they approached, sixty spirits came out of the mountain , warning Hiuen-thsang and his compa- 

 nions not to approach, as there lived in that volcano a malicious sprite who kept them prisoners. 

 On Wu-khung asking who this sprite was, they answered: „he is the sou of Niu-mo-toang I ^fc. fÈ£ 



)j uourished by Lo-chah-niu (||| ^|J -^)j his milk-name is Hung-hai-rl (%r£ 3& JyjjV 



