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„of the dark Heaven of the North-pole ; to the master Kwei-huh of the cavern Kwei-kuh in the 

 „mountain Yun-mung ( x ); to the Imperial-bestowed faithful and loyal holy prince Kwan ( 2 ); to 

 „the prince Kwan-phing ( 3 ); and to the general Chau-chwang ( 4 ); to Him. who entered nigban by grace 

 ;/ of the Gemmeous (Emperor); to Wu-lao-hhang-hmg ; to the holy lord, — leader ( 5 ); to Him 

 „upon whom is bestowed, by imperial preferment, the name of the five-fold effulgent Sti- 

 ,/preme Ruler Wa-hoang ( 6 ); to the Suprème princess, empire-protecting and people-assist- 

 ,/ing Queen of Heaven, the golden-flowery, blessing-bestowing lady; to the clear-percepting 

 ;/ ear ( 7 ), the thousand-mile-seeing-eye ( 8 ), and to Chao-Man-than ( 9 ); to the mandarin Wang-ling ( 10 ), 

 z/and to all the generals. 



z/We pray, especially, to the left Thian-fung and the right Thian-fung ; to the thirty six hea- 

 ;/ venly generals who guard the gates of Heaven ; to the seventy two diamond stars of Earth ( u ) ; 

 z/to the August Heaven and the Queen of Earth; to the Lord of the winds, the Ruler of 



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(') Kwei-kuh, also named Kwei-kuk-tsz l Öi ,A* "~jr* )« lived during the reign of the Prince Ping-hung 



(^P -^1 °^ ^ e state ^ s ^ n (W)) ^' ^' 481, "^* s name was ^ an ff (ï)j ^" s surname H* 

 I j|J^ ), He was a renowned conjurer and sorcerer. (See the 4fJ« =^ , ,, Tales of the age.") 



( 2 ) Kwan-yü. (Compare pag. 2.) 



( 3 ) Son of Kwan-yü. ( 4 ) General of Kwan-yü. 



( 5 ) The aid-de-camp of the Ruler of the North-pole. 



( 6 ) The God of Fire. 



(7) & ( 8 ) Two genii at the feet of the Holy mother, queen of Heaven. 



( 9 j Or Chao-yuen-sz (tó jtq ^jjj] 1, a sage living during the reign of the famous Emperor Tsin, (B.C. 



246 — 270). Afterwards he was deified. (See the Biographies of the Gods.) 



( 10 ) See p. 14 and p. 68, note 5. 



( 11 ) Or the malignant stars of the Earth (j^jj f£ Jj| ), 



