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CHAPTER III. 
Ho-tt-se or Hoi-Hoi religion of China . 9 
During the reign of the Than dynasty in one of the wars, a large army 
was brought to China from the country of Tho-kar (Sita or Turkistan) 
which, unable to return to their homes, settled in China. Their descendants 
gradually multiplied and formed a large tribe who were known by the 
appellation of Housi or Hoi-Hoi. Again, the great warrior Jengis Khan 
after conquering the countries in the West when returning home brought 
with him a man of the country of Siyang which is an Island. This man, 
being versed in a kind of religion in which The-yau-nu the lord of Heaven 
was adored by all, taught the principles of the Hoi-IToi which became 
their adopted religion. Their descendants followed this religion and much 
of the Chinese religion came to be mixed with it, but the Chinese though 
dwelling with them did not become a whit connected with them in their 
religion and manners. 
Religious theories of the Hoi-Hoi people. 
They believe that all happiness and misery, good and evil, are the 
doing of The-han. The god The-han dwells in Heaven and in all things. 
The Hoi-Hoi people will never act contrary to the word of The-han. They 
do not take refuge with any worldly gods nor worship nor bow down before 
them. The souls of all the dead are collected by The-han, who ordains 
their second existence. They are to be re-born when this world will be 
re-created by him after destruction, and within this interval the souls of the 
dead will remain mixed with the void space of Heaven. Some among them 
also believe that men are born very often, and that all their senses and 
faculties are lost at each break of existence. They send the spirits of all 
animals killed by those who belong to their faith to The-han who takes 
charge of them. The spirits of those that are killed by others, who are not 
Hoi-Hoi are damned. A Hoi-Hoi will not eat the flesh of an animal that 
has been slain by outsiders. If they remain unclean The-han becomes 
displeased. It is therefore of great importance to them to wash and keep 
aloof from unholy things. Besides these they have no knowledge of the 
transitory state of existence, the misery, and the confinement and eman¬ 
cipation, of the soul. They possess not the learning of the Tirthikas, or the 
materialists, but resemble the Yavanas (Lalos). These wicked people cer¬ 
tainly turn into pigs after their death for which reason they do not touch 
pork, the touch of which brings defilement, and the eating of which 
destroys their intellect and understanding. 
9 This is a form of Muhammadanism. 
