Chapter I. The Sociology of the Chinese
The K’un-lun Mountains
Organic Environment
Marriage in Early Times
Parents and Children
General Government
Local Government
Professional Institutions
Funeral Rites
Habits and Customs
Domestic Life
Arts
Religious Ideas
Language
Chapter II. On Chinese Mythology
History and Myth
Persistent Soul-expression
Sources of Chinese Myth
The T’ang and Sung Epochs
Chapter III. Cosmogony-p’an Ku and the Creation Myth
P’an Ku a Late Creation
Early Cosmogony Dualistic
Chou Tzu’s “T’ai Chi T’u”
Mo Tzu and Creation
Chapter IV. The Gods of China
Confusion of Shang Ti and T’ien
The Three Religions
The God of Literature
Wên Ch’ang and Tzu T’ung
Mr Redcoat nods his Head
Buddhism in China
Legend of the Diamond Kings
The Three Causes
An Avatar of P’an Ku
The Cask of Pearls
Immortals, Heroes, Saints
The First Taoist Pope
Chang Tao-ling’s Great Power
Snorter and Blower
Apotheosized Philosophers
The Dragon-boat Festival
The Soaring Head
The Red Sand Battle
Thousand-li Eye and Favourable-wind Ear
Protectors of the People
Ts’an Nü
The God of Longevity
Chinese Polytheism
Chapter V. Myths of the Stars
The Sun-king
Marries the Sister of the Water-spirit
The Sun-palace and the Bird of Dawn
Star-worship
A Victim of Ta Chi
Legend of T’ai Sui
Chapter VI. Myths of Thunder, Lightning, Wind, and Rain
Lei Kung in the Tree
The Origin of the Spirit of Lightning
Ma Yüan-shuai
Chapter VII. Myths of the Waters
The Foolish Dragon
The Shipwrecked Servant
The Dragon-king’s Daughter
The Magic Vermicelli
The Great Flood
Chu-ti
General Prosperity
The Origin of Chên-shui T’a
Chapter VIII. Myths of Fire
The Fire-emperor
Chapter IX. Myths of Epidemics, Medicine, Exorcism, Etc
The Emperors Strategy
The Medicine-gods
Chapter X. The Goddess of Mercy
Prayers to the Gods
Miao Shan’s Ambition
The Nunnery of the White Bird
The Execution of Miao Shan
Hell a Paradise
A Ruse
Strange Medicine
A Confession and its Results
The King’s Daughter
Miao Shan becomes a Buddha
Chapter XI. The Eight Immortals
Chung-li Ch’üan
Ho Hsien Ku
Han Hsiang Tzu
Pa Hsien Kuo Hai
Chapter XII. The Guardian of the Gate of Heaven
The Slaying of the Dragon-king’s Son
No-cha draws a Bow at a Venture
Li Ching destroys his Son’s Statue
Peace at the Last
Chapter XIII. A Battle of the Gods
Attempts at Revenge
Chapter XIV. How the Monkey Became a God
A Rod of Iron
Sun Hou-tzu Captured
Sha Ho-shang
The Chuang Yüan Murdered
The Carp’s Gratitude
Blind Man’s Buff
The Magic Gourd
A Prospective Feast
Restraints on Freedom
Sun bestows Talismans
The Power of the Magic Fan
The Spiders and the Extinguisher
The Travellers Honoured
Chapter XV. Fox Legends
The Magnanimous Girl
The Boon-companion
Chapter XVI. Miscellaneous Legends
The One-eyed People and Others
The Wild Men
The Cursed Temple
The City-god of Yen Ch’êng
The Origin of a Lake
The Dream of the South Branch
He marries the King’s Daughter
He takes Office
Ch’un-yü Regenerate
And of a Worship
