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Lung-hu-shan
(‘Dragon Tiger Mountain’)
.
(‘Dragon Tiger Mountain’)
.
Mountain in Chiang-shi province, regarded by Taoists as the home of the celestial masters (
t’ien-shih
).
t’ien-shih
).
Lung-men
(‘Dragon Gate’, Buddhist caves):
(‘Dragon Gate’, Buddhist caves):
Lung-men
(school):
(school):
Lung-t’an Chung-hsiu
(Ch’an teacher):
(Ch’an teacher):
Lung-wang
(‘dragon kings’)
.
(‘dragon kings’)
.
Taoist mythological figures who have immediate authority over life and death, in the sense that they are responsible for rain and funerals. Humans depend on them, but they in turn are accountable (annually) to the primordial lord who originates all things (Yüan-shih T’ien-tsun; see
SANSH’ING
). See also
DRAGONS, CHINESE
.
SANSH’ING
). See also
DRAGONS, CHINESE
.
Lun Yü
(the Dialogues or Conversations of Confucius):
(the Dialogues or Conversations of Confucius):
L(u)oyang
:
:
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