p. 332

Tuizhi took the letter and placed it in his shirt. ... Xiangzi said, "Uncle, there’s another immortal coming from the east." When Tuizhi turned his head to look, Xiangzi vanished into thin air".

p. 333

The immortal youths are ... gathering medicinal herbs." ...

p. 335

When a young Daoist opened the door, instead of creaking its hinges the door emitted a sound like singing simurghs and phoenixes. The inside of the hermitage was ... a rival to the jade chambers of celestial palaces. In the middle sat a perfected man, dressed in clothes made of feathers and wearing a bamboo hat and straw sandals. His hair was violet, ... his skin was like ice and snow."

p. 345

Mme. Dou was originally a Venerable Dame of the Upper Realm who was banished to undergo suffering in the ordinary world

p. 346

because she stole a sunflower at the Immortality Peach Banquet. Luying was originally a jade maiden at the Empyrean Palace. Once, when the Dark Emperor dispatched celestial generals to vanquish demons, she stole a peek at the world below before the Gate of Heaven was closed again. {this is similar to the Iroquois myth of why a goddess was exiled from heaven to earth : because she surreptitiously viewed the earth from heaven} Therefore she was banished to the common world, there to sleep alone, without a husband, so as to warn others against hankering after the mortal world."

"Xiangzi ... then went on to an audience with the Queen Mother of the West. ... The Queen Mother of the West said, "... You must go to Mahasattva Guanyin at Mount Putuo and borrow from her some objects used in effecting magical transformations. ..." ...

Xiangzi ... rode on a cloud to the Southern Sea for an audience with Guanyin. Having obtained a parrot from her, they left right away for Chang’an."

p. 347

"Han Qing ... called the doaist. The latter ..., on seeing Mme Dou, said, "... I dwell beyond the Islands of the Immortals and thus do not fall under the usual rules of propriety. ... I have no choice but to tie that thick skin onto a bamboo tube, which is called a ‘drum of stupidity.’ ["the Chinese term for "fisher drum" (yugu ...) is a homonym of yugu ... (stupid drum, drum of stupidity)." (p. 470, n. 24:1)] ...

p. 348

I went to the Gate of Southern Heaven to have a word with my master Zhong ... . ... It’s 108,000 miles each way ... . ... After meeing with Master Zhong, I also went to visit the mahasattva Guanyin on Mount Putuo in the Southern Sea, ... from here ... a little more than 84,700 miles. ... Uncle ... now enjoys a free and unfettered existence as Chonghezi in the immortals’ palaces of Great Veil Heaven. ... My uncle’s death wasn’t real, but merely staged with the immortals’ marvelous method of release ... . ...

p. 349

Flying and dancing in circles, the parrot sang ... . ... Mme. Dou ... had the parrot shot dead."

p. 354

" "... we have come from the Palace of the Eight Immortals in the Great Veil Heaven," Master Lu: said. ...

p. 355

With a wave of his hand ... there appeared a picture of the Immortal of the Rotten Axe-handle. Master Lu: said, "... once Master Wang went out to seek immortalhood, to refine the elixir and enter the Nine Heavens. He spent only seven days in the mountains, but on his return a thousand years had already passed in the world outside. ["The legend of the Immortal of the Rotten Axe-handle (Lanke Xianzi ...) tells of a certain Wang Zhi ... (4^th cent.), who went to cut wood in the mountains. There he came across two immortals playing chess. ... When he finally came out of his trance, many years had passed and the handle of his ax had rotted away." (p. 470, n. 24:3)] In front of the gate white mineral deposits had split the gilded well, and at the entrance of the grotto blue fungus covered what had once been a field of white jade. ..." ...

He called in a loud voice, "Wang Zhi, come down ... ." ... the Immortal of the Rotten Axe-handle stepped lightly down out of the picture, giving Mme. Dou and Luying such a scare that they were dumbstruck ... . ... Wang Zhi began to sing a song ... .

p. 356

"Wang Zhi, you may return to the grotto palace," Master Lu: said. "Now I’ll call down a golden lad and a jade maiden ... ." When Wang Zhi had returned into the painting, suddenly a golden lad and a jade maiden stood in front of Mme. Dou. Master U: said, "Immortal Brother and Sister, take out your magical fruit and wine and sing a little song ... ." And together the lad and the maid sang a song ... . ...

p. 357

When they had finished, Master Lu: said, "Immortal Brother and Sister, you may return to the grotto palace.""

slough (dead skin) from the body of __

was eaten by __, who thereupon arose, upon a cloud, to Heaven

Xian-zi

old Wo

master Lu:

old Quan

Lan Cai-he

"a slave girl named Golden Lotus", belonging to Mme. Dou & to Lu-yin

p. 358

Mme. Dou told that when her husband "was still alive he often mentioned a certain Cloud Terrace Monastery which was located on a mountain. More than one hundred Daoists lived in this monastery. It was said that whenever five-colored clouds filled the mountain valleys, they were sent by Heaven to welcome immortals. Those among the Daoists in the monastery who didn’t want to remain in this world then ... entered the five-colored clouds. ... One day, an itinerant Daoist who was passing by this place ... traced the Steps of Yu and uttered a wind and thunder spell. ...

p. 359

As for the clouds we saw today, how do we know whether they are true or false? It is not impossible that these three Daoists are monsters who have transformed themselves."

p. 361

The son of ministre Cui Qun, namely Cui Cui S^i-cun, had married the daughter of viceministre Hu, but she died; so he wished to remarry.

p. 362

Master Lu: appeared in a dream of ministre Cui Qun, suggesting that his (Cui Qun’s) son marry Lu-yin, daughter of minister Lin. For negotiations toward this proposed marriage, the "matchmaker was surnamed Zhang and was her parents’ second child. She lived in the Alley of Loyal Purity, and everyone called her Mother Zhang Two."

p. 364

Mother Z^an 2^nd listed, to Cui Qun’s wife, the available maidens in families of the ministre Cui Qun’s social peers : the daughter of the Metropolitan Governor, the 2 daughters of the Ministre of Revenue, the daughter of the Viceministre of Revenue, and the daughter of the senior compiler at the Historiography Institute.

p. 365

"Another matchmaker, called Mother Jiang Five, was headed in the opposite direction. Originally she had been a concubine in the Chen family, but when after three or four years she still wasn’t pregnant, the head wife provided her with a dowry and gave her as a daughter-in-law to the tradeswoman Jiang ... . ...

p. 366

Then Zhang Two pulled Jiang Five into Pissing Alley and whispered in her ear.

p. 367

"... I’m willing to split the fee forty/sixty, with you getting the larger share," Zhang Two said."

p. 370

" "Pigeons only fly to prosperous places," Mme. Dou remarked. "... Gongye Chang who knows the language of birds, ... Ge Jielu who understands the braying of donkeys ... would ... know what the pigeons are saying ... ." ...

p. 371

Cursing them repeatedly, she scolded Zhang Two and Jiang Five".

p. 372

report by Z^an 2^nd to mister Cui Qun and his wife : "When I went to see Master Lin, he promised to cooperate ... . It was just MMe. Dou who scolded me so much ... . She also cursed you ... . She said that if young Master Cui wanted to marry Luying as his second wife, it was really like a toad lying in a covered drain hoping to eat a swan’s meat. She also said she would lodge an official complaint to have you, sir, banished as a commoner to a distant prefecture".

"Minister Cui said angrily. "... I’ll head her off by submitting a memorial at court tomorrow that her monthly emoluments be annulled and she be expelled to her native district. Then I’ll order the local official there to trump up some charges against her and wipe out her property holdings ... . ...""

A cage of azure jade for the mandarin ducks."

p. 374

turned out ... to welcome him."

p. 375

"That night the Dragon King ... opened wide his lightning eyes ..., manifesting his awesome powers ... . ... The Han family’s houses, mansions, and honorific arches by the drum tower ... were completely washed away."

p. 376

"in Guangdong a crocodile ... was chased away without good cause ... by Han Yu. The crocodile is seeking revenge, that’s why this great flood came and transformed the foundations of his walls into deep pits."

p. 376

"Han Yu, the deceased prefect of Chaozhou, ... was banished for life to a distant prefecture. His nephew Han Xiang has ... thrown in his lot with the School of Mysteries! ...

p. 377

Han Yu’s adopted son Han Qing has the feeble constitution of the earworm which ends up continuing the line of the sphex. ["the sphex (a kind of wasp) catches earworms and carries them to its nest where ... the worms serve as food for the wasp larvae." (p. 471, n. 26:1)] ... Strip Han Yu’s wife Mme. Dou of her monthly emoluments".

p. 377

The mother of Zeng jumped over the wall in fear.

p. 378

[Dou E : "Snow falling in summer is a sign from Heaven proclaiming her innocence" (p. 471, n. 26:2).]

For Jing Ke a rainbow gave forth a ray of light."

p. 378

"the former Minister of Rites Han Yu reinvigorated literature after eight generations ... . ... When he prayed for snow, his sincerity reached the gods. ...

p. 379

His son Han Qing should be spared military duty, so that he may serve his mother".

Xian-zon "approved Lin Gui’s request and ordered Han Qing to return with his mother Mme. Dou ... to live ... in Changli."

p. 380

"When a flock of crows and magpies flew noisily by, ... ‘A magpie’s cry has never indicated a good omen, and a crow’s cawing surely is not a bad one.’ "

p. 381

Han Qin "took leave of Minister Lin and led Mme. Dou and Luying home towards Changli County."

p. 382

"Xiangzi and Lan Caihe ... took on the appearance of two fishermen, who sat in the shade of a willow tree and cast their lines".

p. 384

To them, Han Qin said, " ‘Fish that roam in pairs are like bubbles on water; swimming against the stream they never turn their heads.’ Fishermen should not fish in pairs."

p. 385

"the two fishermen suddenly vanished. ... Imploring Heaven and earth, Mme. Dou wailed, "... ghosts will play tricks on humans. Today I have seen ghosts"".

p. 385

Han Qin "reached the county capital of Changli. ... he reached the Chaotian Bridge, ... he rode his horse to Drum Tower Alley".

p. 386

Their old neighbor Qian Xin-yu recognized Han Qin as Z^an Er-guan.

p. 387

"When Xiangzi went into his aunt’s chamber, he saw that she was sleeping soundly. He called into her ear ... . ...

p. 388

Mme. Dou awoke with a start, and said, "When I dozed off, I saw Xiangzi standing before me and mocking me. When I looked closely, he was gone. ...

My soul ascends the paper bridge. ...

When I see Xiangzi’s shape and shadow. ...

... suddenly I see Xiangzi arrive.

p. 389

But on awakening, I see him not.""