. Die Mythologie aller Rassen. Abb. 54. Ho Hsien-ku, Chang Kuo himmlischer Tau {kan-lu). Der Shen I König erzählt, dass therewas ein Mann, der auf der anderen Seite der Nord-West-See whotrank fünf Gallonen von diesem Wein Dailyj und kein Wunder, denn er issaid zu haben gewesen zweitausend U (ungefähr sechshundert Meilen) inheight. Es gibt eine andere Art von Wein, der duftend ist, unddessen Trinken mit dem Fliegen von Drachen am neunten Tag des neunten Mondes verbunden ist. Dieser Wein wird aus den Stielen und Blättern des Asters hergestellt, die gären dürfen und ÜBERNATÜRLICHE WESEN 131 sollen reif für dri sein

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. The mythology of all races. Fig. 54. Ho Hsien-ku, Chang Kuo heavenly dew {kan-lu). The Shen I King narrates that therewas a man living on the other side of the North-west Sea whodrank five gallons of this wine dailyj and no wonder, for he issaid to have been two thousand U (about six hundred miles) inheight. There is another kind of wine which is scented, andthe drinking of which is associated with the flying of kites onthe ninth day of the ninth moon. This wine is made from thestems and leaves of the aster, which are allowed to ferment and SUPERNATURAL BEINGS 131 are said to be ripe for drinking on the ninth day of the ninthmoon of the following year. A tale is told of Fei Chang-fang, of the Han dynasty, that a disciple of his followed his advice togo to the hills to drink aster-scented wine and to fly kites on thisday. On returning home he found that all his domestic animalshad met a violent death, and he knew that if he had not fol-. FiG. 55. Weaving Damsel and Shepherd Boy lowed the wise advice given to him by Chang he would havemet a similar fate. The Feng Su Chi narrates that on the hillsof the Li district (Nan Yang) of Honan Province large astersgrow. In the valley between these hills there is a village wheremany of the people live to be one hundred and twenty or onehundred and thirty years old on account of drinking waterwhich is flavoured by the asters. Kite-flying and the drinkingof aster-scented wine are both popularly connected with thelengthening of human life. Concerning Fei Chang-fang, who was mentioned in the pre-ceding paragraph, it is said that he studied magic under Hu 132 CHINESE MYTHOLOGY Kung in whose powers he was led to believe by observing thathe slept every night in a gourd which hung on his door-post.When Fei had completed his studies and was about to start outfor his home, Hu Kung presented him with a magical rod bythe use of which he could instantly transport himself withouteffort from on

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