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The Lady of Linshui Pacifies Demons: GLOSSARY OF CHINESE CHARACTERS

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GLOSSARY OF CHINESE CHARACTERS
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  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Translator’s Note and Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction by Mark Edward Lewis and Brigitte Baptandier
  6. Chapter 1. Wang Yanbin Builds Luoyang Bridge / Duanming Scholar Cai Completes the Work and Returns to the West
  7. Chapter 2. Chen Jinggu Studies Magic at Mount Lü / The Ravine Demon Takes on Illusory Forms at Xue Mountain
  8. Chapter 3. Jiang Shanyu Renounces Her Selfhood to Obtain the Way / Chen Jinggu Cuts Out a Piece of Her Flesh to Save Her Parents
  9. Chapter 4. Cinnabar Cloud Is Captured and Converts to Buddhism to Earn Good Karma / Madame Shen Is Rescued by Being Given a Soul Taken from a Dead Person
  10. Chapter 5. At Lingxiao Pan the Rock Press Women Are Captured / At Guojie Mountain We Meet Jiang Hupo
  11. Chapter 6. The Spider Fiend Is Captured and Dies / The Ravine Demon Uses a Stratagem to Seek Refuge
  12. Chapter 7. Bringing an End to the Auspicious Period, Jinggu Eliminates the Fiend / Meeting Misfortune, Liu Encounters a Demon
  13. Chapter 8. The Snake Monster Having Been Expelled, Future Calamity Is Left Behind / The Husband Having Been Saved, Their Prior Karma Is Assisted
  14. Chapter 9. In the Old Temple the Fiend Monk Works His Evil Magic / The Lian River Clam Monster Creates a Spectral Tower
  15. Chapter 10. As the Old Ruler Is on His Deathbed, the People Grieve / The New Lord Inherits the Throne, and the Common People Encounter Misfortune
  16. Chapter 11. Wang Yanbing Is Routed at Fuzhou City / Chen Shouyuan Proposes to Build the Baohuang Palace
  17. Chapter 12. [Yanbin] Ascends to the Emperorship, and All the Officials Offer Congratulations / [Chen Jinggu] Kills the White Snake and Receives Her First Honorary Title
  18. Chapter 13. Madame Chen Retires to Linshui / Yuan Guangzhi Leaves Mount Mao for the First Time
  19. Chapter 14. Xue Wenjie Spreads Rumors in the Palace / Wang Jitu’s Army Surrounds Fuzhou City
  20. Chapter 15. Yuan Guangzhi’s Army Suffers Defeat / Madame Chen Receives a Second Title
  21. Chapter 16. Praying for Rain, the People Feel Grateful / Perfecting the True Way, a Third Title Is Granted
  22. Chapter 17. Avenging Deep Hatred by Capturing the Ravine Demon / Weeping Tears of Blood and Gathering Again at the Bridge of One Hundred Flowers
  23. Dramatis Personae
  24. Glossary of Chinese Characters
  25. Notes
  26. Bibliography

GLOSSARY OF CHINESE CHARACTERS

See also Dramatis Personae for the names of characters in the novel.

Anmin Xiang  安民巷

Antai (Bridge)  安太

bagua  八卦

Bai Zhen Yang  敗陣洋

Banlingshi  半嶺石

Baohuang   寶皇

baojuan  寶卷

Baotou Shan  豹頭山

Beidou  北斗

Bian Cheng  邊城

bigu  避穀

Bosi  泊泗

bugang  步罡

Cai Duan zao Luoyang qiao ge  菜端造落陽橋歌

Cang Shan  倉山

chan  禪

Changchun (Palace)  長春

Changfu  長附

Changle  長樂

Changxing  長興

Chen Jinggu wenhua yanjiu   陳靖姑文化研究

Chen Shisi qizhuan  陳十四奇傳

Chenghuang Shen  城隍神

Chengmo  承謨

Chi Tu  赤兔

Chidian  墀殿

Chongfu Linshui Furen   崇福臨水夫人

Chuhui Jingang  除穢金剛

chunyang  純陽

Ciji  慈濟

cu  醋

Dafayuan  大法院

Daming  大明

dan  旦  (opera role)

dan  担= 石  (unit of measure)

daochang  道場

daoguan  道官

daoshi  道士

daoshi wuzhe  道士巫者

dian  癲

Diguan  地官

ding  丁

Dizhi  地支

Dongdu  東都

Donghua (Palace)  東華

Dongtian  洞天

Duanming Xueshi  端明學士

dunjia  遁甲

fa  法

fabao  法寶

Fan Chuan Pu  泛船浦

fashi  法師

feng  風

Fengdu  豐都

Fenggang  鳳崗

Fozu  佛祖

fu  符

Fu Xi  伏羲

Fuqing  福清

Fuxing Quantan  福興泉潭

Fuzhou  福州

Gaixia  垓下

gang  罡

Gaogai (Mt.)  高蓋

gegu  割股

gen  艮

Goulong (Terrace)  鉤龍

guan  關

Guanxiapu  館霞蒲

guben tongsu xiaoshuo  古本通 俗小説

gui lan  桂蘭

Guojie (Mt.)  過界

Gutian  古田

Haijiu (Peak)  海鳩

Haiyou ji  海遊記

Han Shu  漢書

Hangzhou  杭州

heigui  黑龜

Hetu  河圖

Houpu  後浦

Houtian  後天

Hu  胡

Huang Chao  黃巢

huangyan  黃爓

huanhun  還魂

Huayang Dong  華陽洞

hufashen  護法神

hui  回

huiguan  會館

huiyan  慧眼

hun  魂

jia  甲

Jiacheng  夾城

Jiangnan  江南

Jiangpu Hezhou  江浦河州

Jiangxin  江心

Jianzhou  建州

jiao  醮

jidian  祭典

jiejie  節結

Jijun zhi  稽郡誌

Jile shijie  極樂世界

Jin Dun Yang  金墩洋

Jin Jiang  晉江

Jinfeng  金鳳

Jinfeng jiu kan qin  金鳳就堪親

jing  驚

jingang yan  金剛眼

Jingtu  淨土

Jinjiang  錦江

jinshi  進士

Jiugao  九高

Jiuxian Shan  九仙山

juan  卷

Kaiyuan (Temple)  開元

keju  科舉

kuang  狂

kuilei shi  傀儡師

Kuixing  魁星

kun  坤

Leifeng baojuan  雷峰寶卷

li  里

Lian (River)  連

Liandu  鍊度

liang  兩

Lianjiang Zhou  連江州

Liaoning  遼寧

Lingbao  靈寶

lingpai  令牌

Lingxiao Pan  凌宵畔

Lingxiao Taipan  凌霄台畔

Linshui  臨水

Linshui Gong  臨水宮

Linshui pingyao  臨水平妖

Liufan  留飯

Liyuan zhengjiao shenxi  梨園正教神戲

Longhu Shan  龍虎山

Longqi  龍啟

Longtan (Gully)  龍潭

Longtan Jiao  龍潭角

Longting  龍亭

Lü (Mt.)  閭

Luocheng  羅城

Luoqie (Mt.)  落伽

Luoshu  洛書

Luoyang  落陽

Luoyuan  羅源

Lüshan Dafayuan  閭山大法院

manshi fa  蛮師法

manyue  滿月

Mao (Mt.)  茅

Min  閩

Min zaji  閩雜記

Mindu bieji  閩都別記

mingmo  命魔

Mingwei (Hall)  明威

Minhou  閩後

Minqing  閩清

Mishu  密術

Nainiang zhuan  奶娘傳

Nanchang  南昌

Nanhai Guanyin quan zhuan  南海觀音全傳

Nanke meng  南柯夢

Nantai  南台

Nantai Yancang  鹽倉

niejue  捏訣

Ningde  寧德

Nüren jing  女人經

Penglai  蓬萊

Pingyuantai  平遠台

po  魄

po jun  破軍

Poguan  婆官

Pojie  婆姐

pudu  普渡

Putuo (Mt.)  普陀

qi  氣

Qi Shan  旗山

qian  千  (one thousand)

qian  亁  (male)

Qichuan (Well)  七穿

Qifu  企伏

Qilin  麒麟

qing  青

Qisheng (Gate)  啟聖

Qu Shan  曲山

Quanzhen  全真

Quanzhou  泉州

Ruanchen  阮沉

San Shi Nian Yi Kai  三十年一開

sanfang qixiang  三坊七巷

sanjie  三界

Sannai  三奶

Sannai jing  三奶經

Sanshan  三山

Sansheng  三聖

Sha Ren Qiao  殺人橋 (Massacred Soldiers Bridge)

Sha Ren Qiao  砂仁橋 (Sand Benevolence Bridge)

Shangqing  上清

shanxiao  山魈

Shanyu  山育  (Mountain Birth)

shanyu  單于  (Xiongnu ruler)

shi  十

shi shang  十傷

Shifu  師父

shigong  師公

shijiao  師醮

shoujing  收驚  (to recover a soul lost through fright)

shoujing  受驚  (to suffer a fright)

Shuiguan  水官

Shuikou  水口

Shunyi furen  順意夫人

Sihai Longjun  四海龍君

Sizhou  泗州

Su He  蘇河

Suzhou  蘇州

Tai (River)  台

taidu  胎毒

Taiji  太極

taixi  胎吸

Tianfei niangma zhuan  天妃娘媽傳

Tiangan  天干

Tianguan  天官

tianjing  天井

tianluo  天羅  (heavenly web)

tianluo  田騾=田螺  (the text uses the character 騾, almost certainly a mistake for the homophone  螺)

tianmu  天目

Tianxin Zhengfa  天心正法

Tingzhou  汀州

tishen  替身

tudi  徒弟

tudi gong  土地公

tudi zhenguan  土地真官

tulü  禿驢

tuo qi taiyun  脫其胎孕

tuoshen  脫身

tuotai  脫胎

Wan’an (Bridge)  萬安

Wangbeitai (Peak)  望北台

wei  位

Wei Wu  威武

Wen Qu (Star)  文曲

wu  巫  (shaman)

wu  武  (warrior)

Wu Lei  五雷

Wulong Jiang  烏龍江

Wushi Shan  烏石山

Wuxian Lingguan  五顯靈官

Xi Hu  西湖

xia de hai  下得海  (to go under the sea)

Xia Dehai  夏德海  (Sea of Virtue Xia, a name)

Xiadu  下渡

Xiangzhuweng  祥朱翁

Xiantian  先天

xiaoshuo  小説

Xihe  西河

xing beidou  行北斗

xitong  喜桶

Xiucai  秀才

Xu Xiake youji  徐霞客遊記

Xue Lao (Peak)  薛老

xun  巽

yamen  衙門

yang  陽

Yangping  洋坪

yangsheng  養生

Yangzhou  揚州

Yanjian Shaoding  延建邵訂

Yi  易

Yijing  易經

yin  陰

yinbing  隱兵

yingxiong shenming  英雄神明

Yiwu Lü Shan  醫巫閭山

you  酉

Youdu  幽都

Yu Shan  玉山

Yuanfu Gong Huayang Dong  元符宮華陽洞

Yuecheng  月城

Yuelong (Palace)  躍龍

Yulanpen  盂蘭盆

Yulin shunyi dutuochan ruozhenjing  毓麟順懿度脫產若真經

zhang  丈  (unit of measure)

zhang  章  (petition)

Zhangkeng Shan  張坑山

Zhangzhou  漳州

Zhaohui Chongfu Linshui Furen  召慧崇福臨水夫人

Zhengyi  正一

zhenren  真人

Zhi (Mt.)  芝

zhou  咒

Zhou Yi  周易

zhu  祝

zhuan xiang  篆象

Ziwei  紫微

Zongfu  宗福

zongshi  宗師

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