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Chung K'uei  An imaginary being, believed to wield powers of exorcism over malignant demons, and depicted as an old man in ragged clothes, attended by a ^ bat (= J^ happiness). His portrait is hnng ap in doorways on New Year's Day, in order to keep off wicked spirits. According to Chao Yi, the Iq^nd dates from the days of the T'ang dynasty when the above characters were substituted for ^ ^, the name of a plant to which magic virtues of a like kind were attributed. But in the History of the Northern Kingdoms the origin of the term is more correctly ascribed to ^ Q^ Yao Hs^an, a commander of the 5th cent. A.D. who was named ^ ^ Chung E'uei (T. J^ 3}^ = exorcism).

Chung-li Ch'üan (T. ^^. H. #if :fc^). The chief of the Eight Immortals of Taoism, the other seven being Chang Euo, Lfl Yen, Ts^ao Kuo-ch'in, Li T4eh-kuai, Han Hsiang Tsti, Lan Ts^ai-ho, and Ho Hsien-ku. He is said to have Uyed some thousand years B.C. and to have obtained the elixir of life.

Chung-li Ch'un  4th cent. B.C. A native of a place called ^ ^ Wu-yen, sometimes spoken of as the Woman of Wu-yen, who was so ugly that at forty years of age she was still unmarried. At length she obtained an audience of Prince Hsflan^ of the Ch4 State, and in spite of the laughter of the courtiers she so impressed his Highness with her wit that he forth- with took her to wife.

Chung Tsung. See Li Hsien.

Chung Tzŭ-ch'i  The name of a musical woodcutter mentioned in the story of Po Ya. Now used in the sense of a connoisseur of music.

Chung Yu 鍾繇 (T. 元常). Died A.D. 280. A native of