Ton^chob- present iSj’thai " th'Oy neglect their forefathers.” The
• offerings from1 flocks' and herds; and likewise of fbwls,ef
oil/'Salt, atidiffeensey iffentioned dn the Levitical
IaW; Site krtoWh ■ y&®ohferV6d b^the Gfeinese.’ They
haYPthdif Tattiifartd Fences'likethe 'Romans,7 and, ha
their dbsefvab'eefl and offerings off evfery neW-inoon, re1-
call'the expVfe'ssidff of-tbe i.atifl'pOet : "
,r,?“'G6ero supinaS sf tnleris manu&ffihseefffe luna.”
With7 SMOh’a liberal disp3skiffnr0^iTO%d:T^?rds all
religioris, it? ^ks'ffOt'stil'pTMffg that a priestof another
sOet shbffld’have been a visitor af this time at-the-AempfO
o f Fo'. Hfe’rwa§ia'fdisciple o | Laa-koun; whosefbriglffal
doctfirttls differed little' .flrofri’ chostf W TlpiguriffS; : Me
maintained] that to liYe' happily shOffM- BeOme ^ ^ to f
object of man17 'andtfrat' indifferefteel t o l e yWa S one
of the p rin tip lf means 'of'attainiffg-feate|ld|; tl&£'it wak
vain'fo.iffff^et ’Mff^h ffpOn the past, or^'to^be2 sdlidaffSis
abofff “ffieTfcttui% rr the vlisest OcciipatioiPbfefng' tcfiii|JOy
the fleeting 'ttortiients' ffs they* paVs.£'^ T b sff&fl- dbif^St
niaxiihs, Which, Wefe they- (pae, couldlfe^'Scarcely" pme-
ticible,“the'Tt)iiieSts 'fotind theM'selveS 'obliged, iff order
to have a hold upon p sg j>8b pfe £ to add v ariou s practices
arid ptefehsibnS’ of k tendency directly confraiyj ^ueh'as
the power5 of predictihg^events/‘affd diWrs1 pffgcftutiOSs
against evih These'pt^eStS' had' their foffoWefs-and their
temples; and were‘'kndWn by 'exterior distinctions- in
their dress ] but iff Other7 irespects; they Were united With
all other. superstitions^ against the. simple and natural Ton^hoo-
religion 'or moral reason ofGonfucius. Besidesrtbe dei- ■ . 1
ties formerly described in tffejitemple of Tong-choo-foo,
were observable,'bhOsetif Ifeabe aaad War, of Temperance
and Voluptuousness, of Mirth and;Mekncbofy,.with female
images of -Fruitfulness and Pleasure. Before them
were placed one or - more^. bron&e, vessels in wbielFthe
priests and devotees burn perfumed matches, arid tinfoil
paper. The annexed engraving o f oneiofr those bronze?
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