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THE GODESS
KWAN-YIN AND THE
MAN-EATING
DEVIL
Amy Dudley
POOR Kwan-Yin! Such a beautiful
Kwan -Yin— this ruddy, burnished,
gold lacquered statue of the many
armed Chinese goddess of mercy.
Each of her 22 hands holds a symbol
reprcßentlnß hrr attributes. Enthroned
on her head is a diminutive image of
Buddha. The pedestal on which she
stands is a lotus blossom, symbol of
heavenly birth. The finely carven fea
tures, placidly sweet and mystical as
the Mona Lisa, express divine compas
sion and tranqullity. As an object of
•worship shf 1* second only to the great
Buddha himself.
• For more than TOO years this statue
occupied a shrine In the main temple of
the magnificent "Great Yellow Temple"
or Huang Ssu In Peking. Many a
haughty emperor of the dragon throne
has bowed low before her altar. The
late Emperor Kwang Hsu", "son of
heaven." came here to worship, and
here, too. came that wonderful old Em
press Dowager Tze Shi An — embodiment
of the "eternal feminine," to make
obeisance at the shrine of the goddess
she held in highest veneration. So great
\u25a0was. the admiration of that remarkable
woman for this goddess that she had
painted by native artists a portrait
representing herself as goddess of
•nercy, standing on a lotus leaf afloat
on the great sea of universal intelli
gence. The highest mark of esteem
the empress could bestow was the
presentation of this portrait' to the per-
ton ehe particularly deslrftd to honor.
And now?
The powerful old empress has passed
on. The emperor Bleeps beside his
fathers in the Ching tombs. The future
of China Is still in abeyance^ — still pawn
upon the checker board of nations.
The waters of a great ocean roll be
tween Kwan-Yin and her yellow tem
pi*? in far off Peking.
Her present shrine is a velvet lined
teak wood case over in Berkeley.
Does she miss the pomp and ceremony
of Imperial worship?
Does she Usten for the tinkling musio
of the temple bells?
Does she remember the prayers of the
devout, the swinging censors and th«
clouds of white Incense twining curv
ingly in the air?
Perhaps sh* knows the part that gods
and mortals play and that these permu
tations In the crucible of life are only
an infinitesimal part of some great
plan.
The beautifully calm repose of her
face Is unchanged.
Poor Kwan-Yin!
It was a bitter lesson for China — the
oldest nation in the world — to be forced
to a recognition of the requirements of
modern International life by nations
which — with tho exception of Japan —
had existed only a few centuries. War
Is never anything but cruel, ruthless,
relentless and devastating. China was
made to feel the full force of humili
ation when the gates of her "Golden
Forbidden City." her holy of holies — so
sacred that no common Chinaman had
ever dared set foot within Its sacred
precincts — were thrown optn and the
conquering armies marched trium
phantly through streets where only Im
perial feet had heretofore trodden. And
the battle cry of the allied armies of
twentieth century Christendom was In
no waYs different from that of bar
barian Rome.
•To the victors belons the spoils."
It was an object lesson not only to
China, but to the whole civilized world.
True, General Chaffee protested and
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In some Instances compelled restora
tion. British soldiers stood guard over
imperial Jewels — and later returned
them to their owners. But notwith
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standing protests and restrictions Pe
king was sacked by the soldiers — cheer
fully assisted by civilians — and number
less articles of priceless worth were
carried away or wantonly destroyed.
"With all our boasted progress, war Is
still elemental. The morality of war is
confined to the cbdebooks.
N. J. Sargent of Berkeley, a scholar
who has lived most of his years In the
orient, >aB, au^-ng- the tlm«'.of th»
boxer troubles, a member of the Tien
tsin volunteer corps in the British Berv
lce. He says: "The half has never been
\u25a0written. v No civilian can understand
or appreciate the situation in Peking
during its occupation by the allied ar
mies. And It is indescribable. Tha
most unheard, of and Inexcusable -acts
of vandalism were perpetrated. Price
less art treasures, centuries .old, were
\u25a0wantonly destroyed. The loss 'not only
to China, but to the whole world, Is
past computation. Time can never re
place, it. Rare vases of delicate old
porcelain and wonderful wood carvings
were crushed to atoms. Quantities of
richest silks and embroideries were
trampled Into the dirt or burned. The
looting was not confined to soldiers
and the common people. The ancient
astronomical instruments of the Im
perial observatory, founded In 1279 by
Kublai Kahn, were carried away and
have place in a national square of one
of the cities of Europe. That is only one
Instance among many. I saw foreign
soldiers shoot up the wonderful plate
glass windows of the 'summer palace,'
tha Imperial abode, and I saw three
Immense statues of Buddha, 40 feet
In height, hurled from . their pedestals
and broken tato a million fragments.
"Thallwhlch was carried away was
nothing to that which was destroyed—
and for »o : reason, unless to satisfy
some Inherent desire to lay waste and
destroy; a' possible reversion, proving
tha assertion, that centuries of civiliza
tion has produced only ; a thin veneer
and that the primitive eavage Is still
close to the surface of humanity. it
was a disgrace to civilization— but it
was war."
From this scene or confusion and
spoliation; _^<B«t rescTiefl the "Thou
sand-armed' Kwan -Tin." He regards it
as v a rare work of art, a priceless
treasure. .
Kwaja-YJn Is first of the many divini
ties comprising the Chinese pantheon.
No other- f.'oddess is so well known.and
co i universally honored. The name
Kwan - Yinj/means \u25a0 "Hearer of prayers."
She is worshiped as the goddess who
grants rrale offspring,: and as such Is
represented with an Infant in her arms.
Ab ireoaess of tne set me is pamffl
saint of sailors. BUt she is ; best
known as goddess of mercy, 'and has
numerous temples of her own,through
out China. One of \ the, most ancient;
temples in Peking ; is dedicated ', to her.
It was rebuilt by, an empress •of the
Ming dynasty, and; contains a very re- :
markable small porcelain Image of tha*
goddess, which is . known '* as * tha \ "Good
Mother."! Some devout Roman. Catho
lics find In this representation- a strong
resemblance; to the Virgin, Mary. She
is also the Kwannon of the Japanese,
and Is believed '\u25a0' to : Incarnate , as the
"Compassionate Spirit" In the Grand
Lama of Tibet. : -.<--.<
jAs Kwan-YlnFu Sa Bodhlsattva she
occupies a most exalted; 'position "In
every , Buddhist temple. Tne wearisome
round .of earthly : : lives had /closed 'for
her and Nirvana's portals were opened
thatshe might/enter that; {supernal
state of happiness, her jg reward | for
merit won. •.:•'.. Voluntarily.: she ; chose i to.
remain outside! the; portals tin 'order to
; help, mortals still ."bound, to the' wheel."
Her ; plea' for a '/thousand : hands", .to re :
lleve ; the \ was . heard i n
heaven and her prayer, granted.'; \To t he
1!.!..,..,. ... :-\-t -t.^ <*• 'on "^u/ii'
TEMPLE s^ PEKIN,
m^p^vl&d- :Off .U/hen, -the
'" CSTY Was
t^vqcfccl, orc_Olsicoye^ed
present Providence, 1 ' and her mystic
lotus prayer, "Om! mani padme Hum!"
iscends not only to the highest heaven,
but reaches down 3to the nethermost
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