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Chang (creature)
The ''chang'' ( zh, t=倀, s=伥) is a kind of ghost in ancient Chinese legend Chinese mythology () is mythology that has been passed down in oral form or recorded in literature in the geographic area now known as Greater China. Chinese mythology includes many varied myths from regional and cultural traditions. Much of t .... According to the legends, people devoured by tigers turn into ghosts, who then help tigers devour other people. The idioms " zh, t=為虎作倀, s=为虎作伥" (to play the jackal to the tiger; that is, to help a villain do evil) and " zh, t=狼無狽不行，虎無倀不噬, s=狼无狈不行，虎无伥不噬" (wolves can't go without '' bei'', tigers can't bite without ''chang''; that is, without the help of others, villains can only do so much) arise from this. It is described in the "Ma Zheng" chapter of the "Legend" quoted by Tang Peizheng in the Song Dynasty "Taiping Guang Ji".http://www.cgcfd.com.cn/jqjd_Show.asp?ArticleID=35—Ghost City Fen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Legend
Chinese mythology () is mythology that has been passed down in oral form or recorded in literature in the geographic area now known as Greater China. Chinese mythology includes many varied myths from regional and cultural traditions. Much of the mythology involves exciting stories full of fantastic people and beings, the use of magical powers, often taking place in an exotic mythological place or time. Like many mythologies, Chinese mythology has in the past been believed to be, at least in part, a factual recording of history. Along with Chinese folklore, Chinese mythology forms an important part of Chinese folk religion. Many stories regarding characters and events of the distant past have a double tradition: ones which present a more historicized or euhemerized version and ones which present a more mythological version. Many myths involve the creation and cosmology of the universe and its deities and inhabitants. Some mythology involves creation myths, the origin of things, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bei (creature)
BEI or B.E.I. may refer to : * Binary ethylenimine, an inactivant used in the inactivation of the foot-and-mouth disease virus * Business Entity Identifier, an ISO 9362 Bank Identifier Code (BIC) assigned to a non-financial entity * Balanced Ecology, Inc. * ), Quebec's police watchdog * Indonesia Stock Exchange or ''Bursa Efek Indonesia'' See also * Bei (other) * Bel (other) BEL can be an abbreviation for: * The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Belgium * ''BEL'' or bell character in the C0 control code set * Belarusian language, in the ISO 639-2 and SIL country code lists * Bharat Electronics Limited, an Indian stat ... * Be-1 (other) including BE1 and Be1 * * {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
