General Yang Sen despatched a regiment of troops'to deal with the situation, but they were ambushed, and routed with the loss of over 100 men. It is said that the Sheng Ping broke up and burned all the captured rifles and ammunition of the soldiers that fell into their hands, They declare that they are invulnerable to bullets, and regard firearms as being as worthy of extermination as soldiers and civil General Yan Sen, having taken most of his men to Tchang, his aren now is but poorly supplied with troops, and, as the conditions which induced the peasantry to rise are prevalent throughout the province, it is to be feared that the Sheng Ping movement may spread as has the Red Spear movement in Honan, especially if they score a few more successes against the soldiers. The Intter are said to be absolutely afraid of the Sheng Ping, who do not abide by the rules of war as generally observed in the civil con-fiots of Szechuan, Further, the troops seldom are paid, and' have very little inducement to fight against such fierce opponents as these feenaied peasants appear to 1 nomics of the Bandits At the end_of November, the town of Batong wan tu felt Teumson of the "Sheng" Plat back, and then Puntso was prepared, Feferee is appointed, usually x lama MHth' all bice well-thought-out" cone Of some' ability, who decides the ditions. must have been a contest.
Two drabae sit 12 or 20 tremendous disappointment to him,£% apart, and one announces a from them selected what he imagined would bring about a reformation in religion. Preference was given to the "inward" and the "outward" ation of coe. mgeole by the Ets serous hanait feo ary has had he, Sale hat angus Gorges wh beers post, and hand yen Cee, anaes corresponding to the Red Spears of Shang Ping are understood to be that, no one teeatened to deter contestable subject for discussion,—largely was discarded, From largely was discarded. From this thie croreiennine So Tie os vow have {#® much against bandits ay they him in his noble object, For example, No, 1 draba says al books, namely, one each dealing made their appearance. These are) Are, gppoved to the military, and How the poor fellow can walk! Tabbit has horns, and No. 2 sors] with the art of healing, with the composed of the peasantry, who, ATeiils 1 wax at, Katana tha about the streets is dificult to tel It has not No, 1 draba adiuces his the "wheel of time," with general know (exasperated beyond endurance by Messrs.
Bell and Rackham, and an~ Already people are jibing him about evidence, and No. 2 denies it. ledge, with religious protection, and, the crushing taxation, which leaves other member of the Canadian discussion becomes fast, fierce, and Mission, were held by bandits for his speedy return to town, Had his lastly, with the lord of death. them with little or nothing to ssu effort been an honest one and re-furious. If No. 1 can prove that the would take a number of coolies to! port life, have risen aguinst all three days while the ransom of the rabbit has horns and No, 2 exnnot Yangtze Rapids steamer I-Pinge ligion the motive which prompted thia treaties on reformed military and officials, They practice prove it hax not, then draba No. 3 was being arranged, a few weeks people might have sympathized Religious books never were incantations, and believe that, by wins the discussion, On the ret ago. At present, no British steam with him had-ho returned to town popula and these are no exception. virtue of certain prayers and spells, ment of the above two, another two er is allowed between Ichang and are ready to take their place. The Lozang next turned his attention Chungking without an armed guard Fheaith, though outwardly of very ick, but he still is in very good they are proof against death for a certain number of hours. They Door "spine the wat. inn [Dextableet may two To'e pene gth? place.
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Thus the U#2rned by blowing trumpets, Beat bedyyenray at hia "black to move and win," and poo. diteussion goos on, with very enlightenment to the large crow little} To one yave these things their pro-|¥esidenee at Kueichowfu, at the head of the Gorges, when they ple say:—"It serves him right." the outsider, han revealed once the temple, But very much to their Per enlightenment t the 2 lec place. Lozang found that the} again the Blight of Asia. wandered far from the sacred art The majority of the questions try A Noble Hospital Group to take a philosophical turn, for me as he prayed and example:—"Which was first, the Two days ago, there avtived in hen or the em, the flower or the Msjhands were his hands were seldom found in the town from Chungking a German fruit, the male or the ferns the Indy. doctor and a. Chinese Sister and of the water, the earth of the Lamaism's Reformation Idiers, which induced Wu to move General anda umber of nto the walled city, their chief exploit, so far as is known up to the middle of December, is the massnere. at Toning, a walled city north of the Yangtze, in the eastern end of Seechuan, und. a for the French hospital outside the south gate. Sister Mario is leaving for Shanghai and this German lady doctor has come to take her place. 'The hospital now has a full and efficient staff, for, including the German doctor, there are Canadians, French, Austrians, and Belgians among' the Sisters. Tt would be iMicult to find a more devoted, untiring, hardworking company of people. From dawn till dusk, they seem to be at it all the time, xparing no pains to make the well and comfortable. Orphai Tepers, and wounded, all are caved for, with little hope of any reward or renown in this life. However, they work away faithfully, hoping for i great reward in the life to come, The Catholic hospital is doing a good work and slowly the Chinese and Tibetans on the frontier are Tearning to appreciate the medical nid. Among the 600 lamas in town there is very little medical knowledge and, if a sick person fails to recover after the reading of many hooks and the blowing of trumpets and the beating of gongs, it simply means that the idol is not prepared to give its aid, and the person dies, not because the lamas were to Blame, but, because the idol failed to help, Treatment in the French hospital soon will. dissipate th fallacy. Very little of the Cathal work has been interrupted -in this province during the prerent_disturbance in other parts of China. Along the frontier here, and in-inding paris of Yunnan, the [French priests have been able to sorry on and maintain their work sky, the human oF the animal, sense or nonsense, men or gods?" As a mental exorcise, it may have some advantage to the draba and fit him for argument or discussion. Tlowever, it engenders much discord and strife, and the temple courtyard does not see the end of the fierce argument, A fair and just referee always will avoid much contention.
Back to 14th Century, The origin of this peculiar custom may have been Lozang ability in disputing with recalcitrant Tamas during his reformation in the Ath century. Lozang Draba, og the Tibetan word means, illustrious good mis 5 born in Taongkaba, in Amdo, the Tibeta salt manufacturing contre.
Massacre of tion of Lamy ism, he founded many religious houses, the greatest being According to nows brought by survivors, the Sheng Ping, on Gaden, Sera, and Drebung.
The November 12, unexpectedly made first he established himself, the two a attack on the Salt. Revenue latter were founded by two of his followers. Sera is supposed to have been built from a pile of hail-stones, land Drobang from a pile of lee Loaang thought the combination was somewhat antagonistic, but he over-came the difficulty by suggesting that rice was a good thing to take fon acold day. The largest lamasery fos in Tibet at the present day are thave belonging to the Yellow Sect, Apart from the temples of the Dalai and the Panchan, the big lamaseries Collectorate there, and killed six of the Salt Inspectorate staff, as well as a Captain and four privates of the Salt Police. The. attack was nade at daybreak, and, ing the people mentioned oft the ordinary inhabitants, the Sheng Ping proceeded to attack the {walled city. They succeeded in Killing the whole of the garrison, and the Civil Magistrate, aswell a high military oficial, The Collectorate of Sale. Revenue was word agai bank." As meaning - "the all great rel tion throughout Eastern Tibet all are Gelu, or "iriue fashion" ences: these new light breaks out here and there finelude Litang, Kanze, Dergo, and ug course of their oF
Dawy, temples with thousands of Jamas'in them, history is something like thi started with the Bonbos, the hi or heterodox sect, originated Denba Zhinrab. There present time.
The Bonbus was —It After the contest of wits in the ack temple courtyard in the afternoon, the lamasery is lit up in the evening with thousands of small butter-lamps. The religious people in the fol- town, mo matter to what sect burned to the ground, and with it the corpses of the' unfortunate employees. A\ number of other Government employees. also were Kailled, and the total deaths on that day are believed to be over 200, Killing and barning continued for several days, and on November 14 the Sheng Ping paid another visit to the Salt Revenue Collectorate, which is some i outside the city lowed by the Saja ana this was ong, also light their butter-Iman- Then they murdered several collect-followed by the Garju. Both these the evening. It is usually the iME officers, secretaries and clerks systems originated with Shaja Tuba. time of swedes and the poorer The can or red sect, people cut them in' halves, hollow indy, and the lamps be blown out, the founder of which was Behma/ out the centre and fill them with then sickness, famine, and trouble Junee, known to Europeans as] yak-batter, thus forming a very surely will follow. Tachienla fol-Padma Sambhava.
Nest to the|cheap and convenient little lamp. lows three different calendars. The Gelu, the Nyinma is the most Should the evening of the twenty- officials adopt the foreign, the popular scct in lamaland. The last fifth'of the tenth moon be free from merchants the Chinese, and the in the strata is the Gelu and the wind, and the lamps continue to Tibetans the Tibetan. There is, word means "virtue fashion," show- burn, then peace and prosperity will, therefore, no uniformity throughout ing that things were done according to virtue, of in a virtuous way. follow the anniversary of Lozanz's Tibet in remembering this day and death, but should the night be' dure.
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