Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Provinces of Western China
In the Ming Emperor's letter about Kwang-yin occur these words, She helps mortals to cross the sea of this life and reach the Shores of bliss on the Opposite Side. AS to understanding the secrets of her nature, it is like the sea in its vastness, but all those who perform good deeds in secret will be Openly rewarded; and they who in the imperial palace ask for happiness will have answer following as rapidly as echo responds to its source.
Images to this goddess are placed in every city of China; and amongst the mountains of the west the walls of idol temples are adorned with bas-reliefs, portraying travellers in sedan chairs being carried up steep mountain paths by coolies, some of whom were helping the others by hauling ropes attached to the front of the chair poles, while above these the goddess was sitting on clouds preserving them from falling over the cliffs; and likewise protecting passengers and sailors on the river junks from being wrecked in the rapids.
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