A.A.Remmelts. Chinese Charms and Amuletes:
Chang Kuo is said to have lived in the 7th and
8th century A.D., he had supernatural powers of magic, such as
rendering himself invisible. He used to be accompanied by a white mule, wich
carried him immense distances, and when not required, was folded up and put
away in his wallet. When he wished to resume his travels he squirted water
upon the wallet and the mule at once appeared. His emblem is the Yu
Ku a kind of musical instrument in the shape of a bamboo tube or drum
with two rods to beat it. The Emperor Ming Huang wished to attach him
to his court, Chang Kuo could not give up his wandering life. On the
second summons from court he disappeared and entered on immortality without
suffering bodily dissolution.
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