L. Newton Hayes, The Chinese Dragon
Dragons around the tablet to Confucius
Hayes identifies the red lacquer tablet as part of the Confucian temple at Hangchow. His caption describes a gold inscription, nine dragons in the tablet’s framework and two larger creatures around the supporting pillars. He connects the paired guardians with a story about dragons appearing at Confucius’s birth. The plate records both the shrine furnishing and the narrative Hayes uses to explain its ornament.
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In the sources
The shrine furnishing
DocumentedHayes describes dragons in the tablet’s frame and on the pillars before its shrine.
Birth story and guardians
InterpretationThe accompanying birth story gives the paired dragons a role as guardians of honour.
Context & interpretation
The illustration and accompanying passage on the cited page of The Chinese Dragon.
Original passages
Source 1
The Chinese Dragon
Tablet to ConfuciusOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Illustration and accompanying passage
Quotation and accompanying passage individually checked against the exact original page image. Line breaks and line-end hyphenation normalised. Caption small capitals normalised to title case.
- Edition
- IMJ-0474-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0474-E001-P0033
- Original scan leaf
- 37
- Recorded leaf number
- 37
- Current Reader position
- 28
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader
