The Demon Chained under Turtle Mountain, von Paul Andersen

这本书对柏林的东方艺术博物馆中发现的一尊中国铸铁雕像进行了大肆渲染，这尊雕像是一个蹲着的、像猴子一样的恶魔，非常受欢迎，但迄今尚未被确认。它表明，雕像很可能是在1101年铸造的，在一组至少四个相同的样本中，它代表了五支旗的形象，淮河和郭河（在安徽省北部汇合）的精神。最早的关于五支旗传说的广泛记载，是李公佐（公元前1000年）的文学语言故事。770-c。848），是完整的翻译，与文本的关键注释和复制的中文文本。根据大量的原始资料，包括地方历史和从明朝到清朝的石刻，以及他在该地区的实地考察，作者继续探索对这个恶魔的崇拜，并展示它与大禹神话的关系，大禹是传说中的洪水控制者和中国国家的创始人。他论证了无支祁的雕像与道教仪式舞蹈（被称为“禹步”）有关，并且它属于金属铸造的物体--如铁塔和动物神灵的铁雕像，它们被认为能够控制沃茨--几个世纪以来一直被放置在中国各地的河岸上。这本书是丰富的插图与照片从该地区采取的作者，以及复制品的艺术品和图纸中发现的古代文本。

The book bocuses on the splendid and very popular, yet hitherto unidentified Chinese castiron statue of a squatting, monkeylike demon, found in the Musem für Ostasiatische Kunst in Berlin. It demonstrates that most likely the statue was cast in 1101, in a group of at least four identical exemplars, and that it represents the figure of Wuzhiqi, the spirit of the rivers Huai and Guo (which join forces in the north of Anhui province). The earliest extensive account of the legend of Wuzhiqi, the literary language tale by Li Gongzuo (c. 770-c. 848), is translated in full, with text-critical notes and a reproduction of the Chinese text. Based on a vast array of further primary sources, including local histories and inscriptions on stones dating from the Ming through the Qing dynasties - as well as on his field-work in the region - the author goes on to explore the cult of this demon and to show its relation to the mythology of the Great Yu, the legendary controller of the flood and founder of Chinese statehood. He demonstrates that the statue of Wuzhiqi is associated with the Taoist ritual dances reffered to as the Paces of Yu, and that it belongs in the context of objects cast from metal - such as iron-pagodas and iron statues of animal spirits thought to be capable of controlling the waters - that for centuries have been placed on the banks of rivers throughout China. The book is richly illustrated with photos from the region taken by the author, as well as with reproductions of objects of art and drawings found in ancient texts.