The Demon Chained under Turtle Mountain, von Paul Andersen

这本书的主题是在柏林艺术博物馆（museum farchasiatische Kunst）发现的一尊精美的、非常受欢迎的、但迄今尚未被发现的中国铸铁的蹲着的、像猴子一样的恶魔雕像。这表明，这座雕像很可能是在1101年铸造的，由至少四个相同的样品组成，它代表的是Wuzhiqi，淮河和郭河的精神（在安徽省北部汇合）。最早的关于无支起传说的广泛记载，是李公作（约770-c.）的文学语言故事。848)，全文翻译，附有文本注释和中文文本的复制。基于大量进一步的原始资料，包括从明朝到清朝的当地历史和碑文，以及他在该地区的田野调查，作者继续探索了对这个恶魔的崇拜，并展示了它与大禹神话的关系，大禹是传说中控制洪水和中国建国的人。他论证说，五指旗雕像与道教仪式舞蹈“玉步”有关，它属于金属铸造的物品，比如铁塔和被认为能够控制水的动物精灵的铁雕像，几个世纪以来，这些物品一直被放置在中国各地的河岸上。这本书的插图丰富，有作者在该地区拍摄的照片，也有古代文献中发现的艺术品和绘画的复制品。

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.