Excerpt from Calendar of the Gods in China, 1916 This Calendar of the Chinese gods was prepared during an enforced absence in Japan in the summer of 1900. But owing to the pressure of other duties it was not published, as I wished to improve it. However, the pressure of other business continued. Therefore, though imperfect, its publication may save others from going needlessly over the same ground, and may be of some aid to a right attitude towards the millions who now worship many gods, because they have not an opportunity of knowing anything better. So I send it forth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.