A
bas-relief of
Kui Xing
in a cavern
at the
Dragon Gate on Kunming's Western Hill (fig.). As usual, the Chinese god of examinations,
is depicted holding up a
Chinese writing brush
and
standing on one leg on the head of the
sea dragon that escorted him up into
heaven. There are also depictions of the
Eight Immortals,
the ones visible in this picture being
Lu Tong-pin (fig.)
and
Li Tieh-kuai
(fig.)
to Kui Xing's left and
Chung-li Chuan (fig.)
to his right.
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