TU ER SHEN (THE RABBIT GOD)

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A Patron Deity of Homo Sex in China

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Translated by Nathaniel Hu 2004 ____________ ___________ ____________ ____________ ___________ ____

IN

the early years of the Qing Dynasty, there was a certain

yushi (

censor) who had completed the civil examination in his young age. When He made an inspection tour to Fujian, there was a man named Hu Tianbao, who was smitten by his outstanding beauty (this young censor was a pretty boy).Wherever he went out in his sedan chair or in the court, Hu would steal glances on him. The censor felt uneasy, puzzled by Hu's behavior, and his subordinates dared not speak up. Not long afterward, the censor went to inspect another county, and Hu followed him. Along the way, he secretly hid in toilet to peek at his buttocks. The censor more suspicious than ever summoned him for questioning. At first Hu remained silent, but after three strokes of cane he confessed “The truth is i was taken by his Excellency’s good looking, and could not get you out of my mind. I realize you are heavenly cassia, out of bonds from common birds. But my heart already runs away, so without meaning to, i have behaved so improperly." Hearing this, the censor flew into rage. He immediately ordered his subordinates to kill him under a dead tree. A month later Hu Tianbao's soul appeared in the d ream of a m an from the same district, to pass his message "Because my mind carried away by improper thoughts, I offended a

guiren

( a person of high rank), so it was appropriate that i