Among these spots none in all China is more famous than the island of P'u-to, to the east of Chusan. It was about A.D. 915 that it was taken possession of by the Buddhists, not many years before the time this narrative has reached. It is dedicated to "Kwan-shi-yin," a name translated from the Sanscrit Avalokiteshwara. P'u-hien (Samantabhadra), another fictitious Bodhisattwa, is honoured in a similar way at O-mei Shan, in Si-ch'wen. At Kieu-hwa, in An-hwei, a little westward of Ch'i-cheu fu, Ti-tsang another of the great Bodhisattwas, is honoured with special worship. The fourth and last of these establishments, the great gathering-places of the followers of Julai, is that of "Manjusiri" (Wen-shu p'u-sa) at Wu-t'ai in Shan-si, already referred to. The name "P'u-to" (P'u-ta) is the same as that known in Indian ancient geography as "Potala" or "Potaraka" (P'u-ta-lo-kia). Kwan-shi-yin is said in the Hwa-yen-king to have taught the Buddhist doctrines on that island. The original island was situated in the Southern sea of Indian geographers, and P'u-to is therefore denominated Nan-hai p'u-to (the P'u-to of the Southern sea). Through the Sung and Yuen dynasties buildings were added till they grew to their present magnitude. The number of priests from all parts of China who visit this sacred island is immense.

The residents, however, are not so numerous as at T'ien-t'ai. T'ien-t'ai was at this time become famous for