shuay

Updated: May 4, 2025

The ignorant masses are enthralled by the fear of ghosts, and all progress is paralyzed by the nightmare of "fung shuay." Had not Taouism been balanced by the sturdy common-sense ethics of Confucianism, the Chinese might have become a race of savages.

Frank F. (Frank Field) Ellinwood - Oriental Religions and Christianity: A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the: Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891