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A CHINESE IDOL CALLED BIG-BELLY—MI-LI FOAH.
TRADITION SAYS HE WAS FORMERLY A HARE; BUT AFTER MANY YEARS BECAME CHANGED INTO A MAN, THOUGH STILL RETAINING HIS LONG EARS. HE WAS AFTERWARDS THE PUPIL OF A CELEBRATED TAOIST PRIEST WHO GAVE HIM THE NAME OF LONG-EARED TING. AFTER HIS DEATH, WHICH WAS CAUSED BY LAUGHING, HE WAS DEIFIED BY AN EMPEROR OF THE CHOW DYNASTY.
