King Tsing, while on his way to a large gathering, passed
through a district called Chun-Hoa, where there lived a young
girl who was possessed of evil spirits. When King passed the
night at her home, the demons did not dare to enter, but they
returned as soon as he left the house. The young girl asked them
the reason and they answered, "We are afraid of King." She then
told her father who ran after King Tsing to call him back. But
the good man simply wrote these four words on a slip of paper:
King Tsing tsaï tzu ("King Tsing is here"), and advised him to
paste it on the door. The demons never dared to return. This
true story goes to prove that the presence of a good man can put
evil spirits to flight. [This story encourages the use of charms
and incantations, but it reveals to us the logic of exorcism. If
the presence of a good man keeps demons away, the same result
might be effected in his absence, if the demons can be made to
believe that the good man whom they fear is actually present. It
is a common belie