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Yue-Laou

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in Chinese mythology, is the old man of the moon, who unites with a silken cord all predestined couples, after which nothing can prevent their union.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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