The Lady of Linshui Pacifies DemonsThe dramatic story of a girl who became a goddess The Lady of Linshuithe goddess of women, childbirth, and childhoodis still venerated in south China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. Her story evolved from the life of Chen Jinggu in the eighth century and blossomed in the Ming dynasty (13681644) into vernacular short fiction, legends, plays, sutras, and stele inscriptions at temples where she is worshipped. The full length novel The Lady of Linshui