E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Old Man of the Moon (The).
The Chinese deity who links in wedlock predestined couples. (See MAN IN THE MOON.)
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“The Chinese have a firm belief in marriages being made in heaven. A certain deity, whom they call the ‘Old Man of the Moon,’ links with a silken cord all predestined couples.”—J. N. Jordan: Modern China (Nineteenth Century, July, 1886, p. 45).
