At present, all the "three religions" flourish happily side by side.
The Chinese believe firmly in the existence of spirits, which they classify simply as good and evil.

They do not trouble their heads much about the former, but they are terribly afraid of the latter.

Hideous devils infest dark corners, and lie in wait to injure unfortunate passers-by, often for no cause whatever.

The spirits of persons who have been wronged are especially dreaded by those who have done the wrong.
A man who has been defrauded of money will commit suicide, usually by poison, at the door of the wrongdoer, who will thereby first fall into the hands of the authorities, and if he escapes in that quarter, will still have to count with the injured ghost of his victim.

A daughter-in-law will drown or hang herself to get free from, and also to avenge, the tyranny or cruelty of her husband's mother.