P'an Ku
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According to this, the Male and Female Principles were each subdivided into Greater and Lesser, and then from the interaction of these four agencies a being, named P'an Ku, came into existence.
From Religions of Ancient China by Herbert Allen Giles
P’an Ku and his myth must be regarded rather as an accident than as a creation resulting from any sudden flow of psychological forces or wind of discontent ruffling the placid Chinese mind.
From Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
This account of P’an Ku and his achievements is of Taoist origin.
From Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
As it was with the P’an Ku Page 86legend, so was it with this more philosophical cosmogony.
From Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
The picturesque person of P’an Ku is said to have been a concession to the popular dislike of, or inability to comprehend, the abstract.
From Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
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