P'an Ku
Americannoun
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Whether as the result of the co-operation of the yin and the yang or of the final dissolution of P’an Ku, human beings came into existence.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
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 Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
Author of Shên hsien chuan; inventor of P’an Ku legend, 79, 80 Ko-ai.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
This account of P’an Ku and his achievements is of Taoist origin.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
P’an Ku is pictured as a man of dwarfish stature clothed in bearskin, or merely in leaves or with an apron of leaves.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
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