. The mythology of all races. upon the debauchery of thecourt. Chou became very angry andordered the heart of Pi Kan to be tornout, saying that he had always heardthat the heart of a man of superiorvirtue had seven orifices and that hewished to see whether or not his rela-tive Pi Kan was what he claimed to the reign of Chou Hsin thesmall principality of Chow came intoprominence, and the Duke of Chow,canonized as Wen Wang, led in therebellion which overthrew the Shangdynasty. The site of this principalityof Chow was in the vicinity of thepresent city of Hsi-an, capital ofShensi Provin
. The mythology of all races. upon the debauchery of thecourt. Chou became very angry andordered the heart of Pi Kan to be tornout, saying that he had always heardthat the heart of a man of superiorvirtue had seven orifices and that hewished to see whether or not his rela-tive Pi Kan was what he claimed to the reign of Chou Hsin thesmall principality of Chow came intoprominence, and the Duke of Chow,canonized as Wen Wang, led in therebellion which overthrew the Shangdynasty. The site of this principalityof Chow was in the vicinity of thepresent city of Hsi-an, capital ofShensi Province. The younger son of the Duke of Chow be-came the first sovereign of the new dynasty which took its namefrom this small principality. He is known in history as WuWang. As might be expected, tradition has woven many won-derful tales around this founder of a dynasty which is con-sidered by the Chinese as more responsible than any other forits wide-spread civilization. The ancestry of Wu Wang is traced back to the Emperor Kao. Fig. 6. Pi Kan OTHER PREHISTORIC EMPERORS 41 Hsin, whose wife became a mother in a miraculous the birth of her child, she decided to make away with himand left him in a narrow lane, but the child was attended bysheep and cattle so that he did not die. She then placed him ina forest where he was attended by a wood-cutter and his lifepreserved. She then laid him upon ice in the river, but a largebird came and covered him with one of its wings. Finally themother made no further attempts to dispose of the child, butnursed him and brought him up, giving him the name of Chior Castaway. The lower part of this childs face was undulydeveloped, and his appearance was very extraordinary. Whenhe grew up he became Minister of Agriculture to the EmperorYao and rendered great service to the people. The next step in the wonderful ancestry of Wu Wang is con-nected with Kung Liu, grandson of Castaway. His virtueswere so great that he was treated by the princes
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