The dragon, image, and demon; or, The three religions of China: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, giving an account of the mythology, idolatry, and demonolatry of the Chinese . ven was formless, an utter chaos; thewhole mass was nothing but confusion. Order was firstproduced in the pure ether, and out of it the universecame forth; the universe produced air, and air the milkyway. When the pure male principle Yang had beendiluted it formed the heavens ; the heavy and thick partscoagulated and formed the earth. . From the subtleessence of heaven and earth the dual principles Yang and 40 7he Dra
The dragon, image, and demon; or, The three religions of China: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, giving an account of the mythology, idolatry, and demonolatry of the Chinese . ven was formless, an utter chaos; thewhole mass was nothing but confusion. Order was firstproduced in the pure ether, and out of it the universecame forth; the universe produced air, and air the milkyway. When the pure male principle Yang had beendiluted it formed the heavens ; the heavy and thick partscoagulated and formed the earth. . From the subtleessence of heaven and earth the dual principles Yang and 40 7he Dragon, Image, and Demon, Yin were formed; from their joint operation came thefour seasons, and these, putting forth their energies, gavebirth to all the products of the earth. The warm in-fluence of the Yang being condensed produced fire, andthe finest parts of the fire formed the sun. The coldexhalations of the Yin being likewise condensed producedwater, and the finest parts of the watery substance formedthe moon. By the seminal influence of the sun and mooncame the stars. Thus heaven was adorned with sun, moon,and stars; the earth also received rain, rivers, and Pankoo.—These ex-planations were ^ toosubtle for the commonpeople, so they ascribethe dividing of heavenand earth to the firstman, Pankoo, who hadthe herculean task tomould the chaos whichproduced him, and tochisel out the earth thatwas to contain primal individual—looking like a dwarfishspecimen of a man, andPankoo. clothed Hke a bear — they picture holding a chisel and mallet in his hands,splitting and fashioning vast masses of granite. Behindthe openings his powerful hand has made are seen thesun, moon, and stars; monuments of his stupendous The Church of the Learned. 41 labours. His efforts were continued 18,000 years, andby small degrees he and his work increased ; the heavensrose, the earth spread out and thickened, and Pankoo grewin stature six feet every day, till, his labours done, hedied
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