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and his right eye became the moon. His blood became the rivers and oceans, his b
reath became the wind, his sweat became the rain, and his voice became the thund
er. His flesh became the soil, and from the fleas living on his body, the human
race sprang into being. In this way, the stage was set for the pageant of histor
y to unfold.
The story of Pan Ku is the Chinese myth of creation. The ancient myths of creati
on from virtually all cultures show that at the root of human experience is the
belief that our world has an organizing principle. After this creative force app
ears, everything else takes the form of opposing forces: heaven and earth, black
and white, day and night, good and evil. These are the ideas of the yang and th
e yin, of the masculine and feminine. These opposing qualities are, by their fun
damental natures, equal in all respects but forever separate entities.
Here we see the theme of the One giving rise to the two in the order of creation
, and of a creator who, like Pan Ku, works with primordial substances to bring a
n entire world into being. This theme will expanded upon in the next section as
we discuss the connection between Taoism and nature.
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