That is, when the great mass of cloud had just lifted from the earth:
"Records had not yet been established or inscriptions invented. At first even the rulers dwelt in caves and desert places, eating raw flesh and drinking blood. At this fortunate juncture Pan-ku-sze came forth, and from that time heaven and earth began to be heaven and earth, men and things to be men and things, and so the chaotic state passed away."[1]
This is the rejuvenation of the world told of in so many legends.
And these annals tell us further of the "Ten Stems," being the stages of the earth's primeval history.
"At Wu--the Sixth Stem--the Darkness and the Light unite with injurious effects--all things become solid," (frozen?), "and the Darkness destroys the growth of all things.
[1. Compendium of Wong-shi-Shing 1526-1590," Crawford, p. 3.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid., p. 2.
4. Ibid., p. 3.]
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