To the infinite all terms and conditions are relative.
Hsi Wei obtained Tao, and so set the universe in order.
A legendary ruler of remote antiquity. In what sense he set the universe in order has not been authentically handed down.
Fu Hsi obtained it, and was able to establish eternal principles.
The first in the received list of Chinese sovereigns (B.C. 2852). This monarch is said to have invented the art of writing and to have taught his people to cook.
The Great Bear obtained it, and has never erred from its course. The sun and moon obtained it, and have never ceased to revolve. K'an P'i obtained it, and established the K'un-lun mountains.
The divinity of the sacred mountains here mentioned.
P'ing I obtained it, and rules over the streams. Chien Wu obtained it, and dwells on Mount T'ai.
See [ch. i].