Table of Contents
Preface 9
A Ballad of the Beginning 13
The Emergence from Chaos 15
Nüwa Creates Man 19
A Harmony Made in Heaven 26
Repairing the Vault of Heaven 31
Kunlun, the Sacred Mountain 37
Jianmu, Tree of the Ladder to Heaven 47
The Severance of Earth from Heaven 51
Dwelling in Nests 55
The Creation of the Eight Trigrams 57
Observing the Heavenly Symbols to Fix the Calendar 63
Auspicious Dragon and Phoenix 71
Shennong the Flame Emperor 79
Drilling Wood for Fire 88
The Noon Market 91
The Flame Emperor's Daughter 93
Yaoji of Wushan 98
The Bird Jingwei Fills the Ocean 102
The Yellow Emperor Builds a Carriage 104
Leizu Teaches Weaving 106
Gang Jie Invents Writing 113
Lfnglun Makes Music 116
The Great War against Chiyou 120
The World of Yao and Shun 127
Houyi Eradicates the Four Evil Monsters 131
Houyi Shoots the Suns 133
Chang'e Flies to the Moon 137
Bogun Receives Orders 142
Stealing the Ever-Growing Soil 145
The Spirit's Journey to the West 149
Asking the Way to Lingshan 155
The Arrival of Yu the Great 157
Yu the Great in His Own Words I 157
Yu the Great in His Own Words II: Hills, Rivers and Land 159
Yu the Great in His Own Words III: Making a Path through the Hills 160
Yu the Great in His Own Words IV: The Xia People 162
Yu the Great in His Own Words V: Managing the Water and Spreading the Soil 165
Yu the Great in His Own Words VI: As the Will of the Gods Would Have It 168
Yu the Great in His Own Words VII: A Condemnation of Offensive War and Setting up the Tripod Cauldrons 171
Epilogue 175
Dates of the Chinese Dynasties 176