Xu Zheng (fl. 200s) was an Eastern Wu official and a

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author of the "Three Five Historic Records" (, literally: "Three Five Calendar"). The "3-5" refers to the " Three August Ones and Five Emperors" (三皇五帝). Xu Zheng relates two different variants of the creation myth of

Pangu Pangu (, ) is a primordial being and creation figure in Chinese mythology who separated heaven and earth and became geographic features such as mountains and rivers. Legends The first writer to record the myth of Pangu was Xu Zheng during t ...

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