The unity of heaven and man in myths and legends

An important idea of China culture is the unity of man and nature. We can also see the clue from the earliest fairy tales passed down from mouth to mouth. Among these myths and legends, Pangu should be the first to create the world.

In Archaean, the whole world was empty and chaotic, and Pangu was born in chaos (this is one of them). Give birth to a giant axe, split chaos, and form heaven and earth (this is the second life). With Pangu as the pillar, people increase the world and give birth to the world (this is the second generation and the third generation). After the finalization of heaven and earth, Pangu also ran out of mana and fell to the ground to become all things in heaven and earth (this is Sansheng). The left eye becomes the sun, the right eye becomes the moon, the hands, feet and body become the four poles and five sides of the earth, blood becomes rivers, tendons become roads, muscles become fields, hair and beard become stars in the sky, skin and hair become flowers and trees, teeth, bones, bone marrow and so on. It also becomes shiny metal, hard stone, round pearl, moist jade, and sweat becomes rain and dew.

Judging from this story, this heaven and earth originally came from people's illusion, that is to say, heaven and earth are enlarged people, and people are reduced people.

After Pangu opened heaven and earth, an artificial Nuwa appeared on the land where Pangu's body became illusory. Nu Wa doesn't know where it came from or how it appeared. In short, a woman appeared. Everything is ready in the world, and it is time for human beings to appear. At this time, fairy tales became gorgeous, and Nu Wa became a mother. With loess and soil, many little people are created and thrive on the earth.

Some legends mention Fuxi, saying that Fuxi and Nu Wa are brother and sister, and both are snakeheads. Fuxi and Nu Wa got married harmoniously, Fuxi appeared as a male image, representing Yang, and Nu Wa represented Yin with a female image. Only when Yin and Yang appear and merge can human beings continue.

The appearance of Fuxi story gives Nu Wa a foothold, and also makes the original matriarchal culture gradually evolve into paternal culture, which looks more real and conforms to the development logic of Chinese culture.

Fuxi saw the mysterious dragon horse with a river map, and was deeply inspired by Luo Shu on chinemys reevesii's back. Combined with the observation of the universe between heaven and earth, after summing up, he drew the gossip of Yin and Yang and began the record of the unity of heaven and man. Slowly master the changing law of everything in heaven and earth, use yarrow to carry out divination calculus, record it by knotting rope, and begin to inherit culture.