Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Pangu.
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The legend of China reaches back into the remotest shadows of the past. Even the myths which have come down from the period before history began contain no suggestion that the Chinese people came into their ancient kingdom from any other part of the world, as is so often the case with other races. Instead, the mythology of China begins with Pan-Ku, allegedly the first conscious being, who shaped the world out of chaos.
[1943, Kwok Ying Fung, “Out of Yesterday”, in China, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 12
Origin
- Mandarin盤古 /盘古
- EnglishP'an-ku
From Mandarin 盤古 /盘古 (Pángǔ) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻan²-ku³.
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