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CAP. VI.]
The Great Supreme
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- 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.
The Yellow Emperor obtained it, and soared upon the clouds to heaven.
- The most famous of China's legendary rulers (B.C. 2697). He is said among other things to have invented wheeled vehicles, and generally to have given a start to the civilisation of his people. Some of Lao Tzŭ's sayings have been attributed to him; and by some he has been regarded as the first promulgator of Tao.
Chuan Hsu obtained it, and dwells in the Dark Palace.
- A legendary ruler (B.C. 2513), of whose Dark Palace nothing is known.
