中国古代神话英文版

1、会计学1中国古代神话英文版中国古代神话英文版第1页/共18页1Pangu Separates the Sky from the Earth |2Nv Wa Created Man|3Quafu Chasing After the Sun|第2页/共18页According to legend, in the beginning of the world, the sky and the earth were not separated, and there was only darkness and chaos.Our ancestor Pangu，a giant, had been born

2、 and growing up in it for 108 000 years. One day, he suddenly woke up. Opening the eyes, he found that everything was blurred and invisible.第3页/共18页Angrily, he grasped an axe and wielded it with an effort. With a bang, the chaos was split all of a sudden.The light and clear air rose up to the sky, a

3、nd the heavy and turbid to the earth.After it,Pangu propped up the sky with his head and stepped on the ground with his feet, fearing that they might close.The sky increased its height by 1 zhang daily, and the earth sank by 1 zhang Pangu grew with it.第4页/共18页Thousands of years passed, the heaven an

4、d the earth finally separated ,but he fell down exhaustedly.Following his death, his breath turned into the wind and clouds, his voice the thunder； his eyes the sun and the moon. His four limbs and body became the four quadrants of the globe, and his blood the rivers and his muscles and bones the la

5、yers of the earth. His flesh became the soil, his hair and furs the stars, flowers and trees. Even his sweat turned into rain and dew.Pangu created the rich and beautiful world with his body.第5页/共18页It is said that there were no men when the sky and the earth were separated. It was Nv Wa who made me

6、n by moulding yellow clay. The work was so taxing that her strength was not equal to it. So she dipped a rope into the mud and then lifted it. The mud that dripped from the rope also became men. Those made by moulding yellow clay were rich and noble, while those made by lifting the rope were poor an

7、d low.第6页/共18页第7页/共18页第8页/共18页第9页/共18页第10页/共18页第11页/共18页第12页/共18页第13页/共18页第14页/共18页第15页/共18页Angrily, he grasped an axe and wielded it with an effort. With a bang, the chaos was split all of a sudden.The light and clear air rose up to the sky, and the heavy and turbid to the earth.After it,Pangu propped up the sky with his head and stepped on the ground with his feet, fearing that they might close.The sky