RELG 253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fuxi, Xia Dynasty, Immanence
17 Mar 2016
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When writing history, we are always selecting facts. History as the mirror the work of the mandate of heaven. History as the guideline mortal story. History as the textbook political story. ** bce before common era, instead of before christ. Most important thing about a ruler is their virtual. Degenerate terminator sickness, wars, economic dif culties. How heaven and earth came to be separated by the present distance of 90,000. After pangu died, his body parts become the different aspects of earth. Pangu"s eyes are the sun and moon. Three cultural heroes and five sage kings. Nuwa, the wife and sister of fu xi. Fuxi, teach how to farm and sh and survive. Another creation myth, that nu wa separated heaven and earth. Live in thatched cottages, wear rigs, drink herb soups. Refuse to name his son danzhu and chose shun as his successor. Refused to name his son shangjun and choose yu as his successor (heredity vs virtue)
