Definition
盘古 is the primordial creator in Chinese mythology who, after sleeping for 18,000 years inside a cosmic egg, awoke and split the egg into heaven and earth. His body then transformed into the mountains, rivers, sun, moon, and stars — a foundational origin myth equivalent to the Indian Purusa. As a proper noun, it is always capitalized in pinyin and never takes a classifier.
n.
Panguthe creator of the universe in Chinese mythology
Examples
- ，盘古，。Zài Zhōngguó shénhuà zhōng, Pán gǔ kāi tiān pì dì, chuàngzào le shìjiè.In Chinese mythology, Pangu split heaven and earth apart and created the world.
- 盘古。Pán gǔ de chuánshuō tǐxiàn le gǔdài Zhōngguó rén duì yǔzhòu qǐyuán de xiǎngxiàng.The legend of Pangu embodies the ancient Chinese imagination of the origin of the universe.
- 盘古（Purusa）。Xǔduō xuézhě rènwéi Pán gǔ shénhuà yǔ Yìndù shénhuà zhōng de yuánrén (Purusa) yǒu xiāngsì zhī chù.Many scholars believe the Pangu myth shares similarities with the Purusa myth in Indian mythology.
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