 Of old. Heaven and Earth were not yet separated, and the In and Yo not yet divided. They formed a chaotic mass like an egg which was of obscurely defined limits and contained germs. The purer and clearer part was thinly drawn out, and formed heaven, while...  Publications - Page 167by Folklore Society (Great Britain) - 1899Full view - About this book
 | Japan - 1896 - 908 pages
...Yang, or female and male principles of Chinese philosophy See " Mayer's Chinese Manual," p. 293. B «gg which was of obscurely defined limits and contained germs. The purer and clearer part was thinly drawn out, and formed Heaven, while the heavier and grosser element settled down and became Earth.... | |
 | Milton Spenser Terry - Shinto - 1910 - 108 pages
...Heaven and Earth were not yet separated, and the In and Yo [or Yin and Yang, female and male principles] not yet divided. They formed a chaotic mass, like...contained germs. The purer and clearer part was thinly drawn out and formed Heaven, while the heavier and grosser element settled down and became Earth. The... | |
 | Milton Spenser Terry - Shinto - 1910 - 108 pages
...Heaven and Earth were not yet separated, and the In and Yo [or Tin and Yang, female and male principles] not yet divided. They formed a chaotic mass, like an egg, which was of obscurely denned limits and contained germs. The purer and clearer part was thinly drawn out and formed Heaven,... | |
 | Lancelot Lawton - East Asia - 1912 - 766 pages
...written, " Heaven and Earth were not yet separated, and the In and Yo (female and male principles) not yet divided. They formed a chaotic mass, like an egg, which was of obscurely denned limits and contained germs. The purer and clearer part was thinly drawn out, and formed Heaven,... | |
 | Ernest Wilson Clement - Japan - 1915 - 216 pages
...Nihongi, as follows: Of old, Heaven and Earth were not yet separated, and the male and female principles not yet divided. They formed a chaotic mass, like...contained germs. The purer and clearer part was thinly drawn out and formed Heaven, while the heavier and grosser element settled down and became Earth. The... | |
 | Ernest Wilson Clement - Japan - 1915 - 218 pages
...Nihongi, as follows: Of old, Heaven and Earth were not yet separated, and the male and female principles not yet divided. They formed a chaotic mass, like an egg, which was of obscurely denned limits and contained germs. The purer and clearer part was thinly drawn out and formed Heaven,... | |
 | Ryūsaku Tsunoda, Wm. Theodore De Bary, William Theodore De Bary, Donald Keene - History - 1964 - 542 pages
...Chronicles of Japan begins : Of old, Heaven and Earth were not yet separated, and the yin and the yang not yet divided. They formed a chaotic mass like an...contained germs. The purer and clearer part was thinly drawn out, and formed Heaven, while the heavier and grosser element settled down and became Earth.2... | |
 | Roger Whiting - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1991 - 292 pages
...700 CE; it was compiled in 720 CE. For example: Of old. Heaven and Earth were not yet separated . . . They formed a chaotic mass like an egg which was of obscurely defined limits and contained germs . . . Heaven was therefore formed first, and Earth was established subsequently. Thereafter Divine... | |
 | Edward S. Casey - Philosophy - 1993 - 444 pages
...old, Heaven and Earth were not yet separated, and the In and Yo [feminine and masculine principles] not yet divided. They formed a chaotic mass like an...contained germs. The purer and clearer part was thinly drawn out, and formed Heaven, while the heavier and grosser element settled down and became Earth"... | |
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