Humanity Enters the World

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Chapter One: Before Humanity

6 entries

1. 01Why Does a World Full of Life Still Have No Humans?ConceptFOLHIS
2. 02Where Does the Birth of Humanity Belong in Mythic Time?ResearchFOLHIS
3. 03Chinese Traditions Preserve More Than One Human-Origin AccountResearchFOLHIS
4. 04What Does “Human” Mean in a Creation Narrative?ConceptFOLHIS
5. 05The Narrative Order of Deities, Living Things and HumanityConceptFOLHIS
6. 06From “Before Humanity” to “Humanity Enters the World”EncyclopediaFOLHIS

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Chapter Two: Nüwa Creates Humanity

10 entries

1. 01NüwaFigureARCHISFOL
2. 02Why Does Nüwa Create Humanity?ResearchFOLHIS
3. 03Nüwa Moulds Humans from Yellow EarthLegendFOLHIS
4. 04What Does “Drawing a Cord Through Mud” Mean?ResearchFOLHIS
5. 05Where Does the Yellow-Earth Creation Account Come From?ResearchHISFOL
6. 06How Early Is the Surviving Nüwa Creation Material?ResearchHIS
7. 07Does Pre-Qin Literature Already Say Nüwa Created Humans?ResearchHISFOL
8. 08How Were Earth and Mud Recast as a Story of Social Rank?ResearchHISFOLTXT
9. 09Can Nüwa’s Creation Be Reduced to “Mother-Goddess Worship”?ResearchARCHISFOL
10. 10How Did Different Nüwa Creation Accounts Take Shape?EncyclopediaHISFOLTXTWEB

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Chapter Three: Nüwa Repairs the Sky

8 entries

1. 01What Does “The Pillars of Heaven Broke” Describe?ConceptHISFOL
2. 02Nüwa Refines Five-Coloured Stones to Repair the SkyLegendHISFOL
3. 03What Does It Mean to Set Up the Four Extremities with Turtle Legs?ConceptHISFOL
4. 04Where Does the Slaying of the Black Dragon Fit?ResearchHISFOL
5. 05Why Does Reed Ash Stop the Flood?ConceptHISFOL
6. 06Were Gonggong and Nüwa Originally Part of One Story?ResearchHISFOLTXT
7. 07Does Repairing the Sky Happen Before or After Human Creation?ResearchHISFOL
8. 08How Did Nüwa’s Sky Repair Become a Continuous Narrative?EncyclopediaHISFOLTXTWEB

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Chapter Four: Suiren and the First Fire

7 entries

1. 01SuirenFigureHISFOL
2. 02What Does Making Fire by Drilling Wood Mean?EventHISFOL
3. 03Why Does Fire “Transform the Rank Smell” of Raw Food?ConceptHISFOL
4. 04How Does Cooked Food Change the Story of Early Humanity?EncyclopediaHISFOL
5. 05Was Fire Discovered, Preserved or Invented?ResearchARCHISFOL
6. 06What Are the Early Textual Sources for Suiren?ResearchHIS
7. 07Why Is Suiren Sometimes Counted among the Three Sovereigns?ResearchHISFOL

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Chapter Five: Youchao and the First Dwelling

7 entries

1. 01YouchaoFigureHISFOL
2. 02What Does “Building Nests from Timber” Mean?EventHISFOL
3. 03Why Are Early Humans Described as Nest Dwellers?ResearchHISFOL
4. 04Where Does “Gathering Acorns by Day, Sleeping in Trees by Night” Come From?ResearchHIS
5. 05Can the Nest-Dwelling Account Be Read as Architectural History?ResearchARCHISFOL
6. 06What Are the Early Textual Sources for Youchao?ResearchHIS
7. 07How Does Dwelling Become the Beginning of Human Order?ConceptHISFOL

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Chapter Six: The Three Ancestors of Humanity

7 entries

1. 01ZiyiFigureTXTWEB
2. 02Who Are Commonly Called the “Three Ancestors of Humanity”?ResearchHISFOLTXTWEB
3. 03How Old Is the Suiren–Youchao–Ziyi Grouping?ResearchHISTXTWEB
4. 04Why Does the Origin of Clothing Enter Early-Human Narratives?ConceptARCHISFOL
5. 05Is Ziyi a Fixed Ancestral Figure in Classical Texts?ResearchHISTXTWEB
6. 06Why Does Primordial-Fantasy Fiction Fix a Set of Three Human Ancestors?ResearchTXTWEB
7. 07How Should the Six-Source System Be Applied to the “Three Ancestors”?EncyclopediaARCHISFOLTXTWEB