Chinese creation myths fundamentally differ from monolithic traditions with one authorized version, such as the Judeo-Christian Genesis creation myth; Chinese classics record numerous, sometimes contradictory, origin myths.
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However, none of the ancient Chinese classics mentions the Pangu myth, which was first recorded in the (3rd century CE) Sanwu liji 三五歴記 "Historical Records of the Three Sovereign Divinities and the Five Gods", attributed to the Three Kingdoms period Daoist author Xu Zheng.
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