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2 unusual facts about Chu Silk Manuscript


Chu Silk Manuscript

The Inner Short Text describes Gong Gong knocking down one heavenly pillar and causing the earth to tilt.

"Seasons (Inner Short Text)" also has three subsections; describing how the gods separated heaven and earth and determined the four seasons, Yandi and Zhu Rong supported the heavens with five pillars of different colors, and Gong Gong divided time into periods, days, months, and years.



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