P'an-ku
English
Etymology
From Mandarin 盤古／盘古 (Pángǔ) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻan²-ku³.[1]
Proper noun
P'an-ku
- Alternative form of Pangu
- [1943, Kwok Ying Fung, “Out of Yesterday”, in China, New York: Henry Holt and Company, OCLC 1707952, page 12:
- The legend of China reaches back into the remotest shadows of the past. Even the myths which have come down from the period before history began contain no suggestion that the Chinese people came into their ancient kingdom from any other part of the world, as is so often the case with other races. Instead, the mythology of China begins with Pan-Ku, allegedly the first conscious being, who shaped the world out of chaos.]
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References
- “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China, Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, LCCN 79-42627, OCLC 781411242, pages 476, 483: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] P'an-ku (Pangu) 盤古”