mirrored file at http://SaturnianCosmology.Org/ For complete access to all the files of this collection see http://SaturnianCosmology.org/search.php ========================================================== CHAPTER 25 THE DISPENSATIONS OF THE EARTH ........ Joseph Campbell listed ten kings whom the Chinese believed were their royal ancestors but who possessed extraordinary powers^MOG. They all lived prior to the Great Deluge. Refer also to K. C. Wu^TCH. Although they are highly mythologized, with corrupt memory, I list them in detail because they represent a tradition found all over the world. 1) Fu Hsi was the first on the list. As we noted earlier, he is a distorted memory of Adam. 2) Shen Nung devised the plow and instituted marriage. He lived seventeen human generations. 3) Yen Ti was a minor personage overshadowed by his glorious brother Huang Ti. 4) Huang Ti was the great Yellow Lord, or Yellow Emperor. He had twenty-five sons, some of whom became the fathers of twelve feudal families of the Chou period. Huang Ti invented the fire drill, (already invented by the Fire-Driller Lords), burned the forests on the hills, cleared the brush, drained the marshes, and drove out the wild beasts. His virtue brought the barbarians of the four corners of the earth to allegiance. He consulted with his sages while deliberating on the "Bright Terrace;" he harmonized the five sounds. He drove in an ivory chariot drawn by six dragons when he assembled the spirits on the holy mount T'ai-shan. Many traditions said he was immortal; like Enoch, (or Elijah), a dragon descended from heaven and carried him aloft^TCH. Although the Chinese believed Huang Ti was their mortal ancestor their folk memory betrays their belief. T'ai-shan is the holy mountain of heaven, the same mountain remembered by the Egyptians as Manu, the Greeks as Olympus, and the Hebrews as Zion. The "Bright Terrace" is a deliberation hall in those celestial realms. (lived 300 years) 5) Shao Hao followed Huang Ti but little is recorded of him. 6) Chuan Hsu, also known as Kao Yang, had eight talented sons, one of whom was the father of Yu. (See below.) 7) K'u had two wives, Chiang Yuan and Chien Ti, both of whom conceived miraculously. The first became pregnant when she trod on the big toe of God's footprint. Her child was Hou Chi who, again in distorted memory, became Minister of Agriculture. He was brought forth in a narrow lane, the oxen and sheep nurtured him, the birds covered and protected him. The myth contains the elements of virgin birth, protection among domestic animals, and primitive covering which took place with the actual birth of Jesus. Does it reflect another prophetic memory from times past? Compare also against the myths of the Roman eponymous ancestors, Romulus and Remus. The second pregnancy occurred when the two young wives were in their pleasure tower of nine stories. God sent them a swallow that sang. They caught the bird and covered it with a blanket. After a time they lifted the blanket, whereupon the bird flew off, leaving two eggs behind. The young women each swallowed an egg. Chien Ti then conceived and her child became the father of the dynasty of Shang. 8) Yao is also known as Ti Yao, or Divine Yao. He is the most celebrated monarch of the Chinese golden age. He was reverential, accomplished, thoughtful, sincerely courteous, and obliging. His influence was felt through the four corners of the world. He distinguished the able and virtuous, thus bringing loving consideration to all people. His regulation and clarification of the people caused them to be luminously intelligent, thus uniting and harmonizing all provinces. 9) Shun married a daughter of Yao and became emperor in turn, continuing the great administrative work of his father-in-law. 10) Yu was known as the Great Yu, the last of the kings before the Flood. He came down from on high^MAW. He dug the soil and led the waters to the sea; he drove out snakes and dragons, and otherwise restored order from the effects of the Flood. A servant woman brought him excellent wine she had made but he sent her away. He knew that "in the future there will be many who lose their states because of drink,"^MOG. Compare against Noah becoming drunk with wine after the flood. In the mythologized accounts Yu made a grand tour of the four corners where he met winged people, wizards, the land of immortals, mountains of gold, the mountain of nine brilliances, and the holy mountain of the north. These stories are based on a tour of the heavens but their degraded form hides their true nature. They remind us of the journeys of Enoch^APOT. Later, in his severe toil to correct the ravages of the Flood, Yu became lame and had to drag one leg past the other. To this day the Chinese describe a lame man as having the "walk of Yu." [2][LINK] Return to Site Index [3][LINK] Return to List of Chapters [4][LINK] Next Chapter [5][LINK] Previous Chapter References 2. http://www.world-destiny.org/toc.htm 3. http://www.world-destiny.org/tocae.html 4. http://www.world-destiny.org/a26kl.htm 5. http://www.world-destiny.org/a24uph.htm