Original Text & Translation原文与译文
藝文類聚·卷一 · Yiwen Leiju · Wikisource
天地混沌如雞子，盤古生其中，萬八千歲，天地開闢，陽清為天，陰濁為地，盤古在其中，一日九變，神於天，聖於地，天日高一丈，地日厚一丈，盤古日長一丈，如此萬八千歲，天數極高，地數極深，盤古極長，後乃有三皇。
Heaven and earth were in chaos like an egg, and Pangu was born within it. After 18,000 years, heaven and earth cracked open: the clear yang became heaven, and the turbid yin became earth. Pangu was in their midst, transforming nine times a day, divine in heaven and sacred on earth. Each day heaven rose ten feet, each day earth thickened ten feet, and each day Pangu grew ten feet. Thus after 18,000 years, heaven reached its utmost height, earth its utmost depth, and Pangu his utmost length. Afterwards came the Three Sovereigns.
Comparing the Books典籍对比
The passage quoted in the Yiwen Leiju describes Pangu growing within egg-like chaos as heaven and earth split. It says nothing about what became of his body; this page quotes only that passage.
