Herbert Allen Giles 
History of Chinese Literature [PDF ebook] 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. After countless ages, spent apparently in doing nothing, this Monad split into Two Principles, one active, the other passive; one positive, the other nega tive; light and darkness; male and female. The inter action oi these Two Principles resulted in the production of all things, as we see them in the universe around us, years ago. Such is the cosmogony of the Chinese in a nutshell.