"— Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang, the cosmos Wild! The sun and moon wax and wane, the constellations are arrayed in Zhang! Cold comes, heat departs, autumn reaps, winter stores! Intercalary days make up the year, the pitch and mode harmonize the yang! Clouds surge and bring rain, dew congeals into frost! Gold is born from beautiful waters, jade comes from Kunlun peaks! The sword is named Giant-Que, the pearl called Night-Luminescent…"
"— In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep; and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness…"
