佛祖歷代通載 2.3

2.3

（一）　盤古首君治一萬八千歲（列子曰。運即盤古也。北山曰。天曰高一丈。地曰厚一丈。盤古曰。長一丈。頭極東。足極西。左手極南。右手極北。開目為曙。閉目為夜。呼為暑。吸為寒。吹氣成風雲。吐氣成雷霆。四時行焉。萬物生焉。八紘九圍之大。其孰與多。三皇五紀之。尊其孰與先。古今記盤古死後形分物象也）。

(1) Pan Gu, the first ruler, reigned for 18,000 years. (Liezi says: 'The Revolver is Pan Gu.' Beishan says: 'Heaven rose by one zhang; the earth thickened by one zhang. Pan Gu grew by one zhang. His head reached the extreme east, his feet the extreme west, his left hand the extreme south, and his right hand the extreme north. When he opened his eyes, it was dawn; when he closed his eyes, it was night. His exhalation became heat; his inhalation became cold. His blowing breath formed the wind and clouds; his uttered breath formed thunder and lightning. The four seasons moved thereby, and the ten thousand things were born thereby. In the vastness of the eight bounds and nine domains, who could match his magnitude? In the veneration of the Three Sovereigns and Five Chronicles, who could precede him?' The Gujin ji records that after Pan Gu died, his body divided into material forms and phenomena.)