Pangu Separates Heaven and Earth
混沌之中盘古生长，开天辟地：清气上升为天，浊气下沉为地。盘古死后身体化为山川日月。这是中国创世叙事的重要一种，强调世界从「分」而来。
In chaos Pangu grew and split the world: clear qi rose as sky, turbid qi sank as earth. After death his body became mountains, rivers, sun, and moon. A major Chinese creation narrative: the world begins through separation.
创世从「分」开始：清浊、天地。盘古以身为世界，提示秩序有代价。可与「道」并读——宇宙是过程，不是布景。问：生长之前，什么必须先分开？
Creation begins with separation: clear and turbid, sky and earth. Pangu’s body becoming the world teaches that order has a cost. Read beside Dao—cosmos imagined as process, not a finished stage set. Ask: what must be divided before anything can grow?
After the moral, ask one question: if a similar choice showed up today, where does the story snag? Name that tension first—then take your own step. You need not copy the ancients, only borrow their clarity.