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Ancient dynasties: First Chinese -- Picture essay: Totality of five -- Questions of heaven: From the vapours of chaos -- Square earth -- Mother of the World -- Great flood -- Lin Jun and the water goddess -- Master of the harvest -- Picture essay: Heavenly predictions -- Gift of the gods: Yellow Emperor -- Huang Di's black bead -- Battle of the elements -- Lady Silkworm -- Cowherd and the girl weaver -- Tales of everyday people -- Divine animals -- Sage kings:-- Emperor Yao and his courtiers -- Time of the ten suns -- Elixir of life -- Family trials of young Shun -- Gun and the swelling soil -- Yao finds an heir -- Yu the flood-tamer -- Yu and the tragic marriage -- Yu mounts the dragon throne -- Fall of dynasties -- Picture essay: City of symbols -- Matters of faith -- Bureaucracy of gods -- tales of the eight immortals -- Patrons of the professions -- Outlaw god -- Lords of the waters -- Childhood of Nezha -- Goddess of mercy -- Monkey king -- Picture essay: Power of Qi -- Chinese legacy.