How The Five Ancients Became Men (Short Bedtime Story)

“How the Five Ancients Became Men.” This fairy tale, the first of the legends of the gods, is given in the version current among the people. In it, the five elemental spirits of earth, fire, water, wood, and metal are brought into connection with a creation myth. “Prince of the Jasper Castle” or “The White Jade Ruler,” Yu Huang Di, is the popular Chinese synonym for “the good lord.”