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In the earliest times there was an 'age of magic' followed by an 'heroic age, but myths were very rare before 800 B.C., and what is known as primitive mythology is said to have been invented or imitated from foreign sources after 820 B.C. In the eighth century B.C. myths of an astrological character began to attract attention. Tso-ch'iu Ming and Lieh Tzu
In the famous Commentary by Tso-ch'iu Ming on the Spring and Autumn, which imparts a human interest to the bald entries set against each year of these annals, there are several allusions to the Supreme Being.
Tso-ch'iu Ming, commentator on Confucius's Annals, frequently introduced legend into his history. He is the first to mention the story of Hsi Wang Mu, the Western Queen, and from his day onward the fabulists have vied with one another in fantastic descriptions of the wonders of her fairyland.
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