Kun (鯤 kun1) and Peng (鵬)

In Chinese mythology, (translated from ancient literature Zhuang Zi's Xiao Yao You 逍遙遊) "there live a kind of giant mysterious fish in the northern sea. These fish are called Kun. Nobody knows how big these fish actually are. They can turn into giant birds. When they are in bird form, they are known as Peng. Nobody knows how big these birds actually are. When they fly, their wings are like the colorful clouds in the sky. When there is a storm in the northern sea, the Peng will fly to the southern sea. They travel three thousand li (Chinese miles) in one flap of their wings. They can fly for six months without rest." Chinese mythology is the mythology of Chinese civilization. ... // The Person Zhuāng Zǐ (pinyin), Chuang Tzu (W-G), or Chuang Tse (Chinese 莊子, literally meaning Master Zhuang) was a famous philosopher in ancient China who lived around the 4th century BC during the Warring States Period, corresponding to the Hundred Schools of Thought philosophical summit of Chinese thought. ...

The Chinese word Peng (鵬) symbolizes ambitions and great accomplishments. This word is commonly used as a given name in China. Several important Chinese politicians are named Peng. On the contrary, the word Kun (鯤) is seldom used.

In Islam, Kun is God's command to the universe - "Be!" and it is.   Islam? (Arabic: الإسلام al-islām) the submission to God is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions, and the worlds second largest religion. ...

Famous people named Peng (鵬)

• Li Peng
• Yue Fei
• Ji Pengfei (姬鵬飛)

LÄ­ Péng (Simplified Chinese: 李鹏, Traditional Chinese: 李鵬, Wade-Giles: Li Peng; pronounced Lee Pung) (b. ... Statue of Yue Fei, from the Yue Fei Mausoleum in Hangzhou. ... Ji Pengfei (姬鵬飛 1910 - 2000) was a politician in Peoples Republic of China. ...

See also

• Tian Chi The southern sea (南冥) is also known as Tian Chi (天池).

Lake Tianchi (天池) is located within the Changbai Mountains of Jilin Province, in northeast China, not far from the North Korean border It has been recognized as the highest volcanic lake in the world. ...

External link

• Zhuang Zi's writing on the topic (in Big5 Chinese.)