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Di Jun came from the sky. His children founded human civilizations. His wives controlled the sun and the moon. He is described as the source of agriculture, music and writing - yet his name appears nowhere else in Chinese literature. A god powerful enough to create everything, mentioned in only one text, then erased from history. Modern alternative researchers have noticed that accounts of beings descending from the sky bringing advanced knowledge appear in Sumerian, Vedic and Mesoamerican traditions as well. The Shan Hai Jing's version is older than most. This page presents both the traditional scholarly reading and the modern alternative interpretation - and lets you decide.