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女娲补天——《淮南子·览冥》? Nvwa?mends?the?sky? 往古之时，四极废，九州裂，天不兼复，地不周载。? From?the?time?immemorial,?the?four?pillars?collapsed?and?the?nine?continents?ruptured.???????????????????Neither?could?the?sky?cover?the?whole?earth,?nor?could?the?earth?contain?all?the?creatures.? 火爁焱而不灭，水浩洋而不息，猛兽食颛民，鸷鸟攫老弱。? Burning?fire,?widespread?and?violent,?never?ceased;? onrushing?water,?extensive?and?boundless,?never?receded. the?kind?and?the?honest?were?devoured?by?cruel?beasts,? the?weak?and?the?elder?were?captured?by?fierce?birds.? 于是女娲炼五色石以补苍天，断鳌足以立四极，杀黑龙以济冀州，积芦灰以止淫水。? Hence,?goddess?Nvwa?smelted?the?multicolored?stones?t