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{{Harvnb|Ruska|1926}} observed that the Tablet's cosmogony seemed neither Islamic, Iranian, nor Christian. He speculated that it might reflect Chaldean, Harranian, or gnostic, ideas from regions northeast of Iran, along the Silk Road.{{Harvnb|Ruska|1926|p=167}}.{{Efn|Along similar lines {{ill|Wilhelm Ganzenmüller|de}} had argued that all of Arab alchemy was built on a mix pre-Islamic traditions from north-eastern Iran and the land route to India with other influences from gnostic Christians and ancient Egypt.{{Harvnb|Ganzenmüller|1938|p=32}}}} {{Harvnb|Tzu-Kung|1972}} proposed an origin further east{{Harvnb|Needham|Ping-yü|Gwei-djen|Sivin|1980|pp=|p=370}}.—as believed Hermes to have been Chinese.{{Harvnb|Needham|Ping-yü|Gwei-djen|Sivin|1980|pp=412}}. He noted that Chinese aphorisms commonly hailed from legendary slabs and steles in caves and temples.{{Harvnb|Needham|Ping-yü|Gwei-djen|Sivin|1980|pp=|p=372}}. Based on John Read's translation,{{Harvnb|Read|1937|p=54}}. he produced a speculative Chinese rendition of the Tablet.{{Efn|The crux of which is reproduced by {{Harvnb|Needham|Ping-yü|Gwei-djen|Sivin|1980}} using Ruska's translation.{{Harvnb|Needham|Ping-yü|Gwei-djen|Sivin|1980|pp=371}}}}{{Harvnb|Needham|Ping-yü|Gwei-djen|Sivin|1980|pp=|p=370}}. He then claimed its origin to be chapter 49 {{Langx|zh|內業|nèi yè|Interior operations}} of the {{Langx|zh|管子|Guǎn Zǐ|}}.{{Efn|A Taoist text on ataraxy, cosmic harmony, and bodily alchemy.{{Harvnb|Needham|Ping-yü|Gwei-djen|Sivin|1980|pp=372}}}}{{Harvnb|Needham|Ping-yü|Gwei-djen|Sivin|1980|pp=|p=372}}. There are, however, no direct parallelisms between this text and the Tablet. {{Harvnb|Needham|Ping-yü|Gwei-djen|Sivin|1980|p=|pp=}} rejected this theory as lacking sufficient evidence.{{Efn|They suggested other parts of the Secret of Creation might have Chinese origins but lacked access to the Arabic text to explore this further.{{Harvnb|Needham|Ping-yü|Gwei-djen|Sivin|1980|pp=|pp=373-374}}.}}{{Harvnb|Needham|Ping-yü|Gwei-djen|Sivin|1980|pp=|p=373}}.

{{cite book |last=Read |first=John |title=Prelude to Chemistry: An Outline of Alchemy, Its Literature and Relationships |publisher=Macmillan |year=1937 |location=New York |oclc=1564590151}}

{{cite book |last=Ganzenmüller |first=Wilhelm |title=Die Alchemie im Mittelalter |publisher=Bonifacius-Druckerei |year=1938 |location=Paderborn |language=de |trans-title=Alchemy in the Middle Ages}}

{{cite book |last1=Needham |first1=Joseph |author-link1= Joseph Needham | title=Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 5: Chemistry and Chemical Technology. Part IV: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Apparatus, Theories and Gifts |first2=Ho |last2=Ping-yü |first3=Lu |last3=Gwei-djen |last4=Sivin |first4=Nathan |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1980 |isbn=0-521-08573-X |location=Cambridge |lccn=54-4723 |oclc=7814708}}

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