brief introduction
This is one of the earliest famous myths in China. It tells the story of Kuafu chasing the sun and sleeping in Yu Garden.
Kuafu, a giant in ancient myths and legends, is a descendant of Hou Di, the Pluto, who lives in the Tianshan Mountains in Chengdu, the Great Northern Wilderness. He has two yellow snakes in his ear and two yellow snakes in his hand, chasing the sun. When he arrived in Yugu, the sun was about to set, and he felt thirsty, so he went to drink water from the Yellow River and Weihe River. After he drained the river, his thirst still didn't stop. He wanted to drink the water from northern osawa, but before he got there, he died of thirst. Kuafu threw away his walking stick when he died, and it suddenly turned into a peach grove full of fresh fruits to quench his thirst for those who later pursued the light.
Kuafu's myth of chasing the sun reflects the spirit of ancient people's competition with nature. Shan Hai Jing recorded this myth, saying that he "overreached himself", but Tao Qian of Jin Dynasty praised "Kuafu's birthday as a race against Japan".
Kuafu's fairy tales are mainly found in Shan Hai Jing, Overseas North Jing and Wild North Jing. Liezi Tang Wen slightly differs in the details of changing a walking stick into a peach grove, saying that Kuafu "abandoned the walking stick to soak the corpse and paste the meat, and gave birth to Deng Lin". As for Deng Lin, according to the textual research of Bi Yuan in Qing Dynasty, Deng is closely related to Tao Yin, and Deng Lin is the Taolin of "Kuafu Mountain, Zhi Tao Forest in the North" as mentioned in Shan Hai Jing. Kuafu and Hao Yixing are called Qinshan, which is connected with Taihua and located in Lingbao County, Henan Province. There are still some places where the descendants are famous for their "Kuafu", and there are many legends related to Kuafu's pursuit of Japan.
Don't know your own strength
Pinyin: Kua fǔ zhú rì
Description: Kuafu: the name in the ancient legend. Kuafu chased after the sun desperately. Metaphorically speaking, people are ambitious, but also metaphorically speaking, they are overreaching.
Source: Shanhaijing Overseas Beijing
Synonym: Kuafu is chasing the sun, and he overreaches himself.
Usage: as object and attribute; The metaphor of ambitious people is also described as overreaching.
For example, in the Southern Dynasties and the Song Dynasty, Master Cheng ignored the Taoist priest's thoughts about Xia: "If you really say ~, you will die of thirst."
* * * The workers' anger can't reach the island.
Open classification: myths and legends, people, history and culture, * * * industry, not Zhoushan.
Original notes
"Huainanzi Astronomical Training": "In the past, workers and Zhuan Xu fought for the throne, but they were angry and touched the island, and the Tianzhu was broken and the land was lost. The sky is tilted to the northwest, so the sun, moon and stars are all moving. The southeast is not full, and water and dust are flowing. "
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Once upon a time, * * * workers competed with Zhuan Xu for the title of emperor (* * * workers: legendary tribal leaders. Zhuan Xu: one of the legendary Five Emperors, grandson of the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan), (* * * worker) ran into an ill-conceived mountain in a rage (bump: bump, bump. Not Zhoushan Mountain: the legendary mountain), the pillars supporting the sky are broken (according to the ancients, there are eight pillars supporting the sky in a round place, and big ropes are hung at the four corners of the ground), and the ropes hanging on the ground are broken. The sky tilts to the northwest, so the sun, moon and stars all move to the northwest. The southeast corner of the earth collapsed, so the river sediment flowed to the southeast corner. The flowing water here refers to the rivers on the earth. Dust: dust, here refers to sediment. Reflux: Reflux, here refers to the flow direction).
Myths and legends:
According to legend, Zhuan Xu, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor, was named Levin and lived in the Five Emperors (now near Puyang, Henan). He is resourceful in Minhui and enjoys high prestige among the people. The territory he ruled was also very large, many, starting from Hebei in the north, Nanling in the south, Gansu in the west and some islands in the East China Sea in the east. According to ancient history, everywhere Zhuan Xu went, he was warmly received by tribal people.
But Zhuan Xu did something unreasonable. There is such a law that he stipulates that women must avoid one side first when they meet men on the road; If you don't do this, you will be dragged to the crossroads and beaten. Although this rule is a legend, it shows that during that period in Zhuan Xu, due to the change of production mode, men became the dominant force in the clan, and women's status was lower than that of men. Patriarchal clan society replaced matriarchal clan society, and the authority of men in society was established. Contemporary with Zhuan Xu, there was a tribal leader named Gong. Legend has it that he is a red-haired two-headed snake and his mount is two dragons.
It is said that Gong surnamed Jiang is a descendant of Emperor Yan. His tribe is in today's northern Henan. He attached great importance to farming, especially water conservancy work, and invented the method of building dikes to store water. At that time, human beings were mainly engaged in agricultural production, and the use of water was very important. * * * Gong is another person who has contributed to the development of agricultural production after Shennong.
* * * The worker has a son named Houtu, who is also very proficient in agriculture. In order to develop agricultural production and do a good job in water conservancy, they inspected the land situation of the tribe together and found that some places were too high and it was very laborious to irrigate the land. Some places are too low to be flooded easily. For these reasons, it is very unfavorable to agricultural production. So, Gong made a plan to transport the soil from the height of the land to the height. He believes that leveling the high and low land can expand the cultivated area and level the highland, which is beneficial to the development of water conservancy irrigation and agricultural production.
Zhuan Xu Department disapproves of Gong's practice. Zhuan Xu believes that the highest authority in the tribe is himself, and the whole tribe should only obey his orders, and the Gong family can't make their own decisions. He objected to carrying out his plan on the grounds that it would make heaven angry. As a result, there was a fierce struggle between Zhuan Xu and the Gong family. On the surface, it is a dispute between water and soil, but in fact it is a dispute over tribal leadership.
To say that these two men are stronger, Gong is better: in terms of wit, they are not as good as Zhuan Xu. Zhuan Xu used ghosts and gods to incite tribal people, telling them not to believe the Gong family. At that time, people didn't know much about nature and believed in ghosts and gods. Many people have been taken in by Zhuan Xu. They thought that leveling Gong's land would really offend ghosts and gods and cause disaster, so Zhuan Xu won the support of most people.
* * * Gong can't get the understanding and support of the people, but he firmly believes that his plan is correct and resolutely refuses to compromise. For the benefit of people all over the world, he is determined to sacrifice himself and devote his life to his career. He came to Buzhou Mountain (now Kunlun Mountain) and wanted to knock down the peak of Buzhou Mountain to show his strong determination.
* * * Gong drove the dragon into mid-air and slammed into the island. At this moment, there was a loud noise. I saw that the island was suddenly hit by the Gong family, and was immediately broken by the middle. The whole mountain boomed and collapsed. Great changes have taken place between heaven and earth. In the sky, the sun, moon and stars have all changed their positions. On earth, mountains and rivers move and rivers change. It turns out that this mountain is a pillar between heaven and earth, and the Tianzhu is broken, which makes the rope tied to the ground collapse, only to see the earth collapse to the southeast. The sky falls to the northwest. Because the sky falls to the northwest, the sun, the moon and the stars rise from the east and land in the west every day; Because the earth collapses to the southeast, all the waters of the great rivers rush eastward and flow into the eastern sea.
* * * Gong's heroic behavior has always been respected by people. After his death, people respected him as a navy master (the god of water conservancy), and his son Hou Di was also honored as the god of country (the god of land). Later, people vowed that "the sky is above the earth" and talked about him, which shows people's respect for them.
The legend about * * * Gong contending with Zhuan Xu for the throne and bumping into Zhoushan without fighting, has been circulating for more than two thousand years. The myth mentioned above shows that at that time, our ancestors didn't know how to explain various natural phenomena and didn't understand and master the laws of nature, so they were so helpless in front of nature, so they attributed all kinds of doubts to the existence of God, and natural forces were visualized and personalized. So we created myths and legends, praised the heroes in our minds, and created legends such as Pangu, Nuwa and Huangdi.
Interpretation of "Not Surrounding the Mountain"
No, negative; Week, comprehensive and complete; Natural uplift of mountains, heights and ground. A mountain is incomplete without it. This mountain is incomplete once it has a name. * * * Gong's anger can't touch Zhoushan. When anger touches it, the mountain is called bad.