Yu Gong moved the mountain

Taihang (háng), Wang Wu Ershan, Fang 700 Li, Gao Wanling (rèn). Ben is south of Ji (jì) Prefecture and north of Heyang. The Fool of the North Mountain, aged ninety, lives facing the mountain. Chéng (sè) of the north of the mountain, in and out of the roundabout (yū) also. Gathering room and plotting: "I and Ru (rǔ) Bi Li ping danger, referring to the south of Henan, up to Han Yin, can you?" "Mixed up. His wife xian doubted: "With the power of the king, Zeng (céng) can not damage the hill of kuí's father (fǔ, whispering), such as Taihang and Wang Wuhe? And put soil and stones? Miscellaneous: "Throw yourself into the tail of the Bohai Sea, the north of the hidden land." "He then led his descendants hè dān ) to the three husbands, kòu ( kòu ) stone reclamation soil , and jī běn ) to be transported at the tail of the Bohai Sea. The neighbor Shuāng's wife, Chèn, jumped to help him. Cold and summer are easy to festival, and the beginning is reversed.

River song (qū, meaning bending, and qǔ is only used in songs) Zhi Shu (sǒu) laughed and stopped: "Very much, Ru no Hui (huì)!" With the residual strength of the years, it was impossible to destroy the hair of the mountain, and it was like earth and stone? Beishan Yugong long sighed: "The solidity of the ru heart, the solidity of the chè, was not as good as the widow's wife and weak son." Although in my death, there are sons and sons, sons and grandchildren, sons and grandchildren, sons and grandchildren, children and grandchildren, and children and grandchildren, and children and grandchildren, and the mountains do not increase, why are they bitter and uneven? "Hequ Zhishu (sǒu) died (wú) to respond.

The god of the snake smelled it, feared it, and told the emperor. Emperor Qicheng ordered the second son of the Kwa'e clan to lose ershan, one cuò (cuò) Shuodong, and one cuoyong (yong) south. Since then, the south of Ji (jì), the yin of Han, and the lack of long (lǒng) have been broken. [1]

Translations

The two mountains of Taihang and Wangwu, with a radius of 700 miles and a height of 78,000 zhang, were originally in the south of Jizhou and the north of the Yellow River. A man named Yu Gong of Beishan, who was nearly ninety years old, lived facing the mountain. Suffering from the traffic jam on the north side of the mountain, he came out and went in to take a detour, so he gathered his whole family to discuss: "I will do my best with you to eradicate the steep mountain, and [the road] leads to the south of Yuzhou, to the south bank of the Han River, is it okay?" "[Everyone] is in favor. His wife questioned, "With your strength, even the hill of KuiFu cannot be bulldozed, but what about the two mountains of Taihang and Wangwu?" Besides, where do you put the soil and stones? The crowd said, "Throw it to the edge of the Bohai Sea, north of the hidden land." So (Yu Gong) led three of his descendants (who could) to pick up the burden (up the mountain), chiseled the stone and dug the soil, and transported it to the edge of the Bohai Sea with a basket, and the widow of the neighbor surnamed Jingcheng had an orphan, who was only seven or eight years old, and also jumped to help them. Winter and summer change seasons, [they] only go back and forth once.

Kawasuko (after learning of this) laughed and stopped Yu Gong, saying, "You are so unintelligent! With your remaining years and remaining strength, you can't even destroy a grass and tree on the mountain, but what about the dirt and stones on the mountain? Beishan Yugong sighed and said, "You are stubborn in your thinking, stubborn to the point of immutable, and you are not as good as widows and orphans." Even if I die, I still have a son; the son gives birth to a grandson, and the grandson gives birth to a son; the son has a son, and the son has a grandson; the children and grandchildren are not exhausted, but the mountain will not increase in height, so why worry about digging unevenly? He Qu Zhisuo had no words to answer.

The mountain god with the snake in his hand heard about this incident, and was afraid that he would keep doing it and reported it to the Heavenly Emperor. Touched by his sincerity, the Emperor ordered the two sons of the Hercules quacks to carry two mountains on their backs, one in Shuodong and one in Yongnan. Since then, the southern part of Jizhou, (to) the south bank of the Han River, there is no high mountain barrier.