In ancient Chinese mythology, there are always many very strange myths and legends, such as the father of the day, the post-Yi shooting sun, etc., it can be said that these myths and stories that fight against the sun symbolize the ancient Chinese nation's spirit of resistance to natural phenomena. However, the story to be told below may be the earliest crossing story in ancient times, in the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, King Chuping's grandson LuYang Gong had the ability to "wave back the sun", as long as he waved the weapon in his hand, he could pick the sun back to 90 miles, so he was really more cattle than Houyi, could he change the day?
It turned out that in the book "Huainan Zi", there was such a story: during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Lu Yanggong, the grandson of King Chuping, was a very famous person in the local area, who knew some feng shui and public opinion techniques. Later, the northern territory of the Chu State was occupied by The Koreans, so the Duke of Luyang, on the orders of King Chu Ping, led tens of thousands of elite troops of the Chu State to engage the Korean army, and the two sides fought from the morning until the sun set, but it was still difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat.
Since there were no convenient lighting tools in ancient times when fighting wars, Lu Yanggong saw that the sun was gradually sinking in the west, and he couldn't help but be anxious. In a hurry, he shouted loudly, raised the long goe in his hand, and picked up the sun in the sky back 90 miles, making the time back to noon, and finally defeated the South Korean army and returned with a big victory.
Of course, since huainan zi itself is a Taoist work, we naturally can't believe the stories recorded in it, if The Duke of Luyang really had that kind of ability, then the Chu state would have unified the world long ago. However, this story also illustrates a problem, that is, in ancient China, the so-called crossing story was very popular with people, which shows the primitive worship of time by the ancients.
Therefore, in fact, the story of "Luyang Gong swinging back to the sun" represents the ancestors' desire to control time. But we know that even modern science cannot really grasp the passage of time, so in the present moment of good times, we should cherish time more, because people's lives are like white colts, and we cannot reverse time like Lu Yanggong, so grasping every moment of life is the right way to save time.