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2.4 Kua Fu Chased the Sun |
The story is recorded in the Shah Hai Jing, a classics of fairy tales about mountains and seas.
"Once in a boundless desert there were mountains named Chengdu Zaitian. And there lived in the mountains a man named Kua Fu, who was twined by two yellow snakes and he himself also held two yellow snakes in his hands. He was the son of Xin and grandson of Hou Tu.
One day, Kua Fu decided to run after the setting sun and grasp it in the Yu Valley. In the midway he felt terribly thirsty, so he went to drink in the river but the water in the river was not enough for him. He then turned to the sea, but before he could reach the coast, he died of thirst. "
Another story about Kua Fu was as follows:
"One day Kua Fu caught up with the sun and entered into it. As he was terribly thirsty, he went to drink in the Yellow River and the Wei River, but the water in the two rivers was not enough for him, so he turned northward to the sea. Before he could reach there he died of thirst. And his stick was lost in the wild field and it grew up into a forest."
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