This fairy tale.

Original text:

In the past, * * workers and Zhuan Xu fought for the emperor, but their anger failed to reach the mountain, and Tianzhu lost its land. The sky leans to the northwest, so the sun, the moon and the stars move; The land is not satisfied with the southeast, the water is flowing and the dust is returning.

Translation:

Once upon a time, * * * workers competed with Zhuan Xu for the position of tribal emperor, and * * * workers were defeated in the war, so they angrily hit the island with their heads, and the pillars supporting the sky broke and the ropes tied to the ground broke. The sky leans to the northwest, so the sun, moon and stars all move to the northwest; The southeast corner of the earth collapsed, so the accumulated water and sediment in the river flowed to the southeast corner.

Extended data

According to legend, Huai Nan Zi was written by Liu An, the king of Huai Nan in the Western Han Dynasty, hence its name. Liu An's father, Chang Lu, was the illegitimate son of Emperor Gaozu, and was named King of Huainan. As the eldest son, Liu An inherited his father's title, so he was also called the King of Huainan. Liu An's Huai Nan Zi aims at Liu Che, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and opposes his political reform.

Based on the pre-Qin Taoist thought, this book combines Yin and Yang, Mohism, Legalism and some Confucianism, but its theme belongs to Taoism. "Red" means broad, while "fierce" means bright. The author thinks that this book contains as broad and bright a truth as Tao.

The account of Huainanzi is divided into twenty-one, eight and thirty-three, with Taoism in the inner part, health preservation in the middle part and miscellaneous remarks in the outer part. Mainly based on Taoist thought, it combines Confucianism, law, yin and yang. , and generally listed Huai Nan Zi as a saint. In fact, this book is the representative work of Huang Lao's research theory system, which is guided by Taoism and absorbed hundreds of theories from the Warring States to the early Han Dynasty.

In explaining philosophy, Huainanzi refers to strange things and ghosts and gods, and retains some mythological materials, such as ancient myths such as the goddess mending the sky, Houyi shooting the sun, the mountains and rivers around the workers being angry, the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, Dayu harnessing the water, and a blessing in disguise, which are mainly spread by this book.

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