Mythological Chinese rivers are an important motif in
Chinese mythology
Chinese mythology () is mythology that has been passed down in oral form or recorded in literature in the geographic area now known as Greater China. Chinese mythology includes many varied myths from regional and cultural traditions.
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, forming part of a mythological geography. Among mythological Chinese rivers are:
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Weak River
Weak may refer to:
Songs
* "Weak" (AJR song), 2016
* "Weak" (Melanie C song), 2011
* "Weak" (SWV song), 1993
* "Weak" (Skunk Anansie song), 1995
* "Weak", a song by Seether from '' Seether: 2002-2013''
Television episodes
* "Weak" (''Fear t ...
or Weak Water: a river or body of such low specific gravity that no one can swim nor anything float, not even a feather
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Red River or Red Water: one of the colored rivers flowing from
Kunlun. In his poem "
Li Sao
"''Li Sao''" (; translation: "Encountering Sorrow") is an ancient Chinese poem from the anthology ''Chuci'' traditionally attributed to Qu Yuan. ''Li Sao'' dates from the late 3rd century BCE, during the Chinese Warring States period.
Backgrou ...
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Qu Yuan crosses it on a bridge formed by dragons which he summons for the purpose
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White River or White Water: one of the colored rivers flowing from
Kunlun
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Black River or Black Water: one of the colored rivers flowing from
Kunlun
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Yellow River
The Yellow River or Huang He (Chinese: , Standard Beijing Mandarin, Mandarin: ''Huáng hé'' ) is the second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze River, and the List of rivers by length, sixth-longest river system in the world at th ...
: a colored river flowing from mount Kunlun. Often identified with the
real Yellow River. Once drunk dry by
Kua Fu
Kuafu () is a giant in Chinese mythology who wished to capture the Sun. He was a grandson of Houtu.
Story
One day, Kuafu decided to chase and catch the Sun. He followed the Sun from the East to the West, draining the Yellow River and the Wei R ...
and also said to have been ruled by the deity
He Bo
Hebo () is the god of the Yellow River (''Huang He''). The Yellow River is the main river of northern China, one of the world's major rivers and a river of great cultural importance in China. This is reflected in Chinese mythology by the tales su ...
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Yellow Springs: another name for Hell
See also
References
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Hawkes, David, translator and introduction (2011
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Latourette, Kenneth Scott ''The Chinese: Their History and Culture (Third Edition, Revised)'', 1947. New York: Macmillan.
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Legge, James, translator and "Introduction". ''The I Ching: The Book of Changes Second Edition''. New York: Dover 1963 (1899). Library of Congress 63-19508
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Paludan, Ann (1998). ''Chronicle of the Chinese Emperors: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial China''. New York, New York: Thames and Hudson.
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Schafer, Edward H. (1963) ''The Golden Peaches of Samarkand''. Berkeley: University of California Press.
*Sheppard, Odell. 1930. ''The Lore of the Unicorn -- Myths and Legends''. London: Random House UK. and (both claimed on book)
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Siu, R. G. H. 1968. ''The Man of Many Qualities: A Legacy of the I Ching'', "Preface" and "Introduction". Cambridge: Michigan Institute of Technology Press. LoCccn 68-18242.
*Strassberg, Richard E., editor, translator, and comments. 2002
018 018 may refer to
*Air Canada Flight 018, an airline flight from Hong Kong to Vancouver, Canada, illegally boarded by a Chinese man wearing a disguise in 2010
*Area code 018, a telephone area code in Uppsala, Sweden
*BMW 018, an experimental turboje ...
''A Chinese Bestiary: Strange Creatures from the GUIDEWAYS THROUGH MOUNTAINS AND SEAS''. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.
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Werner, E. T. C. (1994
922
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Year 922 ( CMXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Summer – Battle of Constantinople: Emperor Romanos I sends Byza ...
. ''Myths and Legends of China''. New York: Dover Publications.
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Wu, K. C. (1982). ''The Chinese Heritage''. New York: Crown Publishers. .
*Yang, Lihui and Deming An, with Jessica Anderson Turner (2005). ''Handbook of Chinese Mythology''. New York: Oxford University Press. {{ISBN, 978-0-19-533263-6
External links
Encyclopedia of Chinese Gods and Goddesses">Ferguson, John C. 1928. "China" in Volume VIII of ''Mythology of All Races''. Archaeological Institute of America.
Guide to Chinese gods中国行业神崇拜
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Mythological rivers