-Excerpt from Shan Hai Jing
Kuafu marched from Japan and entered Japan; Thirst, desire to drink, drink in the river, Wei; He, Wei and Bei drink Ozawa. Before he arrived, he died of thirst. Abandoned his staff and became Deng Lin.
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Kuafu raced against the sun until the sun set; He felt thirsty and wanted to drink water, so he went to the Yellow River and Weishui to drink water. The Yellow River and the Weihe River are short of water, so we go to the great lakes in the north to drink water. I died of thirst before I got to the Great Lake. His abandoned cane turned into a peach garden.
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(1) Drive away: run a race. 11: competition. Go: Run.
(2) into the sun: catch up with the place where the sun goes down.
⑶ Want to drink water: I want to drink water to quench my thirst.
(4) Rivers and Weihe River: namely the Yellow River and Weihe River.
5. Drink osawa in the north: the Great Lakes. Legend has it that thousands of miles away, in the north of Yanmen Mountain. North: Positional nouns as adverbials, facing north.
[6] Die of thirst: die of thirst halfway.
(7) Deng Lin: The place name is now at the junction of Henan, Hubei and Anhui provinces near Dabie Mountain. Deng Lin is the "Peach Forest".
Not arrived: not arrived.
(9) Thirst: Feel thirsty.
⑽ Discard: Discard.
⑾ in favor: become.
(12) Day by day: chasing the sun.
Different meanings of ancient and modern times
(1) Kuafu and the sun go away: ancient meaning: run. Meaning: OK.
2 drink in the river, Weihe River: ancient meaning: especially the Yellow River. Modern meaning: refers to all rivers.
A Brief Introduction to Shan Hai Jing
Shan Hai Jing is an ancient book of China in the pre-Qin period. Generally speaking, it mainly describes ancient myths, geography, products, witchcraft, religion, ancient history, medicine, folk customs, nationalities and so on. Some scholars believe that Shan Hai Jing is not only a myth, but also an ancient geography, including some overseas mountains, rivers, birds and animals.