Youchao
Template:Short description Template:Infobox royalty Youchao (Template:Zh, lit. "Nest-Owner") is the inventor of houses and buildings, according to ancient Chinese mythology.[1][2] He is said to have been one of The Three August Ones in ancient China. He is an obscure figure, also known as Da Chao (Script error: No such module "Lang".).[3] Tradition holds that he ruled over China for 200 years from 3162–2962 BC.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". According to Han Feizi, people could avoid harm from animals with the help of buildings made from wood, which was taught by Youchao.[4]
There is the legend of the Four Clans (Script error: No such module "Lang".), who took part in creating the world. The four members are Youchao, Suiren, Fuxi and Shennong.[5]
References
Citations
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ Youchao Building Tree Houses
- ↑ Shuyang Su: A Reader on China. Steven Wallech, Craig Hendricks, Anne Lynne Negus, Peter Wan, Touraj Daryaee: World History, A Concise Thematic Analysis: a Concise Thematic Analysis.
- ↑ Deming An, Handbook of Chinese Mythology
- ↑ Han Feizi ,chapter 42, "five moths(五蠹)"
- ↑ Script error: No such module "Lang". (2005) (2006) Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:ISBN. pp. 4–7.
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Sources
<templatestyles src="Refbegin/styles.css" />
- Christie, Anthony (1968). Chinese Mythology. Feltham: Hamlyn Publishing. Template:ISBN
- Hawkes, David, translator and introduction (2011 [1985]). Qu Yuan et al., The Songs of the South: An Ancient Chinese Anthology of Poems by Qu Yuan and Other Poets. London: Penguin Books. Template:ISBN
- Yang, Lihui and Deming An, with Jessica Anderson Turner (2005). Handbook of Chinese Mythology. New York: Oxford University Press. Template:ISBN
Script error: No such module "Navbox". Template:Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors footer Template:Authority control