A person who chases the sun(夸父逐日)
In the Spring and Autumn Period of China, a
famous thinker (Lee Yukou), he rewritten an ancient Chinese myth.
The original text of this story comes from
the book (Shan Hai Jing).
In remote ancient times, there was a man
whose name was (Kuafu).
One morning, (Kuafu) looked at the sun that
had just risen, and an idea came to him.
I am going to chase the sun.
I want to go and see above the sun, I want
to know what it looks like over there.
He set this goal.
He began to run towards the sun.
He ran from morning to noon, and he felt
that the sun was getting closer.
The sun stays in the middle of the sky.
He was tired, so he took a break.
He took a nap, but as soon as he opened his
eyes, he was startled, how could the sun go so far to the west all at once.
He quickly got up and continued running.
He ran from noon until evening, but he felt
that the speed of the sun was getting faster and faster.
The sun was farther and farther away from
him.
He was very anxious, and he tried all his
strength to chase the sun.
He watched the sun disappear from the
valley ahead. He did not succeed.
He suddenly felt very tired, he didn't even
have the energy to take another step.
He felt intense thirst at this time, and he
saw a river beside him.
He crawled over, and drank the entire river
in one breath.
But there is still no way to make him feel
satisfied.
He remembered that there was a very large
lake in the north. He struggled to stand up, and then walked slowly to the
north. He wanted to drink water from that lake to relieve his thirst.
But his strength was completely exhausted,
and he could no longer support it.
He fell down, and he died on the road, and
the wooden stick he was carrying with him fell beside his body.
After decades and hundreds of years, the
stick rotted and became the nutrients of the land.
A whole forest of hundreds of kilometers
wide grew on the land.
When many people saw this wood, they
thought of Kuafu chasing the sun.
Some people use this idiom positively.
Describes a person who continues to move
toward his dream, he can even pay his own life for his dream.
Some people use this idiom negatively.
To describe some people who don't know that
their abilities are actually not enough, but this person has set a goal that is
impossible for them to accomplish.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
What dreams do you have that you are
willing to spend your whole life pursuing? Have you seen people around you who
have big dreams like (Kuafu) and put them into action?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
夸父逐日(A person who chases the sun)
中國的春秋時代，著名的思想家(列禦寇)，他改寫了一個中國古代的神話故事。
這個故事的原文出自於(山海經)這一本書中。
在遙遠的古代，有一個人，他的名字叫做(夸父)。
有一天早晨，(夸父)看著剛升起的太陽，他心中萌生了一個想法。
我要去追太陽。
我想去太陽上面看看，我想知道那邊是甚麼樣子。
他訂下這個目標。
他就開始朝著太陽奔跑。
他從早上一直跑到了中午，他覺得太陽已經愈來愈近。
太陽停留在天空的正中間。
他累了，所以他休息了一下。
他打了個盹，但一睜開眼睛，他嚇了一跳，太陽怎麼一下子就往西邊前進了好遠。
他趕緊起身繼續的奔跑。
他從中午跑一直跑到傍晚，但他覺得太陽的速度愈來愈快。
太陽已經離他愈來愈遠了。
他心情很焦急，他使盡全部的力氣追逐著太陽。
他看著太陽從前方的山谷之間消失。他沒有成功。
他突然覺得非常的疲累，他甚至沒有力氣再走一步了。
他這時候感到強烈的口渴，他看見旁邊有一條河。
他爬過去，他一口氣把整條河的水都喝盡了。
但是還是沒有辦法讓他感到滿足。
他記得北方有一個非常大的湖泊，他掙扎的站起來，然後慢慢向北方走，他想去那個湖泊那邊喝水解除他的口渴。
但是他的力氣已經完全用盡了，他再也支持不下去。
他倒了下來，他就死在路上，他隨身著的那一根木頭手杖，也掉落在他的屍體旁邊。
過了幾十年幾百年，這根木杖腐爛，成為土地的養分。
土地上長出了一整片寬達數百公里的樹林。
許多人看到這片樹林，就想到夸父追著太陽的這件事蹟。
這句成語有些人用在正面。
形容一個人持續地朝著自已的夢想前進，他為了自己的夢想甚至可以付出自己的性命。
這句成語有些人用在負面。
來形容一些人不知道自已的能力其實不夠，但這個人卻訂了一個自已根本不可能完成的目標。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或有怎樣的想法呢。
你有甚麼夢想是你願意花費一生去追求的呢?你周圍有看見過、具有像是(夸父)一樣擁有遠大夢想，並且付諸行動的人嗎?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。