Aunt Joan's Chinese Mythological Stories

After the nine suns, six great monsters still terrorized the land. Hou Yi hunted them all down, one by one. A hero's life is not one battle, but many.

射日之后，后羿接连诛杀凿齿、九婴、大风等六大怪物，为人间除去最后的祸患。英雄的一生，不止一战。

For thirteen years, Da Yu walked every mountain and river, carving channels through stone to guide the floodwaters to the sea. Three times he passed his own front door — and did not go in.

大禹历时十三年治水，踏遍九州山川，凿山疏河。三过家门而不入，成就了中国神话最伟大的英雄传奇。

Gun failed and was executed — yet his body would not decay. Three years later, his son Yu burst forth from within him. Death was not the end.

鲧治水失败被杀，身体三年不腐。大禹从他腹中诞生，鲧化为黄熊而去。死亡不是终点，而是新的开始。

The great flood covered the earth. Gun defied the order of heaven and stole magic soil that grows by itself — all to save the people. This is the father's story, before his son became a legend.

洪水肆虐，鲧不惜违抗天帝，偷来能自长的神土息壤，只为拯救苍生。这是大禹之前，一个父亲的故事。

Chi You marched north with eighty-one warrior brothers to seize all the lands. The Yellow Emperor summoned the gods of heaven for the greatest battle in ancient Chinese myth.

铜头铁额的蚩尤率八十一兄弟向北进犯。黄帝集结众神，在涿鹿之野展开了上古最伟大的一场大战。

Even after losing his head in battle, the warrior Xingtian never stopped fighting — brave and undefeated forever.

刑天在战场上失去了头颅，却从未放弃。他以胸为眼，以腹为口，手持盾斧，永远起舞，永不言败。

The Flame Emperor's daughter drowned in the eastern sea — and was reborn as a small bird. Every day she carries a pebble from the mountains and drops it into the sea. She has never stopped.

炎帝之女溺海而亡，化为精卫鸟。她每天衔来石子投入大海，立誓要将它填平，从未停歇。

The giant Kuafu vowed to chase the sun and catch it. He drained rivers dry — but died of thirst just short of his goal. His staff became a forest of peach trees for all who followed.

巨人夸父立誓追上太阳，喝干了黄河渭水，却渴死在路上。他的手杖化成桃林，永远为后来者遮阴。