How Did They Change Mountains?
Posted on Thursday, January 7th, 2010
The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains (Chinese Legend)
Story in Progress
…The Wise Old Man at the River Bend stopped the old man. He laughed and said, “How unwise you are! At your age, old and feeble as you are, you cannot even remove one hair on the mountain, let alone so much earth and so many rocks!”
The Foolish Old Man of the North Mountain heaved a long sign and said, “You are so conceited that you are blind to reason. Even a widow and a child know better than you. When I die, there will be my sons, who will have their sons and grandsons. Those grandsons will have their sons and grandsons, and so on to infinity. But the mountains will not grow. Why is it impossible to level them?” The Wise Old Man at the River Bend could not answer him…
From Lie zi (Writings of Lie Yu Kou)
The Beak of the 10th Sun Raven STILL GLOWS!
