YuGongMovesMountainsThereweretwohugemountainsbetweenthesouthofJizhouareaandthenorthoftheYellowRiver.OnewascalledTaihangMountainandtheotherwascalledWangwuMountain.Atthefootofthenorthmountain,therelivedanoldmannearlyninetyyearsold,whonamedYuGong.YuGongandhisfamilywerequiteinconvenienttotheoutsideworldeverydaybecauseoftheblockingofthetwomountains.SoYuGongputthewholefamilytogethertodiscussaboutthematrHesaid,"Whydon'tweworktogethertoremovethetwobigmountains?Inthisway,theroadstraightlyleadstothesouthofYuzhouandrechesthsouthbankofHanshui.Whatdoyouthink?"Everyonesaiditwasagoodidea.However,hiswifewasworriedandaskedhim,"Iknowyoudidn'thavethestrengthandabilitytoremovethesmallhilllikeKuif,aswellasthetwohugemountains.Andwhatabouttherocksandsoilonthemountains?"Theothersreplied,"ThrowthemtotheshoreofBohaisaandthenorthofYintuarea."Thenextday,YuGongwentuptothemoun-tainwithhissonsandgrandchildren.Sometookthehoesandtheotherscarriedtheshoulderpoles.Theybegantochiseltherocks,scoopedawaythemud,andbroughtthestonestotheshoreofBohaiseawiththebamboobaskets.AwidowsurnamedJingchenglivednearthehouseofYuGong.Hersonwasaboutsevenoreightyearsoldwhobegantogrowper-manenttethatthattime.WhenhesawwhatYuGongandhissonsweredoing,healsoskippedalongtohelpthem.Inthisway,itwashardworktoremovemountains.Becauseittookthepeoplewhotransportedthestonesoneyeartogothereandback.ThewisemanlivinginthebayoftheriverlaughedatYuGong,"Youaretoostupid!Youcan't

evenchopdownatreeor

aplantonthehillwithallyourstrengthatyour

age.Furthermore,wouldyoutryto

movealltheearthandthestones?"YuGongsighedandsaid,"Youarestubbornsofar!Allthepeopleknowitverywelleventhewidowandittlechildren.

If

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weredeadsomeday,mychil-drenandgrandchildrencouldcontinuetoremovethemountains.Themountainswouldneverrisehigher,whilemydescendantscouldgoondoingthatgenerationbygeneration.Sowhyareyouafraid?"Thewisemanblushedatonceandleftwithoutaword.Whenthegodofmountainsheardaboutit,hewasafraidthatYuGongwouldwentondiggingdownthemountainwithoutendandreportedittotheEmperorofHeaven.TheEmperorofHeavenwasdeeplymovedbythesincerityofYuGong.Therefore,hesentthetwosonsofthegodKua'e

totakeTaihangMountainandWangwuMountainaway.Fromthenon,therewerenomountainsblockingat

allfromthesouthofJizhouareatothesouthbankoftheHanshui.