The original text of ancient poems and essays
The past, Gonggong and Zhuanxu (zhuān xū) competed for emperors, and they were angry and touched the mountain of the unsurpassed mountain, the pillar of heaven was broken, and the earth was destroyed. The sky tilts northwest, so the sun, moon, stars move; the earth does not fill the southeast, so the water and dust return.
Translation of ancient poems and essays
Once upon a time, Gonggong and Zhuanxu competed for the position of the tribe's Emperor. In anger, Gonggong hit the Buzhou Mountain with his head. The pillar of heaven was broken, and the big rope tied to the ground was also broken. The sky tilts to the northwest, so the sun, moon and stars all move here; the earth collapses to the southeast, so the flowing water and dust on the rivers and roads gather here.
Modern story
In ancient times, the world was deserted, with only a lot of forests. There was no fire at that time. When people hunted wild animals, they ate raw meat and drank raw blood, that is, they ate raw meat and drank blood.
On the turbulent Kunlun Mountain, there is a palace called Guangming Palace, where Zhurong, the descendant of Zhuanxu, lives. Zhurong Seeing that the people were eating raw meat, he really couldn't bear it, so he gave the fire to people and taught them how to use fire. When people ignite the fire, they can rack the hunted prey on the fire and cook it and eat it. The cooked meat is very fragrant and delicious. Not only is it delicious, but it also reduces the disease. Therefore, people are both grateful and worshipping the Vulcan God Zhurong.
Vulcan 's prestige is getting higher and higher, but Water God Gonggong is unhappy. He said angrily: "Water and fire are indispensable things in nature. Why do people only worship the god of Fire?" The more he thought about it, he became more angry, so he asked the god of Fire Zhu Rong to argue. By the way, this Water God Gonggong is really a bad temper. The two started a fight without reaching a negotiation. Gonggong led his aquarium to attack Zhurong's Palace of Light, extinguishing the divine fire that symbolized light on the top of the palace, which was always unscathed. In an instant, the world was dark.
This annoyed the Vulcan Zhurong, and he rode his mount, Fire Dragon, to fight Gonggong. The fire dragon's body reflected the whole sky red, illuminating the earth like daylight. The fire dragon circled over the Palace of Light like a hurricane, opening its mouth wide and spitting out its tongue, and the divine fire instantly ignited again. When Gonggong saw that the divine fire was ignited again, he became angry and transferred water from all over the world to suck it into his stomach, and suddenly spitted it at the god of fire, fire dragon and divine fire. At that time, the fire dragon jumped and wrapped around the water god Gonggong. The long tongue of fire burned Gonggong to his head. He ran desperately, but he couldn't get rid of the fire dragon. He panicked and hit Buzhou Mountain. With a loud bang, Buzhou Mountain collapsed. Buzhou Mountain is a huge pillar supporting the Tianhe River. As soon as the mountain collapsed, the sky collapsed, breaking a big hole. Suddenly, the water from the Tianhe River poured down, flooding, causing huge disasters to the world.
What we often say "water and fire are incompatible" comes from the allusion of Zhurong's battle with Gonggong!
