Youchao

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Youchao (Chinese: 有巢; pinyin: Yǒucháo) is the inventor of houses and buildings, according to China's ancient mythology.[1][2] He is said to have been one of The Three August Ones in ancient China. He is an obscure figure, also known as Da Chao (大巢).[3] Tradition holds that he ruled over China for 200 years.[citation needed] According to Han Feizi, people could avoid harm from animals with the help of buildings made from wood, which was taught by Youchao.[4]

There is the legend of the Four shi (四氏), who took part in creating the world. The four members are Youchao, Suiren, Fuxi and Shennong.[5]

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  1. ^ Youchao Building Tree Houses
  2. ^ Shuyang Su: A Reader on China. Steven Wallech, Craig Hendricks, Anne Lynne Negus, Peter Wan, Touraj Daryaee: World History, A Concise Thematic Analysis: a Concise Thematic Analysis.
  3. ^ Deming An, Handbook of Chinese Mythology
  4. ^ Han Feizi ,chapter 42, "five moths(五蠹)"
  5. ^ 王恆偉. (2005) (2006) 中國歷史講堂 #1 遠古至春秋. 中華書局. ISBN 962-8885-24-3. pp. 4–7.

Sources[]

  • Christie, Anthony (1968). Chinese Mythology. Feltham: Hamlyn Publishing. ISBN 0600006379
  • Hawkes, David, translator and introduction (2011 [1985]). Qu Yuan et al., The Songs of the South: An Ancient Chinese Anthology of Poems by Qu Yuan and Other Poets. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-044375-2
  • Yang, Lihui and Deming An, with Jessica Anderson Turner (2005). Handbook of Chinese Mythology. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-533263-6
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