Why do some people say that the metaphor of "Yu Gong Yi Shan" is persistent, while the metaphor of "Jingwei Reclamation" is futile?

Legend has it that Jingwei is the daughter of Emperor Yan, whose real name is a girl. One day, she swam in the East China Sea and drowned in the sea. After death, the soul becomes a bird. It takes stones from the mountains and throws them into the East China Sea every day, vowing to fill the sea. However, because the sea is too big, she is still doing reclamation projects?

Similar to this story, Yu Gong moved mountains. Yugong, who was nearly ninety years old, felt that the two mountains in front of his house (Taihang Mountain and Wuwangshan Mountain) blocked the traffic, so he called on everyone in his family and neighborhood to move the mountains together. Finally, his spirit touched the emperor, who invited two great gods to move mountains.

There is a question here, why can the spirit of the foolish old man touch the emperor of heaven, but the spirit of the jingwei bird cannot? Why are the endings of two people so different?

Some people say that Gong Yu is doing something meaningful to the descendants of the family, while Jingwei Bird is just venting personal grievances, so their endings are different.

In fact, an in-depth study of the reasons behind the story of Jingwei bird's reclamation shows the desire of primitive human beings who suffered from natural disasters to conquer nature, and Gong Yu's moving mountains is also a practical activity of human beings to conquer nature. There is little difference between the two in essence, and both want to conquer nature. Why are there different endings?

Are mountains easier to move and seas harder to fill?

This is actually a very important factor. In the eyes of the ancients, the sea was much bigger than the mountain. When Gong Yu moved the mountain, he said that all the excavated stones would be filled into the Bohai Sea in the future. The subtext is that the capacity of the sea can easily engulf Taihang Mountain and Wu Wang.

It can be seen that in the minds of the ancients, the height of the mountain is limited, but the size of the sea is infinite. With the strength of children and grandchildren, Gong Yu may have a successful day, and the reclamation of Jingwei is filling a bottomless pit. Even if she throws a hundred Taihang Mountains and Wuwangshan Mountains into the sea, the sea will not be filled.

This is why Gong Yu can move mountains, but Jingwei can't, because I'm afraid even the emperor can't do it himself.

Another factor is that Gong Yu can succeed and Jingwei is doomed to fail, which also has a lot to do with their origins.

We all know that Jingwei Bird is the daughter of Emperor Yan, but who is Gong Yu? He is actually the incarnation of Yu, the descendant of the Chinese people.

Dayu and Gong Yu are the same person, and the evidence is as follows:

1. Taihang Mountain and Wuwangshan Mountain in Yishan, Gong Yu originally belonged to Jizhou. Gong Yu thought that if they moved away, they could go directly to Yuzhou in the future. In ancient times, Yao and Shun were kings of Jizhou, and Dayu cast Jiuding after he succeeded to the throne, and put the largest tripod in Yuzhou. Since then, the world has been centered on Yuzhou. So from Jizhou to Yuzhou, it actually implies the transfer of the political center after Dayu succeeded to the throne.

2. The two mountains that Gong Yu wants to move are Taihang Mountain and Wuwangshan Mountain, and in Shangshu Gong Yu, there is a record of Dayu dredging Wuwangshan and Taihang Mountain for water control. Column, analyze the city as for the king's house; Taihang and Hengshan as for Jieshi, they entered the sea. ? It is also reasonable for Dayu to move away when he meets a mountain that hinders the river.

There are signs that Dayu is the prototype of Gong Yu, while Gong Yu actually refers to Gong Yu. Dayu is the great grandson of the Yellow Emperor, and Jingwei Bird is the daughter of Emperor Yan. After the two emperors formed an alliance to defeat Chiyou tribe, another war broke out in Yanhuang tribe. As a result, Huangdi won and Yandi lost. Then the fate of the descendants of Emperor Yan can be imagined.

Some scholars think? Jingwei reclamation? It is a product of the historical facts of tribal marriage and a true reflection of the marriage between the prince of Yan Di tribe and Shao Hao tribe in Di Jun era. It actually describes the sad feelings of Princess Yan Di's daughter-in-law after she married the prince of the Dijun tribe. It is a vivid portrayal of the tragedy of women's marriage and fate, and it is also the earliest in the history of China? Kissing? The reflection of historical events.