There is an ancient Chinese fable called "The Foolish Old Man Who Removed the Mountains". It tells of an old man who lived in northern China long, long ago and was known as the Foolish Old Man of North Mountain.
His house faced south and beyond his doorway stood the two great peaks, Taihang and Wangwu, obstructing the way. He called his sons, and hoe in hand they began to dig up these mountains with great determination. Another graybeard, known as the Wise Old Man, saw them and said derisively, "How silly of you todo this! It is quite impossible for you few to dig up those two huge mountains." The Foolish Old Man replied, "When I die, my sonswill carry on; when they die, there will be my grandsons, and then their sons and grandsons, and so on to infinity. High as they are, the mountains cannot grow any higher and with every bit we dig, they will be that much lower. Why can't we clear them away?" Having refuted the Wise Old Man's wrong view, he went on digging every day, unshaken in his conviction. God was moved by this, and he sent down two angels, who carried the mountains away on their backs.
天庭为了庆祝王母娘娘寿辰,邀请众仙在瑶池一聚,天上歌舞升平。忽然天庭颤抖起来,弄得蟠桃满地都是。玉帝大怒,派手持金蛇的神仙速速下界查明缘由。
半路中大仙听有凿石垦壤的声音,并沿着声音传来的方向找去。当他看到有一个老头正带领几个人在挖太行山。神仙摇身一变,化作路人,向路人打探消息,老人告诉神仙,太行山阻挡了他家的交通,他们挖完太行山还要挖王屋山。神仙感到非常吃惊,急忙告辞,火速向玉帝禀告实情。
神仙来到瑶池,气喘呼呼地告诉玉帝:“大事不妙,一群人正在铲王屋、太行两座大山呢?”玉帝长长地松了口说:“我当是什么妖怪作梗呢?不就是一群凡人吗?只要天一下雨,他们自然会停止。”于是他派龙王速去降雨,雨下得很大。正当玉帝宣布宴会继续时,龙王禀告说:“玉帝,不行啊!这些人根本不惧大雨,雨水帮助他们冲走很多泥土。”
平帝又派风神,可结果还是一样。正当玉帝想要派天兵天将去阻止时,太上老君进谏说:“玉帝莫慌,既然这群人连风雨都不怕,我想是不会怕天兵天将的,既然他们想移走这两座大山,不如让他们实了这个愿望吧!这样他们自然会停止。”
玉帝想了想:区区凡人居然这般坚强,真是可歌可敬啊!于是派夸娥氏的两个儿子下界去帮助他们移走大山。从此,一座被放在朔东,另一座被放在庸南。
人间,老愚公家交通便利,速速脱贫致富。天上又歌舞升平。
沧海桑田,世事变迁。
一天上午,愚公正在家中喝茶。突然,他的子孙喊道:“又一座大山!”的确,是比太行、王巫两座大山还要大许多的山。
“你们听着,这是天帝的命令,谁都不能违背!”操蛇之神得意洋洋的说道。
愚公悲愤万分,他回屋拿起那把他用了七十多年的锄头,这就意味着他要移一座更大的山。“您太老了,还是养老去吧!”“锄山这类的事,就由我们来做吧!”“上次是天帝帮忙,可这次……”
每日,愚公看着他的子孙辛劳绕远。山在眼中,心在哭。
终于有一天,他拿起了锄头,感觉有点重。子孙苦劝,愚公说了句:“我能行!”就走了。
寒冬酷暑,愚公不停歇,他一下一下挥着锄头,一块块石头在他坚定的目光下战栗。日复一日,愚公不停歇,他一下一下挥着锄头,立誓要把山移走。他的邻居们来帮忙。不久,他们又都走了,他们各自说:“我不行了,山太坚固了。”愚公不说话,只是一下一下挥舞着锄头。
天帝恼怒了,他唤来风伯雨师、雷公电母,他叫醒一切厉鬼猛兽,他说要那座山变成那个违背他意志的愚公的坟墓。天像血一样红,人间闪着鬼火。在闪电雷鸣之间,愚公不停息,他一下下地挥动着锄头。突然,一个雷击中了他……他的子孙围在他身旁哭。“移……移山……”愚公艰难地说。“我不行……”子孙哭着回答。“行,你能行。”愚公用带血的手指,在一块山石上写了一个“恒”字,手就停了下来……愚公死了。
后来,有人在另外的地方——离愚公家很远很远的一座山上,见到了这块石头,人们便把这一座山叫做“恒山”。
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