#62

    "Why did Qi suffered hardship
    and how did he succeed
    in warding it off?"

    何启惟忧，而能拘是达？

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    #61

    "Qi took the throne
    on behalf of Bo-Yi,
    and eventually met
    with mishap."

    启代益作后，卒然离蠥

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    #60

    "How did they bear to part
    after spending
    only a night together?"

    胡为嗜不同味，而快朝饱？

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    #59

    "The lady
    became his mate
    and she bore him
    a descent son."

    闵妃匹合，厥身是继

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    #58

    "How did he win the heart
    of the maiden of Mount Tu,
    and later settle her down
    at Mount Tai?"

    焉得彼嵞山女，而通之於台桑？

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    #57

    "Yu laboured and succeeded
    in his divine duty,
    hence was called upon
    to rule the country."

    禹之力献功，降省下土四方。

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    #63

    "All the people worked hard
    to perform their duties
    and did no harm to them."

    皆归射鞠，而无害厥躬。

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    #41

    "Gun was cast off
    eternally on Mount Yu,
    why for three whole years
    did his dead body not rot?"

    永遏在羽山，夫何三年不施？

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    #40

    "And if he accomplished the
    work according to his will,
    why did the high Lord Yao sentenced his death?"

    顺欲成功，帝何刑焉？

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    #39

    "What sacred virtues
    did Gun learn from the
    Great Horned-Turtles
    that followed beak to tail?"

    鸱龟曳衔，鲧何听焉？

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    #38

    "Why did the people have confidence in him and
    allowed him to try out?"

    佥曰“何忧”，何不课而行之？

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    #37

    "If Gun was forbidden
    to quell the floods
    why was he assigned
    to take charge?"

    不任汩鸿，师何以尚之？

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    #80

    "The Universe is vast
    without limits,
    why then am I
    alone to weep?"

    天地悠悠，独怆然涕下？

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    #42

    "When Gun turned
    into a bear,
    where did the bear
    swam to?"

    焉有虬龙、负熊以游？

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    #24

    "The Heaven-made
    pattern embraces all,
    and when the Yang-spirit leaves,
    death ensues."

    天式从横，阳离爰死。

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    #23

    "Why are the Ruo flowers bright
    before Xi He has risen?"

    羲和之未扬，若华何光？

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    #22

    "What land does the Sun
    not shine its rays on?
    Where else can the
    Torch Dragon lights?"

    日安不到？烛龙何照？

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    #21

    "Before the Horn has proclaimed the dawning of the day,
    where does the Lord of Light conceal itself?"

    角宿未旦，曜灵安藏？

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    #56

    "Why did the Great Birds cry?
    How did their huge body disintegrate when they died?"

    大鸟何鸣，夫焉丧厥体？

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    #64

    "How did Bo-Yi
    lost his throne
    and Yu's heir prospered?"

    何后益作革，而禹播降？

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    #25

    "Towards evening there was thunder and lightning,
    who is in sorrow?"

    薄暮雷电，归何忧?

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    #10

    "Where does the horizon
    between the nine-tiered Heaven and Earth extend to
    and where do they meet?"

    九天之际，安放安属？

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    #09

    "How did he align
    the Eight Pillars that
    supported the sky,
    how did the Southeast pillar become damaged?"

    八柱何当，东南何亏？

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    #20

    "How did Mother Star
    the Virgin,
    bare her nine children
    without a union?"

    女歧无合，夫焉取九子？

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    #36

    "How big is the snake
    that can swallow
    an entire elephant?"

    灵蛇吞象，厥大何如？

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    #79

    "Will Technology
    replace culture?"

    科技愈发达，取代传统？

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    #43

    "Since Yu was born
    from the belly of Gun
    how different will he be in
    dealing with the flood issues?"

    伯禹愎鲧，夫何以变化？

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    #11

    "How many times
    did Heaven and Earth intersect?"

    隅隈多有，谁知其数？

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    #01

    "Who guided the
    formation of matter,
    since ancient beginnings?"

    遂古之初，谁传道之？

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    #19

    "How does the Sun and Moon hold to their courses
    and the stars in the skies
    keep their places?"

    日月安属？列星安陈？

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    #55

    "How did Yi shot down
    the Nine Suns?
    Where are the feathers of the Crows scattered?"

    羿焉彃日？乌焉解羽？

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    #65

    "Qi dreamt that he was invited to ascend to Heaven to be guest,
    and brought back the tunes
    of the Nine Changes
    and the Nine Songs?"

    启棘宾商，《九辨》、《九歌》。

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    #26

    "The Lord of the Rain,
    Ping, can summon the rain,
    how then does he
    make it more intense?"

    蓱号起雨，何以兴之？

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    #02

    "How was it
    before the sky formed above
    and the Earth took
    its place below?"

    上下未形，何由考之?

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    #08

    "Where were the
    Circling Cords fastened,
    and where were the
    Celestial Axes fixed?"

    斡维焉系，天极焉加？

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    #35

    "Where is the
    Nine-Branched Weed?
    Where is the Flower of the Great Hemp?"

    靡蓱九衢，枲华安居？

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    #78

    "With no successor picking up
    this unique technique,
    is the son at fault?"

    后续无人， 子之过错？

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    #44

    "If Yu carried on the
    unfinished works of his father,
    in what ways will he
    succeed his father's plans?"

    纂就前绪，遂成考功。

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    #12

    "How does Heaven
    coordinates its motions?
    How was the eclipse divided
    into Twelve Houses?"

    天何所沓？十二焉分？

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    #03

    "What could have
    penetrated that murk,
    when darkness and brightness
    were undivided in Chaos?"

    冥昭瞢闇，谁能极之？

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    #07

    "Whose work was this,
    and how did he engineered
    and built it?"

    惟兹何功，孰初作之？

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    #18

    "What are those
    dark spots on the Moon?
    Is there a rabbit
    hiding in its belly?"

    厥利维何，而顾兔在腹?

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    #54

    "South to North
    extends long and narrow.
    How much longer and thinner
    will it stretch?"

    南北顺堕，其衍几何？

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    #66

    "Why, if he was a filial son,
    did he harmed his mother,
    and shattered her bones all over?"

    何勤子屠母，而死分竟地？

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    #27

    "Where does the
    Lord of the Wind live,
    and where does he blow the Auspicious Wind from?"

    伯强何处？惠气安在？

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    #04

    "How was it perceived
    when the matter is inchoate?"

    冯翼惟像，何以识之？

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    #06

    "Who measured and surveyed
    the circular and
    nine-tiered Heaven?"

    圜则九重，孰营度之？

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    #34

    "Where can we find
    a rock forest?
    What sort of beasts
    can talk?"

    焉有石林？何兽能言？

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    #77

    "Where, before me,
    are the ages that have gone?
    And where, behind me,
    are the coming generations"

    前不见古人， 后怎得来者？

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    #45

    "If Yu carried on
    the prior plans
    of the unfinished works,
    how did he apply his own strategies to it?"

    何续初继业，而厥谋不同？

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    #13

    "Where is the Heavenly Gate
    that closes to cause darkness
    and opens to cause brightness?"

    何阖而晦？何开而明？

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    #05

    "How did
    Yin and Yang materialised,
    evolved, and combined,
    to form the Universe?"

    阴阳三合，何本何化？

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    #17

    "What virtue
    moves the Moon,
    to flourish yet
    again after death?"

    夜光何德，死则又育？

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    #53

    "From East to West, South to North,
    which length is greater,
    which land has the greatest amount of soil?"

    东西南北，其修孰多？

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    #67

    "Emperor Yao sent Lord Yi
    to overcome the calamities
    of the people below."

    帝降夷羿，革孽夏民。

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    #28

    "How does the deer-bodied Lord of the Wind with its
    docile and supple physique
    respond to the rain?"

    撰体胁鹿，何以膺之？

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    #14

    "How has it become natural
    for daytime to be bright
    and nighttime to be dark?"

    明明闇闇，惟时何为？

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    #15

    "The sun rises from
    the Gulf of Brightness
    and sets in the Vale of Murk."

    出自汤谷，次于蒙氾。

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    #16

    "How many miles
    had the Sun travelled
    between dawn and darkness?"

    自明及晦，所行几里?

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    #33

    "Where is the Black Water
    that dyes the feet,
    and where is the
    Mountain of Three Perils?"

    黑水、玄趾，三危安在？

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    #76

    "Men and Women
    are matched in pairs,
    thus Ten Thousand Beings
    began to multiply."

    男女不成双， 万物何繁衍？

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    #46

    "How did he dam the rivers up
    where they were an
    unfathomable abyss?"

    洪泉极深，何以窴之？

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    #29

    "Where does the Hanging Gardens
    of Kun-Lun
    rest upon?"

    昆仑县圃，其尻安在？

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    #30

    "How many miles high
    are the Nine Layers of Terraced Walls?"

    增城九重，其高几里？

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    #31

    "Who can pass through
    the gates in its four sides?"

    四方之门，其谁从焉？

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    #32

    "What sort of wind
    passes through its
    North and Western gates
    when they are open?"

    西北辟启，何气通焉？

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    #52

    "Who knows why the
    eastward flow never exhausts
    and fills the seas?"

    东流不溢，孰知其故？

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    #68

    "Why then did he shoot
    the Lord of the River
    and took to wife
    the Lady of the Luo?"

    胡射夫河伯，而妻彼雒嫔？

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    #47

    "How did he distinguish the barren and fertile fields
    and grade them into the Nine Lands?"

    地方九则，何以坟之？

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    #48

    "How did the waters
    drained from the Nine Lands
    and meander through the valleys?"

    九州安错？川谷何洿？

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    #49

    "How did the Winged Dragon draw on the ground with its tail?"
    "How did the rivers and seas
    begin to flow with ease?"

    河海应龙？何尽何历？

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    #50

    "What distracted Gun's plans?
    What lead to Yu's accomplishment in his plans?"

    鲧何所营？禹何所成？

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    #51

    "Why, when the Lord of the Water was enraged,
    did he sink the Earth down towards the Southeast?"

    康回冯怒，坠何故以东南倾？

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    #75

    "Who was the one,
    who moulded and fashioned Nu Wa in her unique form?"

    女娲有体，孰制匠之？

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    #69

    "With his trusty bow
    and good thumb-ring
    he shot the Great Swine."

    冯珧利决，封豨是射。

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    #70

    "Why, when he offered
    the meat as a sacrifice,
    was Emperor Yao displeased?"

    何献蒸肉之膏，而后帝不若？

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    #71

    "Zhuo took the Black Fox to wife,
    and plotted the murder
    of Yi with Yi's wife."

    浞娶纯狐，眩妻爰谋

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    #72

    "How was it possible
    to have Yi murdered
    when he was so
    well-skilled in archery?"

    何羿之射革，而交吞揆之？

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    #73

    "Where can we find the land where people do not die?
    What magical powers do
    these immortals possess?"

    白蜺婴茀，胡为此堂？

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    #74

    "Where can we find the Elixir of Immortality,
    why ironically are we
    not able to preserve it?"

    安得夫良药，不能固臧？

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