Nüzhi

Nüzhi

Nüzhi

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For the Tungusic-speaking people from Manchuria, see Jurchen people.

In Chinese mythology, Nüzhi (Chinese: 女志; pinyin: Nǚzhì; lit. 'Woman Zhi') from the Youxin (有辛) clan was the wife of Gun and the mother of Yu the Great.[1] This was mentioned in the second-century-BC text Shiben.[2]

According to the third-century Genealogical Records of Emperors and Kings (帝王世紀, Diwang Shiji) by Huangfu Mi, Nüzhi saw a falling star piercing the Hairy Head of the Chinese constellations while traveling in the mountains. Then, in a dream, she received a pearl and Job's tears and swallowed them. Her belly split open and Yu was born at Stone Knob.[3]

References

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    Hinsch, Bret (2004). "Myth and the Construction of Foreign Ethnic Identity in Early and Medieval China". Asian Ethnicity. 5 (1): 81–103. doi:10.1080/1463136032000168916.
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    Su, Xiaowei (2017). "Researching the Image of the Yellow Emperor in China's Early Textual Sources and Archaeological Materials". Journal of Chinese Humanities. 3 (1): 48–71. doi:10.1163/23521341-12340043. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
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    Cook, Constance A.; Luo, Xinhui (2017). Birth in Ancient China: A Study of Metaphor and Cultural Identity in Pre-imperial China. State University of New York Press.
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