The Three Principle Texts of Daoism translated by ... - Bad Request

eplied: “Surely it is you who are narrow-minded andunreasonable. You are not to be compared with thewidow's son, despite his puny strength. Though I myselfmust die, I shall leave a son behind me, and through hima grandson. That grandson will beget sons in his turn,and those sons will also have sons and grandsons. Withall this posterity, my line will not die out, while on theother hand the mountain will receive no increment oraddition. Why then should I despair of levelling it to theground at last?"The Wise Old Man of the River-bend had nothing tosay in reply.One of the serpent-brandishing deities heard of theundertaking and, fearing that it might never be finished,went and told God Almighty, who was touched by theold man's simple faith, and commanded the two sons ofK'ua O to transport the mountains, one to the extremenorth-east, the other to the southern corner of Yung (asfar apart as possible).Ever since then, the region lying between Chi in thenorth and Han in the south has been an unbroken plain.