Youchao (, lit. "Nest-Owner") is the inventor of houses and buildings, according to China's ancient
mythology
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. He is said to have been one of
The Three August Ones in ancient China. He is an obscure figure, also known as Da Chao (). Tradition holds that he ruled over China for 200 years. According to
Han Feizi, people could avoid harm from animals with the help of buildings made from wood, which was taught by Youchao.
There is the legend of the Four Clans (), who took part in creating the world. The four members are Youchao,
Suiren,
Fuxi
Fuxi or Fu Hsi (伏羲 ~ 伏犧 ~ 伏戲) is a culture hero in Chinese legend and mythology, credited along with his sister and wife Nüwa with creating humanity and the invention of music, hunting, fishing, domestication, and cooking as wel ...
, and
Shennong
Shennong (), variously translated as "Divine Farmer" or "Divine Husbandman", born Jiang Shinian (), was a mythological Chinese ruler known as the first Yan Emperor who has become a deity in Chinese and Vietnamese folk religion. He is vene ...
.
[王恆偉. (2005) (2006) 中國歷史講堂 #1 遠古至春秋. 中華書局. . pp. 4–7.]
References
Citations
Sources
* Christie, Anthony (1968). ''Chinese Mythology''. Feltham: Hamlyn Publishing.
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Hawkes, David, translator and introduction (2011
985. Qu Yuan ''et al.'', ''The Songs of the South: An Ancient Chinese Anthology of Poems by Qu Yuan and Other Poets''. London: Penguin Books.
* Yang, Lihui and Deming An, with Jessica Anderson Turner (2005). ''Handbook of Chinese Mythology''. New York: Oxford University Press.
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