Youchao

Youchao (Chinese: 有巢; pinyin: Yǒucháo) is the inventor of houses and buildings, according to China's ancient mythology.[1][2] 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(大巢).[3] 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.[4]

There is the legend of the Four shi (四氏), who took part in creating the world. The four members are Youchao, Suiren, Fuxi and Shennong.[5]

References
  1. Youchao Building Tree Houses
  2. Shuyang Su: A Reader on China. Steven Wallech, Craig Hendricks, Anne Lynne Negus, Peter Wan, Touraj Daryaee: World History, A Concise Thematic Analysis: a Concise Thematic Analysis.
  3. Deming An, Handbook of Chinese Mythology
  4. Han Feizi ,chapter 42, "five moths(五蠹)"
  5. 王恆偉. (2005) (2006) 中國歷史講堂 #1 遠古至春秋. 中華書局. ISBN 962-8885-24-3. p 4–7.

References consulted
  • Christie, Anthony (1968). Chinese Mythology. Feltham: Hamlyn Publishing. ISBN 0600006379
  • Hawkes, David, translator and introduction (2011 [1985]). Qu Yuan et al., The Songs of the South: An Ancient Chinese Anthology of Poems by Qu Yuan and Other Poets. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-044375-2
  • Yang, Lihui and Deming An, with Jessica Anderson Turner (2005). Handbook of Chinese Mythology. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-533263-6
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