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An old man lived in the mountains with his young grandson

A Foolish Old Man Moves Mountains 2. Two mountains, Tàiháng 太形 and Wángwū 王屋, measure seven hundred lǐ 里 around and were ten thousand rèn 仞 high. They used to be located south of Jìzhōu 冀州 and north of Héyáng 河阳. 3. North of the two mountains there lived an old man of nearly ninety called Yùgōng 愚公 (which meant “Foolish Old Man”). His house faced the mountains, which inconveniently… Read More »