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Kuafu

For the Chinese space program, see Kuafu project.
Kuafu
Kuafu from a 17th-century print of the Shanhaijing, after original drawing by Hu Wenhuan.[1]
Chinese夸父
Literal meaningHandsome Father[2]
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinKuā Fù
Wade–GilesKʻua1 Fu4
IPA[kʰwá.fû]
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingkwaa1 fu6
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinese/kʰˠua bɨoX/
Old Chinese
Zhengzhang/*kʰʷraː baʔ/
Illustration from the Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China (early 18th century)
Stone carving at the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, with inscription "Kua Fu Chases the Sun"

Kuafu (Chinese: 夸父) is a giant in Chinese mythology who wished to capture the Sun.[3] He was a grandson of Houtu.[4]

  1. ^ Yang, 154
  2. ^ Richard E. Strassberg (translator). (2018) A Chinese Bestiary: Strange Creatures from the Guideways through Mountains and Seas 1st edition. p. 266
  3. ^ "Chinese Myth". Archived from the original on 2007-01-01. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  4. ^ Yang, 155 and 263
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