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Yuquan (Chinese: 虞泉; pinyin: yúquān), also known as Yuyuan (Chinese: 虞渊; pinyin: yúyuān), is a place in Chinese mythology where the sun rests.
Yuyuan first appears in Huainanzi, a collection of essays to help the Prince Liu an govern, as the name of the last stop of the solar chariot driven by Xihe. There, the sun rests until dawn. "When the sun reaches Yuyuan, is called twilight.".[1]
According to Hanshu, Yuyuan is in a sea in the Southern extremities and borders the world of evil. Jinshu wrote "Can I not climb to the sea and restrain the east-flowing water, and visit Yuquan and invoke the day of returning to the west?
Etymology[edit]
Song Dynasty literary critic Wu Zhengzi wrote that the term yuyuan was changed to yuquan, with the quan meaning spring, during the Tang Dynasty to avoid sharing a name with its founder Li Yuan. [2]
Location of Kuafu's death[edit]
Zhang Zhan, in his compilation of Liezi, wrote that Yugu (Chinese: 隅谷; pinyin: yúgu) is another name for Yuyuan. Yugu appears in Liezi as the location where Kuafu died at the end of his chasing of the sun.
The Sun Nears Yu Yuan[edit]
Ri Bo Yu Yuan 日薄虞渊, or The Sun Nears Yu Yuan is a chengyu originating from the Jin Dynasty writer Xiang Xiu, who used it in the context of remembering the death of two of his friends. Later variations also replace Yu Yuan with other names for sunsets.
In literature and poetry[edit]
Yuyuan has also captured the imagination of many Chinese poets and writers. For example, the poet Liu Zongyuan wrote "Did you know Kuafu chased the sun to the point he could peek in Yuyuan?" in his poem Xinglunan 行路难. Li Shangyin also wrote "Xihe drives his solar chariot until resting at Yuquan, never letting the sun turn around towards the East."[3]
In Popular Culture[edit]
- Yuquan Town is the hometown of playable characters Yao, Yanyan, and Du Ruo in mobile game Path to Nowhere. The three arrive to the city where the story is set after a Jinwu plagues the city with ten suns.
- Yuyuan is used in the version 2.7 title of mobile game Genshin Impact to describe the Chasm, a place where a solar chariot is said to have fallen.
- The Yuyuan Guards are a group of guards protecting an ancient seal in the novel, manhua, and donghua series The Legend of Qin. Main character Xiao Yu and her brother, Yu Ziqi, belong to this group and share their last names with the Yu in Yuyuan.
- Godherja：The Dying World, a mod to video game Crusader Kings III, is called "The Sun sets in Yuyuan" in Chinese.
- Yuyuan Valley is a valley of the yuren in the fictional universe Novoland.
References[edit]
- ^ Major, John S.; Queen, Sarah A.; Meyer, Andrew Seth; Roth, Harold D. (2010). The Huainanzi. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-52085-0.
- ^ Chen Hongzhi, Li He, 1979, Annotated Poetry of Li Changji. p.136
- ^ Li Shangyin, Leyouyuan 樂遊原 ．Wikisource, https://zh.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E6%A8%82%E9%81%8A%E5%8E%9F_(%E6%9D%8E%E5%95%86%E9%9A%B1)&oldid=1989724