Original Text & Translation原文与译文
山海經·海外北經 · Shan Hai Jing · Wikisource
夸父與日逐走，入日。渴，欲得飲，飲於河、渭，河、渭不足，北飲大澤。未至，道渴而死。棄其杖，化為鄧林。
Kuafu raced with the sun, chasing it into the sunset. Parched, he wished to drink, so he drank from the Yellow River and the Wei River. The Yellow River and Wei River were insufficient, so he headed north to drink from the Great Marsh. Before reaching it, he died of thirst on the road. Casting aside his wooden staff, it transformed into the Denglin forest.
山海經·大荒北經 · Shan Hai Jing · Wikisource
大荒之中，有山名曰成都載天。有人珥兩黄蛇，把兩黄蛇，名曰夸父。后土生信，信生夸父。夸父不量力，欲追日景，逮之于禺谷。將飲河而不足也，將走大澤，未至，死于此。
In the midst of the Great Wilderness, there is a mountain named Chengdu Zaitian. There is a person with two yellow snakes at his ears and holding two yellow snakes, named Kuafu. Houtu gave birth to Xin, and Xin gave birth to Kuafu. Overestimating his strength, Kuafu wished to chase the sun's shadow, catching it at Yu Valley. About to drink from the Yellow River and finding it insufficient, he was about to run to the Great Marsh, but died before arriving.
Comparing the Books典籍对比
The Shan Hai Jing keeps two accounts of Kuafu: Regions Beyond the Northern Sea records his death from thirst, his staff becoming the Deng forest, while the Great Northern Wilderness passage later says Yinglong killed Chiyou and also killed Kuafu.
