Youchao Explained

Youchao 有巢
Issue:	Suiren
Birth Place:	Chaohu, Anhui
Reign:	200 years
Father:	Pangu

Youchao (lit. "Nest-Owner") is the inventor of houses and buildings, according to ancient Chinese 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 (Chinese: 大巢).^[3] Tradition holds that he ruled over China for 200 years from 3162–2962 BC.. 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 Clans (Chinese: 四氏), who took part in creating the world. The four members are Youchao, Suiren, Fuxi and Shennong.^[5]

References

Sources

• Christie, Anthony (1968). Chinese Mythology. Feltham: Hamlyn Publishing.
• 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.
• Yang, Lihui and Deming An, with Jessica Anderson Turner (2005). Handbook of Chinese Mythology. New York: Oxford University Press.

Notes and References

1. http://traditions.cultural-china.com/en/13Traditions1664.html Youchao Building Tree Houses
2. [Shuyang Su]
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. . pp. 4–7.