Chinese myth
Wangliang
was a chariot rider who always bided by the rules. One day Hsi, a daring hunter
asked Wangliang to drive a carriage so he could hunt. When Hsi returned from
the hunt empty handed he was unimpressed and told Wangliang the worst
charioteer in the world. Offended of this, Wangliang asked to try once more.
This time Wangliang broke the rules and they caught 10 birds in one morning.
When Hsi asked Wangliang to be his full time charioteer he refused and said “A
man cannot straighten others by bending himself.”
The
Chinese believed the same chariot appeared in the sky in the constellation of
Cassiopeia. The Greeks believed the same cluster of stars were a queen sitting
on her throne.
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