Kua Fu

Account

In the Shan Hai Jing - the Classic of Mountains and Seas - Kua Fu determined to catch the sun. He rose and ran westward as the sun ran, a giant's stride eating the distance between dawn and dusk. Thirst came like a second enemy. He drank the Yellow River and the Wei and it was not enough; he turned north toward the Great Lake and died on the road before he arrived.