page_title: The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains
hierarchical_section_title: The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains
caption_attribution_description: English: Xu Beihong, traditionnal chinese painting, yugongyishan 中文: 徐悲鸿,国画,《愚公移山》 Français&#160;: Xú Bēihóng, Yúgōng yí shān《愚公移山》, peinture chinoise traditionnelle
context_page_description: The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains is a well-known fable from Chinese mythology about the virtues of perseverance and willpower.
  The tale first appeared in Book 5 of the Liezi, a Daoist text of the 4th century BC,
  and was retold in the Garden of Stories by the Confucian scholar Liu Xiang in the 1st century BC.
  It was also used by Mao Zedong in a famous speech in 1945.
context_section_description: The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains (Chinese: 愚公移山; pinyin: Yúgōng Yíshān) is a well-known fable from Chinese mythology about the virtues of perseverance and willpower.
  The tale first appeared in Book 5 of the Liezi, a Daoist text of the 4th century BC,
  and was retold in the Garden of Stories by the Confucian scholar Liu Xiang in the 1st century BC.
  It was also used by Mao Zedong in a famous speech in 1945.
caption: The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains, a painting by Xu Beihong
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