Book of Ōhaki

The Book of Ōhaki [尬調具; おうはきほん] is an early Kantonese chronicle of myths, legends, songs, poems, genealogies, oral traditions, and semi-historical accounts concerning the origin of the Kantonese island, the kami and the Imperial House. It is claimed in its preface as being composed by a scholar named Yasuma no Hitō, at the request of the Emperor in the early 8th century, and thus is usually considered to be the oldest existing literary work in Kanton. The myths detailed in the Ōhaki [as it is sometimes known] have greatly informed Kiren and were incorporated into religious rituals.