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当年舜放逐了鲧，却重用了鲧的儿子禹。

Shun exiled Gun but promoted his son Yu .

舜是大禹之前的统治者，他一开始指派禹的父亲鲧去解决这个问题。

the ruler before Yu , initially assigned Yu 's father Gun to handle the problem .

鲧用筑堤防的方法治水无功，为舜杀死。

Gun failed with embankment and was killed by Shun .

这些差异有着深刻的自然、历史、社会和文化根源，表面相似的鲧治水和普罗米修斯盗火的神话实质上折射出了东西方文化的差异。

These differences come deeply from nature , history , society and culture .

鲧尝试了一个方法，在洪水出没的地方将水堵住。

Gun tried out a method that consisted of blocking up the water wherever the flooding occurred .

后来鲧神话被历史化，鲧也变成了一个叛臣。

Later the myth of Gun was turned into a history story , and Gun became a treachery .

从鲧治水和普罗米修斯盗火看东西文化差异

Contrast of Cultural Differences between the East and the West Based on the Tales of Gun and Prometheus

君主舜对于鲧的所作所为非常生气并最终弃用了鲧，任命了禹。

King Shun was very angry about what Gun had done , and ended up dismissing Gun and appointing Yu .

尧、舜时期，洪水泛滥为害。尧命夏族首领鲧治洪水。

It is said that in the reign of Yao and Shun , the overrunning flood was mischievous , so Yao assigned Gun to regulate it .

其二，洪水神话以避难题材为主，但也反映主动抗争精神，如鲧禹治水；

Flood myth with topic of " seeking refuge " is lord , but also reflect the active spirit , just as the Gong and Yu conquered the flood ;

论文认为，鲧堙洪水与共工振水实际上是同一史实分化出的不同传说。

This paper claims that " Gun 's blocking up the flood " and " Gonggong 's re - energizing waters " are in fact different legends developed from the same historical fact .

夏禹变成黄龙由化熊的伯鲧腹中剖裂而出，旋即将熊体（鲧尸）负出水面，一起回归江海，自由翔游&象征其生命与事业之生生不已。

Then Yu changed into a yellow dragon , burst out of the bear 's belly , carried the bear 's body ( Gun 's body ) to the surface of the pool and swam together to the sea .

舜又命鲧之子禹治水，禹“居外十三年，过家门不敢人”，用疏导法治水，导小水入于川，导川水致于海。

Then , Shun recruited Yu ， Gun ， s son ， to continue the work . Spending a backbreaking thirteen years and bypassing his house three times but never going in , Yu dredged new river channels as outlets , guiding water to river and river to sea .