Gun of Xia

• Chinese/Japanese: 鯀 (Gun / Kon)

Gun is a legendary figure of ancient China. He is often identified as the father of Yu the Great, founder of the Xia Dynasty. Gun is also associated with a legendary Great Flood, and is credited with establishing or building the first walled towns.

References

• K.C. Chang, Art, Myth, and Ritual, Harvard University Press (1983), 25.