There is the legend first mentioned by Lieh Tzu which tells of Nu Kua Shih, the sister and successor of Fu Hsi, the mythical sovereign whose reign is ascribed to the years 2953-2838 B.C.
Ssu-ma Cheng, of the eighth century A.D., author of the Historical Records gives the following account of her:
Nu Kua Shih had the body of a serpent and a human head, with the virtuous endowments of a divine sage. Toward the end of her reign the feudal prince Kung Kung rebelled and sought by the influence of water to overcome that of wood under which Nu Kua reigned. He battled with Chu Jung but was not victorious so he struck his head against the Imperfect Mountain, Pu Chou Shan, and brought it down. The pillars of Heaven were broken and the corners of the earth gave way. Nu Kua melted stones of the five colours to repair the heavens, and cut off the feet of the tortoise to set the four extremities of the earth upright. Gathering the ashes of reeds she stopped the flooding waters, and thus rescued the land of Chi Chou, the early seat of Chinese sovereignty.
In a proper male supremacist society of course Nu Kua Shih would be relegated to the status of house wife.
Nu Kua Shih
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