“夸父逐日”的故事出自《山海经·海外北经》。故事说：古代英雄夸父与太阳赛跑，逐渐追赶上太阳的时候，由于温度太高而口渴得要命，就到处找水喝。他把黄河、渭水的水都喝干了，还不够，又到北边的大湖里去喝，结果在半路上渴死了。这个故事的思想意义，按照传统的说法，是 “Kuafu day by day,” the story from “Shan Hai Jing · North by the North.” The story says: The ancient hero Kuafu raced with the sun, and gradually catch up with the sun, due to the temperature is too high and thirsty, find water everywhere. He drank the water from the Yellow River and the Wei River. It was not enough. He drank again to the Great Lakes in the north, and died halfway. The meaning of this story is, according to the traditional saying, yes