Nyuwa Revenge Quotes

“Long ago, Emperor Yan had a daughter called Nyuwa. She was beautiful, lovely and had a strong will. She was fond of swimming and often went to the East Sea, playing with the blue waves, enjoying the pleasure of being close to Nature.
But one day while swimming, she was drowned. Her soul would not give in, though, and broke through the water and became a Jinwei bird, with white-black spots on her head, a grey beak and red claws. She lost no time in seeking vengeance.
Every day she picked up pebbles and sticks from the Western Mountains and dropped them into the East Sea. She was determined to fill up the sea to revenge herself, to make it no longer capable of drowning others.
Rain or shine, she never rested; summer or winter, she kept on working.
Even now, she is still busying herself with her task.”

What can we learn from the above Chinese story?
Desire for revenge is ultimately pointless
She blames sea for her death/sufferings and believes that revenge will help her attain inner peace and satisfaction. She had pleasant personality, full of joy, close to the nature but an unfortunate incident made her lose her life and she accuses sea of drowning her. In a way, she had put the entire blame on the sea and could never acknowledge the fact that she might herself had a role to play in her own suffering. The incident was unfortunate of course, but blaming someone else for one’s own miseries and getting carried away by resentment has resulted in her pursuing revenge to such an extent that she still cannot get past the incident and accept the