Four Mountains
Four Mountains or Four Peaks (traditional Chinese: 四嶽; simplified Chinese: 四岳; pinyin: Sìyuè) variously interpreted from Chinese mythology or the most ancient level of Chinese history as being a person or four persons or four gods, depending upon the specific source. The ambiguous Four Mountains feature prominently in the myth of the Great Flood, and the related myths of Emperor Yao (in whose reign the Great Flood began), Gun, Shun (Yao's successor of the Youyu-shi), and Yu the Great (who finally controlled the flood waters during the reign of Shun, and later succeeded him as emperor).