Once upon a time, the youngest daughter of Emperor Yan, legendary ruler of primitive China, who, while playing on the East Sea, had drowned and never returned. Her spirit turned into a beautiful bird. As it flew over the roaring sea, it cried sadly in the sound “jinwei, jingwei”. That was why people called it “Jingwei”.
The bird lived on a mountain near the sea. It hated the sea so much that it decided to fill it up. Every day, it flew to and fro between the mountain and the sea, carrying in a twig or a pebble from the mountain and dropping it into the sea. It is so hard for a little bird to fill the sea up in such a way! But it is still commendable
for its determination and tenacity.
From this fable comes the idiom “The bird Jingwei trying to fill the sea”. We use it to describe people who are
firm and indomitable and will not stop until they reach their goal.
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