id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9331 Wu Gang - Wikipedia .html text/html 1357 202 79 He is known for endlessly cutting down a self-healing osmanthus tree on the Moon,[8] a divine punishment which has led to his description as the Chinese Sisyphus.[2][5] In modern Chinese, the chengyu "Wu Gang chopping the tree" (吳剛伐桂) is used to describe any endless toil. This tree flowers during the autumn[2] and promoted the connection of the Chinese harvest celebration with the Moon, a connection still observed during the modern Mid-Autumn Festival. By the time of the Han, the Book of the Master of Huainan associated the waxing of the moon with trees growing from the feet of a Chinese immortal. The Emperor created a cherry bay on the Moon and Wu Gang was invited to chop it down in order to become an immortal. CS1 Chinese-language sources (zh) Articles containing Chinese-language text Articles with Chinese-language sources (zh) Articles containing simplified Chinese-language text Articles containing traditional Chinese-language text ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9331.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9331.txt