So Yu Gong and his sons and grandsons began to dig away at the mountains.They used a hammer to chisel down the stone, then carried the earth and stone to the sea in dustpans.

• 于是，愚公带着儿孙们开始挖山，他们凿石头，挖泥土，然后用簸箕将这些泥土运到渤海。