As legend has it, the story began in the ancient village of Zhenxun 斟鄩, China during the Xia Dynasty nearly 4000 years ago. Twin kittens, Hǎo and Bù Hǎo were born of peasant farmers and tossed into the Yellow River. They were abandoned and left to drown. The felines were rescued by passing warlords defending the region. These warlords later gave the rescued kittens as gifts to the empress of Emperor Yu the Great as symbols of survival and fortitude. The empress' eunuchs were assigned to care for the kittens. Hǎo was beautiful and received preferred treatment. She was showered with praise, personal grooming, a royal wardrobe, and the finest foods. Although very intelligent and wise, Bù Hǎo was physically hideous with an eye deformation. She was neglected, mistreated, and forced to wear the duds of a peasant farmer.

As time passed, the cats became an intricate part of the royal family. Competing clans became aware of the cats' attachment to the dynasty and came to see the cats as a valuable token of possession. As Chinese history unfolded, and as opposing clans challenged the ruling dynasties, it became a tradition for the new and victorious clans to capture and take possession of the defeated emperor's cats, knowing that all were direct descendants from the original Xia Dynasty's Hǎo and Bù Hǎo. Leaders felt that this direct lineage gave the cats great power and value. Therefore whoever possessed these cats had a direct tie to the origins of Chinese culture and existence.

It was during the Han Dynasty that the fatal felis catus divide occurred. The evil empress Lü Zhi became the first woman empress after the death of her husband, the infamous Emperor Liu Bang. She gained the throne by assassinating Liu Bang's second son and mutilating Qi Li, the son's mother. Qi Li was Emperor Bang's favorite and preferred concubine. Bù Hǎo was the Qi Li's favorite cat due to its wisdom, stubbornness, and absence of vanity regarding its inherited hideousness. It was an outcast by everyone in the royal family except for Qi Li.

Empress Lu Zhi continued her reign of terror by declaring that for one calendar year (the "Year of the Cat" or the "Year of Reign"), all descendants of Bù Hǎo would be rounded up and exterminated. It is for this reason, that the cat was scratched from the Chinese zodiac and the Year of the Cat was removed from the twelve-year lunar cycle and replaced out of spite by the rat. Even though history documents Empress Lü's Year of Reign as a success, Chinese lore reflects a different outcome. It is said that on the day before her brutal death, Qi Li was able to stow one of Bù Hǎo's kittens into a fleeing rickshaw to the north.

Legends of Kitty Da Bù Hǎo surfaced again in the Stepp region of Central Asia during the time of Genghis Kahn. The military achievements of the Mongols and Genghis Khan were credited due to superior strategy and tactics rather than overpowering numbers. It is written that the Mongols bred the bad cats for preemptive attacks on the kingdoms of Northwest China. The Mongols would send in herds of Bù Hǎos to create havoc and disorient their foes, then follow up with waves of calvary attacks.

Only through modern feline mitochondrial DNA testing have we solved the mystery for the two dominant bloodlines of all modern domesticated cats. The cute and cuddly kitten, we know today as Hello Kittee(y) can trace its lineage directly to the Han Dynasty and the empress' favorite pet, Hǎo. And today's Kitty da Bù Hǎo has been linked to the original Bù Hǎo, the first known and documented "no good cat." This recent discovery has confirmed Chinese lore as fact and proves that little Kitty da Bù Hǎo did indeed escape the Year of Reign and went on to keep her ancestor's lineage intact. The characteristics of fortitude and determination reign supreme in all of her descendants.

Different clans of the Kitty Da Bù Hǎo lineage have formed over the last millennia. Even though all are stubborn at heart and take great pride in individualism, many have found acceptance with their outcast or "bad kitty" persona. Today's factions include the Royals, Mongols, Monks, Mohists, Chans, and Taoists.