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About Yu the Great
Yu the Great or Yu the Engineer was a legendary sage-king in ancient China who was credited with "the first successful state efforts at flood control", his establishment of the Xia dynasty, which inaugurated dynastic rule in China, and for his upright moral character. He figures prominently in the Chinese legend titled "Great Yu Controls the Waters". Yu and other sage-kings of ancient China were lauded for their virtues and morals by Confucius and other Chinese teachers. He is one of the few Chinese monarchs who is posthumously honored with the epithet "the Great".
Everything about Yu the Great →- Occupation
- ruler
- Position held
- wang
- Citizenship
- Xia dynasty
- Born
- 2297 BC
- Died
- 2197 BC, 2025 BC