Xia dynasty
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The Xia dynasty is the first dynasty in traditional Chinese historiography. According to tradition, it was established by the likely legendary figure Yu the Great, after Shun, the last of the Five Emp
Han dynasty stone relief rendering of Yu the Great
The geography of the Nine Provinces according to traditional analysis of literary sources before modern archaeological discoveries, which show them to have been greatly inflated
Erlitou jue vessel
Yu the Great
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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 inau
Xia dynasty
…Hsia Ch'ao) is the first dynasty in traditional Chinese historiography. According to tradition, it was established by the likely legendary figure Yu the Great, after Shun, the last of the Five Emperors, gave the throne to him. In traditional historiography, the Xia dynasty was succeeded by the Shang dynasty…
Yu as depicted by Song-era artist Ma Lin (馬麟), National Palace Museum
Qing dynasty illustration of Yu observing Emperor Shun's divination.
Yu as depicted in the album Portraits of Famous Men c. 1900, housed in the Philadelphia Museum of Art