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
Yu as depicted by Song-era artist Ma Lin (馬麟), National Palace Museum
King Yu as depicted in Wu Family Shrines in Jiaxiang, Shandong, from the mid 2nd century AD.
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
Qi of Xia
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Qi was the second sovereign of the Xia dynasty. The son of Yu the Great. He ruled for roughly nine to ten years.
Yu the Great
…unwavering morals. He later married a woman from Mount Tu (塗山) who is generally referred to as Tushanshi (塗山氏; 'Lady Tushan'). They had a son named Qi, a name literally meaning "revelation". The location of Mount Tu has always been disputed. The two most probable locations are Mount Tu in Anhui, and…
Qing dynasty illustration of Qi.