Historical figures

Early stage

Yu is the great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor, the grandson Zhuanxu [2] (but there are also saying that Yu should Zhuanxu six descendant [5] [6]). Stone was born in New York Munsan area [7] [8], the mother is Sheen's daughter named female Chi, also called cultivate oneself [9] [7]. Yu childhood with his father Gun dongqian, came the Central Plains. Gun was sealed in his father Yao Chong [10]. When Yao, Central Plains flooding caused by flood disaster, the people unbearable sorrow. Yao command Tales of Gun, Gun was ordered to flood control flood, Gun with impaired water law, which is set on the shore of the river bank, but the higher the water myself flooded, which lasted nine years failed to quell the flood disaster [11]. Then Yu was appointed as the common phenomenon, flood successor things [12-14].

Dayu

Hou Yi and Yu immediately together, called people to come to the assistance, he visited the river, and the failure to review the reasons for the Tales of Gun. Yu summed up his father's flood control failures, reform water management methods to divert river water management led by the natural tendency of water to the lower stream, river dredge nine [15]. During the flood, Yu mountains, river drip over Sichuan, holding measuring instruments instruments, from west to east, all the way to measure the level of the terrain, establish a benchmark, planning waterways. He led flood of migrant workers, traveled the country, according to the benchmark, every mountain mountains, the case of depression embankment to dredge waterways, cited flood into the sea. Yu to flood control, racking their brains, not afraid of hard work, but also not rest [16] [17] [4]. He personally led the people camped, past his home without all day in the mud dredge the river, the water introduced into the plains of the rivers, and then into the marine. After 13 years of governance, finally successful, eliminating the Central Plains flooding disaster [16] [17] [14]. Because the rule flood active people to express gratitude to Yu, known for his "Da", that "the great Yu."

During the flood, Yu traveled the world, to the country's topography, customs, property mused fingertips. Yu re-planning for the nine states of the world, and developed a kind of tribute article states [4] [18]. Emperor Yu Wang also provides that: outside emperor Emperor Ky 500 in Austin area called clothes, then called Hou clothes outside five hundred, five hundred years before outside called Sui clothes, then called to serve outside the five hundred years, the outermost five Barry called the shortage of services. Austin, Hou, Sui three, into satisfied the burden of different items or different service. To serve, not satisfied that the service was only asked to accept discipline, abide by the rule of law decree. Shortage of clothing, then be managed according to their custom, not to impose political and religious center of the court [19].

Accession

"Chapter million on the Mencius •" set "to avoid sub-Shun Yu in Yangcheng" [20], "the Ancient Bamboo Annals" contains "Yangcheng" [21], "World of the Habitat chapter •" contained "Summer 禹都阳 City , avoid providers are also, they are Pingyang, or in Anyi, or in Jinyang "[3]," Historical Records • Summer this in mind, "said" Yu Shun-commerce avoid speech are in Yangcheng "[22]. From the literature, the Yu and Yangcheng, Pingyang relationship is very close.

Thirty-three years when the reign of Emperor Shun, the emperor formally bit abdication to Yu. Seventeen years later, Shun died in southern tour in [23]. Funeral ended three years, Yu fled to a small town summer Yangcheng, will give Shun the throne was the son of providers. But the princes had left the world were to appear before the yuwang providers. In the princes of support, namely formal Yu throne, living in Yangcheng, the country, the summer [24] [25] [5]. Packet Danzhu in the Tang, packet providers are in danger [26]. Unchanged called lunar calendar days, in order to build for the month of May Yin. "Yuan said," records Dayu "humble little palace, loss of thin diet, soil rank third class, muslin clothes."

Die

Yu first decade reign eastbound to Hueiji after his death (Bamboo Annals load of forty-five years [24]), Mi Yu think about the age of one hundred [27-28]. After Yu's death, his son Kai Xia emperor following bits [29].