Yu The Great
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Gender | Male |
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Died | Zhejiang |
China | |
Xianglu Peak | |
Shaoxing | |
China | |
2025 BC | |
Xianglu Peak | |
Shaoxing | |
China | |
Children | Qi of Xia |
Parents | Gun |
Great grandchild | Xiang of Xia |
Grandchildren | Zhong Kang |
Tai Kang | |
Spouse | Nu Jiao |
Hanyu pinyin | Dà Yǔ |
Born | Shiquan County |
Ankang | |
China | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 638245 |
Yu The Great Life story
Yu the Great was a legendary king in ancient China who was famed for "the first successful state efforts at flood control," his establishment of the Xia dynasty which inaugurated dynastic rule in China, and his upright moral character. He figures prominently in the Chinese legend of "Great Yu Controls the Waters".