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Legend has it that ancient floods raged. Who did Shun Di order to control the floods?
Legend has it that Shun Di ordered Yu to control the flood in ancient times.

Yu, a Chinese character, is a famous person, an ancient leader, the founding king of Xia Dynasty, and a historical celebrity in water control. Historically known as Dayu, Yudi and Shenyu. The great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor, the descendant of Zhuan Xu, the son of Gun, and his mother's daughter, Xin's own cultivation. Shun Di selected talents and appointed talents, managed civil affairs with "eight open" and "eight yuan", exiled "four fierce men" and appointed Yu to control water, thus completing Yao's unfinished prosperity.

According to legend, Yu made meritorious deeds in controlling water, accepted Shun Emperor's abdication and inherited tribal leaders. With the support of the governors, he officially acceded to the throne, making Yangcheng its capital and Pingyang its capital, making Xia the title of the country, enfeoffment Danzhu (son of Yao) in Tang Dynasty and enfeoffment (son of Shun) in Yuzhou.

Yu's main achievements

Appoint Yu to control water. As a result, Yu not only managed the flood, but also opened up the land and water transportation networks in the Yellow River and Yangtze River basins, and delineated the administrative region of Kyushu. In addition to dredging, Dayu also adopted two ways of water control: "above the ground" and "rich water". The so-called "height" refers to the silt dug up by dredging the river channel, which is used to pile up on the river bank and become a barrier for people; The so-called "plenty of water" means that some small water is difficult to flow into big rivers, so it is collected into lakes, ponds or swamps, where people can raise fish, shrimp or chickens and ducks.

Besides, Dayu also helped people choose a livable place without water damage and built some roads on the land of China, which not only facilitated people's travel, but also facilitated people's farming. Through systematic, scientific and meticulous methods, Dayu not only managed the flood, but also turned harm into benefit and benefited people's livelihood. Therefore, he became a hero of water control admired all over the world and is still commemorating him today.