Ancient China · Ruler

Yu 禹

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yu was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 165

Places and affiliations

Polity Xia 夏 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 165

Events and relationships

Taken as never moved ancestor at first enfeoffment
Ritual · Unmoved ancestor · Mode quotation Speaker Zhang Jian (張薦)
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 165

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 106Volume 106 Treatises 59: Rites 9 · 1 passage

鄭玄雲『夏五廟無太祖，禹與二昭二穆而已』，張薦雲『夏後以禹始封，遂為不遷之祖』是也。 Zheng Xuan held that Xia's five temples had no Grand Ancestor—only Yu with two zhao and two mu; Zhang Jian held that Xia took Yu at first enfeoffment as the ancestor never moved—and this is correct.