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 3

Events and relationships

Established five temples
Ritual · Founder · Mode quotation Speaker Zhang Zhao (張昭)
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 3

Source notes

Value legendary
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 3

References in the histories

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

兵部尚書張昭等奏：「謹案堯、舜、禹皆立五廟，蓋二昭二穆與其始祖也。 Zhang Zhao, Minister of War, and others submitted: "We find that Yao, Shun, and Yu each maintained five ancestral shrines—two zhao, two mu, and the founding ancestor.