Overview
The translated histories identify Yu as an official and ruler. This record brings together 8 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Yu | 禹 | Yu |
| Title | Emperor Yu | 帝禹 | |
| Surname | Si | 姒 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Legendary
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · shiji:001:s0256
Roles
- Official
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Qualitative: legendary antiquityExplicit · shiji:001:s0256
Origins and identity
- Label: same surname line from Huangdi / 同姓Explicit · shiji:001:s0273
- Label: Si clan / 姒氏 · Note: took a separate surnameExplicit · shiji:001:s0275
Career and standing
- Label: mounted the Son of Heaven seat / 踐天子位Explicit · shiji:001:s0269
Places and affiliations
- Label: Xia / 夏 · Relation: foundedExplicit · shiji:001:s0275
- Place: domain of five thousand li to the wild frontier / 方五千里，至于荒服 · Relation: ruledExplicit · shiji:001:s0257
Works and attributed material
- Work: Nine Summons / 九招 · Relation: performedExplicit · shiji:001:s0259
Events and relationships
- Kind: public-works · Role: director · Action: opened-mountains-marshes-rivers-and-provincesExplicit · shiji:001:s0256
- Kind: ritual · Role: performer · Action: performed-Nine-SummonsExplicit · shiji:001:s0259
- Kind: political · Role: heir-designate · Action: yielded-to-Shun-son-then-accepted-throneExplicit · shiji:001:s0268, shiji:001:s0269
- Relation: recommended-by · Person Id: Shun (舜)Explicit · shiji:001:s0266
- Relation: successor-of · Person Id: Shun (舜)Explicit · shiji:001:s0268, shiji:001:s0269
References in the histories
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