Song Dynasty (ca. 1000 CE) portrait of Yu the Great, an apocryphal figure from early Chinese legends
Song Dynasty (ca. 1000 CE) portrait of Yu the Great, an apocryphal figure from early Chinese legends. Yu was given credit for figuring out how to control the flooding of China’s great rivers by dredging the rivers and diverting water out of flood zones. Many early Chinese legends, like this one, give credit for great accomplishments to human ingenuity rather than the gods.{WHF} {HTE} -- source link
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