Ancient China · Legendary Sage-King

Yu 虞

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yu was a Legendary Sage-King.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 74, passage 13

Source notes

Value legendary
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 74, passage 13

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 74Biographies of Mengzi and Xun Qing · 1 passage

天下方務於合從連衡，以攻伐為賢，而孟軻乃述唐、虞、三代之德，是以所如者不合。 The world was just striving for vertical alliances and horizontal connections, considering conquest and invasion worthy pursuits, while Meng Ke expounded the virtues of Tang, Yu, and the Three Dynasties. This is why wherever he went, he did not find agreement.