Ancient China · Ruler

Yu 虞

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yu was a ruler.

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legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 33

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 5Volume 5 Book of Later Liang 5: Taizu Annals 5 · 1 passage

師唐、虞之典，上則於乾功，挹殷、夏之源，下涵於民極。 I take Tang and Yu as my pattern above to match Heaven’s work and draw on Yin and Xia below to hold up the people’s foundation—