The Great Yu Tames the Floods: China’s First Hydraulic Revolution
Introduction: A Deluge That Shaped a Civilization
Imagine an ancient China drowning. For generations, monstrous floods swallowed farmlands, drowned villages, and forced survivors into treetops. Desperation drove people to sacrifice children to river gods. Then came Yu the Great—a man who spent 13 years battling the waters, invented “hydraulic engineering” millennia before the term existed, and became China's first dynastic founder. But behind this hero's tale? Controversies that’ll make you rethink “work-life balance.” Let's dive in.
