Yu the Great: conquering the flood : a Chinese legend
(2007)
By:
Storrie, Paul D
Fiction
eBook
Series:
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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Lerner Publishing Group : Made available through hoopla, 2007
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9780822587941 (electronic bk.) MWT11771748, 0822587947 (electronic bk.) 11771748
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
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This graphic novel tells the legend of Yu the Great, a Chinese hero from the twenty-first century B.C. Some scholars believe Yu actually existed and that he founded the Xia Dynasty, the first Chinese empire described in historical records. Some later Chinese texts describe Yu as a kind and strong emperor whose engineering projects saved China from frequent floods. But in Chinese legend, as in this book, Yu is descended from the gods and born from a golden dragon. He saves China from floods by using magical soil to plug underwater springs, with the help of a tortoise, an owl, and a dragon
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