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Detailed explanation-1: -According to mythological and historical sources, it is traditionally dated to the third millennium BCE, or about 2300-2200 BCE, during the reign of Emperor Yao.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to legend, the founder was Yu, who was credited with having engineered the draining of the waters of a great flood (and who was later identified as a deified lord of the harvest). Yu allegedly made the rulership hereditary in his family, thereby founding the first imperial dynasty in China.

Detailed explanation-3: -Yu was usually identified by how he was able to control the floods along the lakes and rivers in China. He did it by means of channeling and dredging.

Detailed explanation-4: -Yu the Great harnessed water-and nature. During a time when floods constantly wrecked havoc on China’s countryside, Emperor Yu’s innovations in dredging, dikes, and divisions turned him into a legend.