Note 9 — Chapter XV · Mythical and Legendary Kings
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In another section Yu says: “When the floods were lifted to the heavens, spreading far and wide, surrounding the hills and submerging the mounds, so that the common people were bewildered and dismayed, I availed myself of four vehicles,9 and going up the hills I felled the trees.… After that I drained off the nine channels, directing them into the four seas; I dug out ditches and canals and brought them into rivers.”10