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Yu the Great: Conquering the Flood, a Chinese Legend by Paul D Storrie (Paperback / softback)

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Product Description : Yu the Great: Conquering the Flood [A Chinese Legend] (Graphic Myths and Legends) This graphic novel tells the legend of Yu the Great a Chinese hero from the twentyfirst century BC 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 ( it is an used product)