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Yu the Great -LRB- c. 2200 -- 2101 BC -RRB- was a mythological ruler in ancient China famed for his introduction of flood control , inaugurating dynastic rule in China by founding the Xia Dynasty , and for his upright moral character .. ancient China. History of China#Ancient China. flood control. flood control. Xia Dynasty. Xia Dynasty. the Great. List of people known as The Great. The dates proposed for Yu 's reign predate the oldest known written records in China , the oracle bones of the late Shang dynasty , by nearly a millennium .. oracle bones. oracle bones. Shang dynasty. Shang dynasty. No inscriptions on artifacts from the proposed era of Yu , nor the later oracle bones , make any mention of Yu ; he does not appear in inscriptions until vessels dating to the Western Zhou period -LRB- c. 1045 -- 771 BC -RRB- .. oracle bones. oracle bones. Western Zhou. Western Zhou. The lack of anything remotely close to contemporary documentary evidence has led to some controversy over the historicity of Yu .. Proponents of the historicity of Yu theorise that stories about his life and reign were transmitted orally in various areas of China until they were recorded in the Zhou dynasty , while opponents believe the figure existed in legend in a different form - as a god or mythical animal - in the Xia dynasty , and morphed into a human figure by the start of the Zhou dynasty .. Many of the stories about Yu were collected in Sima Qian 's famous Records of the Grand Historian .. Sima Qian. Sima Qian. Records of the Grand Historian. Records of the Grand Historian. Yu and other `` sage-kings '' of Ancient China were lauded for their virtues and morals by Confucius and other Chinese teachers .. Confucius. Confucius. Yu is one of the few Chinese rulers posthumously honored with the epithet `` the Great '' .. epithet. epithet. the Great. List of people known as The Great