Yugong Nine Provinces Map 禹贡九州图
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Yugong Nine Provinces Map 禹贡九州图
Yugong may refer to: * ''Yu Gong'', or ''Tribute of Yu'', in the ''Book of Documents'' * Yugong, the protagonist in The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains () is a well-known fable from Chinese mythology about the virtues of perseverance and willpower. The tale first appeared in Book 5 of the '' Liezi'', a Daoist text of the 4th century BC, and was retold i ...
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Yu Gong
The ''Yu Gong'' or ''Tribute of Yu'' is a chapter of the ''Book of Xia'' ( Chinese: ''Xià Shū'') section of the ''Book of Documents'', one of the Five Classics of ancient Chinese literature. The chapter describes the legendary Yu the Great and the provinces of his time. Most modern scholars believe it was written in the fifth century BCE or later. Contents and significance The chapter can be divided into two parts. The first describes the nine provinces of Ji (), Yan (), Qing (), Xu (), Yang (), Jing (), Yu (), Liang (), and Yong (), with the improvement works conducted by Yu in each province. The second enumerates Yu's surveys of the rivers of the empire, followed by an idealized description of five concentric domains of five hundred li each, from the royal domain ( ''Diānfú'') around the capital to the remote wild domain ( ''Huāngfú''). Later, this would become important in the justification for the concept of ''Tianxia'' or "All Under Heaven" as a means to b ...
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