China is one of the ancient civilizations, with a history of nearly five thousand years, and is the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancient people, so that it has been passed down to this day, or even longer. Ancient Chinese history has experienced three stages of primitive society, slave society and feudal society, among which in feudal society, the princes are in strife, wars are raging, dynasties are constantly changing, and the incumbents are constantly changing, making it sometimes difficult for society to be stable.
Of course, in these dynasties, there are many rulers who have made great contributions to the country and history, the most well-known of which are Qin Shi Huang, Tang Taizong and other figures. However, there is a dynasty with nearly 1600 years of age that is very foreign to the world, so what is this mysterious dynasty? That is the "Yu Dynasty" that we will refer to below today.
In ancient times, the Yu Dynasty was also known as "Yu Shun" in the history books. The Yu Dynasty was actually a tribe, originally led by Yao, and because of Yao's Zen concessions, the heavy responsibility of the tribal leader fell to the Shun Emperor Yao Chonghua, because the word is Youyu, so it is called "Youyu", that is, the emergence of the Yu Dynasty. Later, people will find that in the historical documents, the Xia Dynasty only existed for 400 years, and according to records, Yu Xia had a history of more than 2,000 years, and according to inference, the Yu Dynasty should have a history of 1600 years.
When flipping through ancient books, the word "Yu Xia" is often seen, so people boldly speculate that the Xia Dynasty and the Yu Dynasty are likely to exist at the same time. From this, it can be imagined that the Yu Dynasty did exist, and has a history of 1600 years, and Sima Qian also had some research on the Yu Dynasty at that time, which made people more convinced that the Yu Dynasty really existed.
"Tang Yu's time" comes from the Analects, and everyone knows that the completion of the Analects was in the Warring States period, when the word "虞" appeared, but some experts believe that the "Yao Shun" period was actually the Yu Dynasty. Because Yao Chan ceded to Shun at that time, Shun immediately issued some decrees after he ascended the throne, and then developed into the same system as the imperial court system, which led to what experts believe to be the Yu Dynasty.
In the eyes of modern people, the Yu Dynasty is only a dynasty derived from the myths and stories passed down by word of mouth, in fact, whether it is a legend or not, the records in the Spring and Autumn Period have long been lost, so experts classify the dynasties before xia as legends. The reason why the Yu Dynasty has not been recognized by the international community is because it is only a legend, and there is no direct proof to confirm it.
Therefore, there is no detailed introduction to the Yu Dynasty in the history books, just a brush stroke, and the Xia Dynasty became the first dynasty in people's eyes, the Yu Dynasty seems to be very mysterious, it feels as if it really existed, and it seems that it did not, so does it really exist? We can't tell.