Picture scroll of King Yu's water control, painted by Song and Zhao Boju, ink and color on silk, blue and green depicted with gold, collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei

Scroll of King Yu's Water Control, Song, Zhao Boju, ink and color on silk, green and gold, annotated, collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei

Dayu's control of the water (鲧禹治水) is a legend of Dayu's control of the flood in ancient China. This volume of "King Yu's Water Control Map" was painted by the Southern Song Dynasty painter Zhao Boju.

The picture scroll is green and gold, and its theme content is the story of Dayu's use of digging mountains to open mountains, breaking rivers and rivers, and channeling to control floods. At the end of the volume is the Yuan Dynasty writer Yu Jishu "Yu Gong". This volume is now in the National Palace Museum in Taipei.

According to the "Historical Records", Yu is the great-great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor. When Emperor Yao, the flood was monstrous, the people were not settled, Yu inherited his father's water control business, using the method of dredging, after thirteen years, three times through the door without entering, the flood is peaceful. Shun died, Chan made Yu the emperor, and reigned for eight years.

Picture scroll of King Yu's water control, painted by Song and Zhao Boju, ink and color on silk, blue and green depicted with gold, collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei

King Yu's water control map

Yu Jishu "Yu Gong"

Yao Andao Ba

Guanyu's water control also. Chisel the mountain to open the mountain. Break the river and Jichuan. Dredging the river. What a deification of the Buddha is also measured. There is nothing in the previous life. The Hereafter cannot be traced. This is just a saint in the present and in ancient times. And the painting of a thousand miles is a picture. Among them, those who are pregnant and monstrous are drenched. The hoe is the guide of manpower. Multiply by four years. Wading. The water and land phases are cheap to govern the gods. As for the fresh grains, the people who eat the immortals are safe. And pictogram shaped. Who is good at this picture. Thousands of miles of pen to know. It is also deified and unfathomable. Yin Yao'an.

Yang Weizhen

Fu Yu is a genius to shake the heavens and the earth. The secret symbol is in the heavens. Thousands of miles will be returned to the hands of heaven and earth. tacit understanding of its apotheosis. Thousands of sacrifices are advocated. It's just a coincidence. Yu Buyu was fortunate to know this picture. Dare not to say a few words to play with blasphemy. Later, there are spectators who should not ignore it. Iron Flute Daoist. Yang Weizhen.

Yu, the surname of Him, Xia Hou's family, the legend of the name of Wenming, later generations called Dayu. In ancient times, a Chinese mythological figure, the great-great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, was widely known for his story of the successful management of floods in Dayu's water control.

Legend has it that Yu was the founder of the Xia Dynasty, the first family regime in Chinese history, and his capital was in Yangcheng. Yu was named Xia Bo when he was in Yao, so the history books are also called Bo Yu and Xia Yu. In Taoist beliefs, Yu is also revered as the Emperor of Water Officials and the King of Narcissus.

Zhao Boju, a painter of the Southern Song Dynasty. The clan of the Song Dynasty, the seventh grandson of Song Taizu. Work in landscapes, flowers and fruits, feathers, especially good at golden landscapes. Together with his father Zhao Lingsui and his brother Zhao Boqi, they are both famous painters.