Romance of Ancient Myths (volume 3): Seal the Mountains and Watch the Sea
by Zhong Yulong
About This Novel
The four-volume series "Ancient Mythology" is a popular reading book on ancient history written by literary and historian Zhong Yulong. This volume tells the story of how Emperor Yao ordered Yu to succeed his father in controlling floods. Yu led his people to cut mountains and rivers, build embankments when encountering depressions, dredge waterways, divert floodwaters into the sea, and finally dredge nine rivers. Yu devoted himself to water control, worked tirelessly, and passed through the house three times without entering, finally eliminating the flood. The four-volume series "Ancient Mythology" is a popular reading book on ancient history written by literary and historian Zhong Yulong. The book took ten years to create and was published in 1936. This four-volume work, with a total of 160 chapters, was well received by critics when it was published, comparable to "Feng Shen Bang" and "Journey to the West". It was a set of extracurricular readings for primary and middle school students at that time to enhance their Chinese literacy.
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