"...Yu then traveled throughout China, cleaning up the rivers and
dredging canals; hence the floods of the rivers were guided to enter the
eastern sea. Yu won great respect among the people and henceforth
became the leader of all China after the death of Shun." Feng 2013, p. 48. Feng, Li (2013), Early China: a social and cultural history, Cambridge University Press, ISBN9780521895521.