The Great Flood

The Great Flood occurred during the reign of three Chinese emperors. The waters of both the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers began to unpredictably flood with devastating effect. Emperor Yao consulted with his four chief advisors, known as the Four Mountains,. They recommended appointing someone in charge of dealing with this problem altogether. His distant cousin, Prince Gun of Chong, was responsible for controlling the flood waters. Since Gun concocted a novel solution, Earth and Dikes were put into action immediately. At first it worked like a charm but after time it became clear dams were only a stopgap measure that was doing nothing to stop the underlying problem. But Burial, now an old and increasingly weak man, took