佛祖歷代通載 2.33

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（十七　甲子　七）　夏后氏（姓姒。名文命。字高密黃帝八代孫。鯀之子。號禹王。初舜舉禹治水。不貴尺璧而重寸陰。三過其門而不入）王金德。都安邑（今均州遷陽翟）為堯司徒（地官也。鄭注。一吏部尚書。亦曰天官。冢宰太宰。二兵部尚書。夏官。亦名大司馬。三戶部。地官。亦曰大司徒。四刑部。秋官亦曰大司寇。五禮部。春官。亦曰銓長六工部。冬官。亦曰大司空。禹乃第三部）治水十二年。乘四載（陸行車。水行舡。泥行橇。山行輦）開九州（冀州東河西。西河南。南河北。兗州東南據濟。西北距河。青州東北海。西南距岱。徐州東至海。北至岱。南及淮。楊州北距淮。南距淮。荊州北山據荊。南及衡陽。豫州西南據荊。北距河。梁州東距華山。西據黑水。雍州西距黑水。東據龍門。西河通九道。陂九澤。度九山。決九川。堯錫玄圭告厥成功。舜薦之于天下為嗣焉）在位十六年（始甲戌終己酉。東巡至會稽崩。壽一百年。諡受禪。成功曰禹）號年曰歲。建寅為正。作大夏樂。葬用𡏅（燒土為之。時有防風氏。長四十尺）。

(17. Sexagenary Cycle 7) The Xiahou clan (surname: Si; personal name: Wenming; style name: Gaomi; eighth-generation descendant of the Yellow Emperor; son of Gun; titled King Yu. Formerly, Shun appointed Yu to control the waters; he did not value a foot of jade disk but prized an inch of time, passing his own gate three times without entering). He ruled by the virtue of Metal. His capital was at Anyi (present-day Junzhou, later moved to Yangdi). He served as Yao's Minister of Education (an official of Earth. Zheng's commentary: 1. Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, also called Heavenly Official, Chief Minister, or Grand Steward; 2. Minister of the Ministry of War, Summer Official, also named Grand Master of the Horse; 3. Ministry of Revenue, Earth Official, also called Grand Minister of Education; 4. Ministry of Justice, Autumn Official, also called Grand Minister of Justice; 5. Ministry of Rites, Spring Official, also called Chief Examiner; 6. Ministry of Works, Winter Official, also called Grand Minister of Works. Yu was of the third ministry). He controlled the waters for twelve years, rode in the four conveyances (carts on land, boats on water, sledges in mud, and litters in mountains), and opened up the Nine Provinces (Ji Province: east of the West River, south of the South River, and north of the South River; Yan Province: bounded by the Ji on the southeast and the River on the northwest; Qing Province: bounded by the sea on the northeast and Mount Dai on the southwest; Xu Province: reaching the sea on the east, Mount Dai on the north, and the Huai on the south; Yang Province: bounded by the Huai on the north and the Huai on the south; Jing Province: bounded by Mount Jing on the north and Hengyang on the south; Yu Province: bounded by Jing on the southwest and the River on the north; Liang Province: bounded by Mount Hua on the east and the Black Water on the west; Yong Province: bounded by the Black Water on the west and Longmen on the east; he opened nine routes along the West River, embanked nine marshes, measured nine mountains, and channeled nine rivers. Yao bestowed the dark jade scepter upon him to report his success, and Shun recommended him to all under heaven as his successor). He reigned for sixteen years (beginning in the jiaxu year and ending in the jiyou year; during an eastern tour of inspection he died at Kuaiji at the age of one hundred; his posthumous title was Yu, meaning 'receiving the abdication and accomplishing success'). He designated years as sui, established the first month with the yin stem, composed the Daxia music, and used fired earthen tiles for burial (made of fired earth. At that time there was the Fangfeng clan, forty feet tall).