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Shun presented Yu to Heaven. Seventeen years
elapsed, and Shun died. When the three years’
mourning was expired, Yu withdrew from the son
of Shun to Yang Cheng. The people of the kingdom
followed him just as after the death of Yao, instead
of following his son, they had followed Shun. Yu
presented Yi to Heaven. Seven years elapsed, and
Yu died. When the three years’ mourning was
expired, Yi withdrew from the son of Yu to the north
of mount Qi. The princes, repairing to court, went
not to Yi, but they went to Qi. Litigants did not go
to Yi, but they went to Qi, saying, ‘He is the son of
our sovereign;’ the singers did not sing Yi, but they
sang Qi, saying, ‘He is the son of our sovereign.’
That Danzhu was not equal to his father, and Shun’s
son not equal to his; that Shun assisted Yao, and Yu
assisted Shun, for many years, conferring benefits
on the people for a long time; that thus the length of
time during which Shun, Yu, and Yi assisted in the

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