尧舜禹传说 / Yao-Shun-Yu Legend

尧舜禹传说 enters this wiki through Hanji 150 PLUS New Year special as a traditional origin frame for 元旦. The episode tells the familiar line in which Yao does not pass rule to an unworthy son, chooses Shun, and Shun later passes rule to 大禹 after Yu’s flood-control merit.

The source uses the legend to explain a ritual beginning rather than to prove early chronology. Shun’s sacrifice to Heaven and to his predecessor Yao is presented as the day later associated with the start of the year, making the legend part of 元旦节日层累.

Connections

• 《资治通鉴·汉纪》150 PLUS｜再也不见2022，请多关照2023 - source episode.
• 大禹 - third ruler in the episode’s Yao-Shun-Yu sequence.
• 元旦节日层累 - festival concept that uses the legend as one layer.
• 历法改革与政治合法性 - later institutional calendar layer contrasted with the mythic origin frame.