Di Yao took over a peaceful and prosperous era from the hands of Emperor Yu, but during the reign of Di Yao, he not only did not appear overshadowed by the meritocracy of the previous king, but bloomed his own brilliance, there is no doubt that Di Yao is fully worthy of his status as the fifth emperor at this point.

In fact, though. What Di Yao is most praised for is not his various achievements, but his selfless spirit of passing on the virtuous without passing on his son, Zen is located in Shun, and he does not take the position of the Son of Heaven as his private selflessness.

Since the emperor Fuxi, the human race has a tradition of Zen in Xian, Fuxi Zen is located in Shennong, and Shennong Zen is located in Xuanyuan, which is not the case. However, since Xuanyuan, Shao Hao is the son of Xuanyuan, after Shao Hao, Zhen is the nephew of Shao Hao, the grandson of Xuanyuan, after Xuanyuan, he is the nephew of Xuanyuan, the great-grandson of Xuanyuan, after Xuanyuan, Zhi is the son of Xuanyuan, after Zhi, Yao is the brother of Zhi, the son of Xuan - although these successive emperors cannot be said to be unvirtuous, but, in fact, the inheritance of the throne of the human emperor has indeed been carried out between blood relatives, and the various tribes in the human race have also whispered, but because of the meritocracy of the successive human emperors, this contradiction has been suppressed.

When he arrived at Di Yao, although Di Yao loved his son Dan Zhu very much, and he was ready to pass on the throne to Dan Zhu in the early days, but after Di Yao's hard teaching but still found that Dan Zhu was difficult to become a talent, Di Yao decisively gave up the idea of letting Dan Zhu succeed to the throne, and began to look for talents who could inherit his position among the human race.

At this time, the Terrans, Siyue, that is, the princes of the four directions, or the chiefs of the tribes of the four directions, already had a lot of say among the Terrans, so before proceeding with this matter, Yao still consulted with the four mountains and asked them to recommend candidates.

Siyue recommended Shun, saying that this person is very filial, the family relationship is handled very well, and can influence the family to change the evil and turn the good.

However, because there was a precedent for Siyue to recommend Kun, Yao did not fully believe Siyue's statement, so he decided to investigate it first and then make a decision.

Yao married his two daughters, Empress E, to Shun, and examined his virtues from the two daughters to see if he could take care of the housekeeping.

Shun and Empress Ying live by the Weishui River, act according to etiquette, and both daughters are very fond of Shun and abide by women's morals.

Yao also sent Shun to be responsible for the promotion of moral education, and Shun taught his subjects to guide their behavior with the five virtues of fatherhood, motherhood, brotherhood, brotherhood, and filial piety.

Yao also asked Shun to be in charge of hundreds of officials and handle government affairs, and all the officials obeyed Shun's command, and all of them were revitalized, none of them were deserted, and they seemed particularly orderly and disorderly.

Yao also asked Shun to be at the four gates of the Ming Hall, responsible for receiving the princes who came to meet from all over the world. Shun got along well with the princes, and also made the princes harmonious and friendly. The princes and guests who came from afar respected him very much.

In the end, Yao asked Shun to go alone to the forest at the foot of the mountain and endure the test of nature. In the storm and thunderstorm, Shun can not lose his way and still walk, showing a strong ability to live.

After three years of various investigations, Yao felt that Shun was very mature and reliable in what he said and did, and he was able to make achievements, so he decided to give the emperor to Shun. On the first day of the first month (that is, the first day of the first month), he held a Zen throne ceremony in the Taimiao, officially allowing Shun to succeed him and ascend to the throne of the Son of Heaven. After that, Yao also lived in seclusion in the secret realm of Huoyun like the previous emperors. When Yao left office, "the people mourned like the loss of their parents." For three years, the Quartet is not happy, and it is Siyao. ”

After Yao's abdication, Shun succeeded him.

Because the country name of Shun is "Youyu", it is called "Youyu Emperor Shun", and later called Yu Shun.

After Shun succeeded to the throne, in order to further avoid the increasingly turbulent floods, he chose to move the capital again and build the capital in Pusaka.

Emperor Shun's eyes are double pupils, and he has been out of phase since he was a child, so he is also known as Chonghua.

He was persecuted by his father, stepmother and stepmother's son Xiang since he was a child, and after many hardships, he was still kind, honored his parents, and loved his half-brother Xiang, so he was deeply praised by the people. Shun was born in Yaoxu, worked hard in Lishan, fished and hunted in Leize, fired pottery on the bank of the Yellow River, made daily necessities in Shouqiu, and did business in Dunqiu and Xiaxia. Because of his noble character, he has great prestige among the people. Therefore, when Di Yao wanted to choose a virtuous person among the human race to inherit the throne, Siyue recommended Shun, which made Shun enter Yao's field of vision, and was finally recognized by Yao.

After Emperor Shun succeeded to the throne, he selected talents and appointed talents, and used "Eight Kai" and "Eight Yuan" to govern civil affairs.

At that time, there were four evils in the territory of the human race, and Shun exiled the four evils such as "Chaos", "Poor Qi", "Han Qi", and "Gluttony", so that people's lives were stable.

Emperor Shun also patrolled the Quartet, rectified the ritual system, reduced punishment, and unified weights and measures. The people are required to "act virtuously and be far from others", "straight and gentle, generous and chestnut, rigid and not abusive, simple and not arrogant", filial piety to their parents, and harmony with their neighbors. Under its governance, politics and religion are great, guests from all directions are served, and Shungong is praised from all over the world.

He revised the calendar, held a grand ceremony to worship the heavens, the heavens and the earth, and the gods of the mountains and rivers; collected the letters of the princes, and then chose an auspicious day, summoned the princes and rulers of various places, held a solemn ceremony, and reissued the letters. In the year of his accession to the throne, he went to patrol various places, sacrificed to famous mountains, summoned princes, inspected the people's conditions, and also stipulated that patrols would be made once in the next five years, to inspect the achievements of the princes, and to specify rewards and punishments - this act of Emperor Shun further strengthened the ties between the emperor and the princes of various local tribes, and consolidated the rule of the emperor over the localities.

Another part of Shun's statecraft is to "punish with canons and exile for five punishments", drawing the shapes of five kinds of punishments on utensils to serve as a warning, and using the method of exile instead of corporal punishment to show leniency.

Of course, although Di Shun has a lot of achievements, the most commendable thing is that Shun chose Dayu.

During the reign of Emperor Shun, the flood disaster that had already seen the first signs in the period of Emperor Yu has intensified, and has become a major problem for the human race.

Regarding the candidates for water control, all the talents of the human race have recommended many candidates to Di Shun, but at this time, Di Shun fully showed his vision as a human emperor - he overrode public opinion and resolutely decided to hand over the responsibility of water control to Kun's son, Yu.

Yu is the son of Kun, and Kun is the culprit of the failure of the water control during the Di Yao period, and the emperor Shun chose such a person to control the flood, which is undoubtedly under great pressure - if Yu fails to control the water, then he will leave an indelible stain on the perfect imperial career like Yao.

However, Shun chose Yu.