Why might the reference to Chinese people calling themselves 'descendants of the Yellow Emperor' serve a symbolic function in the narrative?
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[Author's Purpose]
What role does the chronological inversion—mentioning advancements from 3000 BC after describing events of 2200 BC—play in the structure of the second paragraph?
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[Text Structure & Rhetorical Function]
In what way does the portrayal of Yu the Great organizing 'people from different tribes' contribute to the broader ideological theme of early state formation?
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[Inference & Thematic Function]
How does the phrase 'after thirteen years, he controlled the great flood!' function rhetorically within the narrative arc?
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[Tone & Emphasis]
What assumption underlies the statement that Tang 'easily gathered supporters' who opposed Jie of Xia?
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[Implicit Assumption]
Given that both Yu the Great and Tang rise to prominence after major transitions—one ecological, one political—what thematic parallel do their stories construct?
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[Comparative Inference]
What is the significance of stating that the Xia Dynasty marked 'the beginning of the class society and it was a period of slavery'?
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[Ideological Implication]
How does the repetition of 'According to legend' before attributing dynastic founding to Yu the Great affect the reader's perception of historicity?
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[Narrative Voice & Epistemology]
What does the mention of duck and goose breeding 'after the flood was controlled' imply about the relationship between ecological stability and agricultural diversification?
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[Causal Inference]
Why might the final sentence—'The Shang Dynasty lasted over six hundred years and was led by thirty different emperors'—be positioned independently of the preceding account of Tang’s rise?