Why might the reference to Chinese people calling themselves 'descendants of the Yellow Emperor' serve a symbolic function beyond genealogy?
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[Author's Purpose]
What role does the chronological mention of technological advances by 3000 BC play in relation to the later flood narrative?
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[Textual Function]
Given the description of Yu the Great organizing multiple tribes, what can be inferred about the political implications of flood control?
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[Inference]
How does the phrase 'after the flood was controlled' function structurally in the progression from Xia to Shang?
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[Narrative Structure]
What does the repetition of 'according to legend' and 'mythology' imply about the author's stance toward the historicity of these events?
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[Authorial Stance]
In what way does the characterization of Tang emphasize legitimacy rather than mere conquest?
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[Rhetorical Strategy]
What does the specification of 'thirteen years' in Yu’s flood control effort suggest about leadership in early Chinese historiography?
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[Cultural Value Inference]
How does the mention of slavery during the Xia Dynasty qualify its portrayal as a civilizational advance?
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[Complex Evaluation]
What is the effect of stating that the Shang Dynasty 'lasted from 1600 BC to 1050 BC' and separately that it 'lasted over six hundred years'?
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[Numerical Rhetoric]
What does the conflation of Yu the Great as both '8th grandson of the Yellow Emperor' and 'founder of the imperial dynasty' imply about the construction of political legitimacy?